{"id":252928,"date":"2026-07-21T23:47:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/mrbeast-and-thea-booysen-married\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:47:48","slug":"mrbeast-and-thea-booysen-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/21\/mrbeast-and-thea-booysen-married\/","title":{"rendered":"MrBeast and Thea Booysen: Married!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>MrBeast is officially off the market!<\/p>\n<p>The YouTube superstar, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, married longtime girlfriend Thea Booysen during a private wedding celebration on Richard Branson\u2019s exclusive Necker Island, according to a report from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mrbeast-marries-thea-booysen-wedding-exclusive-11682946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>The couple tied the knot in front of approximately 70 close friends and family members after several days of festivities on the luxurious Caribbean island.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"MrBeast attends the Los Angeles VIP screening of &quot;Beast Games&quot; Season Two with Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on January 06, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-559481 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/GettyImages-2255004734-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">MrBeast attends the Los Angeles VIP screening of \u201cBeast Games\u201d Season Two with Jimmy Donaldson aka MrBeast at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on January 06, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for Prime Video)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rather than turning the occasion into a social media spectacle \u2014 like some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/taylor-swift-wedding-guests-complained-about-buffet-line-tacky-raffle-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent newlyweds<\/a> \u2014 Donaldson and Booysen opted for a low-key celebration with no cameras beyond their professional wedding photographer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will definitely be more family and friends \u2014 definitely more private,\u201d Donaldson had previously said while discussing his wedding plans. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be the ultimate way to take some time away and enjoy things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festivities reportedly began on July 14 and stretched across an entire week, giving guests plenty of time to enjoy Necker Island\u2019s amenities before the couple exchanged vows.<\/p>\n<p>Wedding attendees spent time snorkeling, kitesurfing and even interacting with the island\u2019s resident kangaroos and lemurs before the ceremony, which was officiated by a family friend who is an ordained minister.<\/p>\n<p>Donaldson and Booysen first met in 2022 while the YouTube creator was visiting South Africa. Introduced through a mutual friend at dinner, the pair quickly connected over their shared interests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbD5P56DNo3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWhen I met him, I was quite surprised how down-to-earth he was, and also how intelligent he was,\u201d Booysen recalled. \u201cI thought YouTubers were just sort of a persona, but when I met him, I was quite surprised to see that he\u2019s actually a nice guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After returning to the United States, Donaldson reached out via X, and the two soon began a long-distance relationship.<\/p>\n<p>He proposed on Christmas Day in 2024 while both of their families looked on after disguising the engagement ring as part of a gift exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Now that they\u2019re officially husband and wife, Booysen says little will change in their day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt sounds silly, but this is really just a formality,\u201d she told People. \u201cEver since we started dating we\u2019ve been doing it with the goal of marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also described the wedding week as \u201cheaven,\u201d adding that she and Donaldson hope to make gathering their friends and family for a week-long celebration an annual tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Our congratulations go out to Mr. and Mrs. Beast!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/mrbeast-and-thea-booysen-married\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes MrBeast is officially off the market! The YouTube superstar, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, married longtime girlfriend Thea Booysen during a private wedding celebration on Richard Branson\u2019s exclusive Necker Island, according to a report from People. The couple tied the knot in front of approximately 70 close friends and family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}