Though Ben noticed Jessica as “essentially the most stunning lady he had ever seen,” they didn’t strike up a romance till they reconnected in 2007.
On the time, Ben took a break from filming Canadian Idol in Montreal and requested Jessica to go on a date. After grabbing sushi, they went to karaoke, the place the Canadian host reportedly sang New York, New York, catching Jessica’s consideration.
“I knew about midway by way of the date that we might finally get married,” Ben advised PostCity in 2020.
After 9 months of a long-distance relationship, Ben proposed to Jessica at Chez Nick’s Diner in Montreal.
“Once I would go to Jessica, whereas we had been relationship, we might at all times cease in in order that I might have a bacon cheeseburger, fries, and gravy and a black cherry cola (the one factor I’ve ever eaten at Nick’s),” Ben detailed. “I discussed how I hoped that, once we had children, they might have an opportunity to make recollections at Nick’s, too. At which level, I acquired on one knee, whipped out a hoop, and popped the query.”
On October 30, 2008, Ben and Jessica tied the knot in entrance of their 60 friends throughout a non-public ceremony at St. Patrick’s Basilica.
“The second I noticed Jess stroll down the aisle. It was the primary time in my life that my breath really left my physique and I couldn’t catch it,” Ben advised At the moment’s Bride following the ceremony.
Their three-day marriage ceremony celebrations included a “Hallowedding” costume social gathering.