Derek Hough describes ‘fairytale’ wedding ceremony to DWTS co-star Hayley Erbert
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ancing With The Stars skilled Derek Hough has described his wedding ceremony to Hayley Erbert as a “fairytale”.
The dancer, 38, who’s a former flame of UK singer Cheryl, tied the knot together with his DWTS co-star in a redwood forest earlier than a celebration at a cliffside property in Carmel, California.
Hough’s finest man was fellow DWTS skilled Mark Ballas, who’s the son of Strictly Come Dancing choose Shirley Ballas, whereas his dancer sister Julianne Hough served as a bridesmaid.
Hough instructed US journal People: “It’s one of the most breathtaking places. It’s like a fairytale.
“When we were thinking about a location we asked ourselves, ‘What’s important to us?’
“Nature was the first thing. We want to be around trees and plants and Northern California kind of spoke out to us.
“We just want people to experience this place that we love, this nature, but also, it just feels incredibly romantic.”
Erbert, 28, added: “We’re in a redwood forest, but we got married right in front of this mother tree that’s surrounded by all these smaller trees.
“They drop all the seeds, and it plants kind of like an army of children to protect the mother. The symbolism of it was beautiful. We’re here, planting our seeds to grow our family.”
The couple acquired married in entrance of movie star visitors together with Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, Fresh Prince of Bel Air actor Alfonso Ribeiro and Vampire Diaries actress Nina Dobrev.
Describing how significant marriage is to him, Hough mentioned: “It’s so interesting what a small sort of piece of metal can do to your whole persona and your whole outlook on everything, where all of a sudden it’s sort of like, oh, I have this promise that I carry with me all the time.’
“And to want to be a man to live up to that promise daily for that person and for yourself and for others, it’s a powerful thing. It’s a beautiful thing.
“So for me, I’m excited to continue to aspire to be that man each and every day for her, for our animals and for our future family.”
The couple shared their first dance to Fall Into Me by Forest Blakk however resisted the prospect to carry out a choreographed routine.
Hough instructed People: “It’s so beautiful, but I’ll say this: I think everybody’s expecting us to do a performance and a dance whole thing.
“But that’s the thing — we perform, we go on stage, we dance, we do things. So for us, it feels more special for us to not perform. To be on the floor with each other, to listen to music and just be in the moment.”