Wedding or publicity stunt? Kardashian, Barker exchange vows in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Review-Journal

2 years ago

Kourtney Kardashian, left, and Travis Barker at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on April 3, 2022. Kardashian and Barker reportedly married at a Las Vegas chapel just hours after he performed at the Grammys. TMZ reported Tuesday they brought their own photographer. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Kourtney Kardashian, left, and Travis Barker arrive at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have participated in a wedding ceremony in Las Vegas.

Or an event that looked like a wedding.

Multiple media sources are reporting that the couple were married at 1:30 a.m. Monday, or late at night after Sunday’s Grammy Awards show at MGM Grand. TMZ was first to report the news.

“I didn’t know who it was until they pulled up. I advertise as 24-hours but they wanted to make sure I was still there. They paid and they requested Elvis Presley, that was mandatory,” said Marty Frierson of One Love Wedding Chapel, as quoted in People. “I called back 5 minutes later and was like, I got an Elvis, and there they were.”

But industry insiders have yet to find an actual marriage license for the couple, though the pair claimed to have been issued one. A wedding chapel rep said it very well could be a publicity stunt. The couple are reportedly taking part in several commitment ceremonies.

Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said the county clerk’s office had not issued a marriage license for the couple as of 8 a.m. Tuesday. Kulin added that in Nevada, a couple must have a marriage license before getting married “meaning, a couple could not legally get married and then get a marriage license that would be valid retroactively.”

The 42-year-old Kardashian and 46-year-old Barker were in wedding attire. The couple had their own photographer for the event.

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