Posted by chicagomedia.org on October 05, 2008 at 08:37:50:
Howard Stern Hitched in All-Star Wedding
It's happened�someone has finally made an honest man of Howard Stern.
After a lengthy engagement, the Sirius Satellite shock jock has taken the marital plunge with longtime girlfriend Beth Ostrosky, tying the knot in an A-list private event at New York City's famed Le Cirque restaurant Friday night.
Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos topped the guest list, with Consuelos, who became an ordained minister over the summer, performing the ceremony.
Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, Adam Carolla, Barbara Walters, Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee, Joan Rivers, Stern's radio cohosts Robin Quivers and Artie Lang, Chevy Chase, Donald and Melania Trump and John Stamos were among the event's 180 esteemed attendees.
Consuelos wasn't the only one pulling double duty: Joel sang a song and Chase delivered an X-rated toast following the ceremony.
Ostrosky donned a Marquesa wedding dress for the big day, which has been something of a long time coming.
The 54-year-old radio personality popped the question to the 36-year-old model-actress on Valentine's Day 2007.
But as far back as 2006, Stern announced on his radio show that he and Ostrosky had already tied the knot, only to say later that it was a prank.
On Aug. 23, a family celebration at the couple's Hamptons home led some press to assume that the duo had quietly taken their trip down the aisle, though Ostrosky later revealed it was simply a celebration of their impending nuptials.
I's the first marriage for Ostrosky and the second for Stern, who split from first wife Alison in 2000. For years after, he famously vowed he would never marry again, a flip-flop promise he explained away during a trip to the Late Show With David Letterman earlier this year.
"I'm a hypocritical liar, as you know," Stern said. "Things change, love happens, love blossoms."
(Gina Serpe, E!)