Actor Paul Wesley and model Natalie Kuckenburg have officially tied the knot, marking a new chapter in their relationship that began nearly four years ago. The couple married in a civil ceremony on Monday, July 13, 2026, with their beloved dog, Greggory, joining the celebration.
"Mr. and Mrs. 💍 and the Best Boy Greg 🐾," Kuckenburg wrote via Instagram on Monday, sharing photographs from the private nuptials. The intimate ceremony took place exactly one year after the couple announced their engagement in July 2025.
Wesley, best known for his role in The Vampire Diaries, first went public with Kuckenburg in November 2022 during a trip to the village of Nerano, Italy, where the pair were photographed displaying affection. The relationship began shortly after Wesley's separation from Ines de Ramon became public knowledge. Us Weekly confirmed in September 2022 that Wesley and de Ramon, who had been married for three years, had quietly ended their marriage.
The 18-year age difference between Wesley and Kuckenburg has not deterred the couple from building a life together. Unlike Wesley's previous relationship, which remained largely private, Kuckenburg has regularly shared glimpses of their romance on social media, documenting travels across multiple continents and everyday moments with the actor and his dog.
"Random analog captures …. Berlin🇩🇪UK🇬🇧LA🌴," Kuckenburg captioned a February 2023 Instagram post that included a photograph of Wesley walking Greggory. The post illustrated the couple's jet-setting lifestyle, which has taken them from European ski slopes to French tennis tournaments.
The relationship timeline reveals a couple who have embraced both public appearances and private moments. In December 2022, they attended a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden, watching the team lose to the Philadelphia 76ers. The following month, they vacationed on the ski slopes of Austria. By February 2023, Kuckenburg marked their first Valentine's Day as a couple with a social media post.
Their public debut as a couple at formal events came in March 2023, when they coordinated in black ensembles for the annual Women's Cancer Research Fund Gala on March 16. The appearance signaled their comfort with stepping into the spotlight together.
Throughout 2023 and 2024, the couple maintained an active social calendar. They celebrated Wesley's birthday in St. Tropez, France, in July 2023 alongside friends Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy. In September 2023, they attended the US Open with Maestro Dobel tequila during Labor Day weekend. The following spring, they were photographed cuddling at the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on May 28, 2024.
The engagement announcement came on July 19, 2025, when Kuckenburg shared a photograph of her oval engagement ring on Instagram. "Yes 🤍," she wrote. "Always and forever." The post confirmed that Wesley had proposed, setting the stage for their wedding exactly one year later.
The inclusion of Greggory in the wedding photographs underscores the dog's importance to the couple. Throughout their relationship, Kuckenburg has frequently featured the pet in social media posts, establishing Greggory as a fixture in their family unit.
Wesley's previous marriage to de Ramon lasted from 2019 to 2022, though the couple kept their relationship largely out of the public eye after they were first photographed together in June 2018. The contrast between that private approach and the more public nature of his relationship with Kuckenburg marks a notable shift in how the actor navigates his personal life.
The civil ceremony represents the culmination of a relationship that has spanned continents and seasons, from Italian coastal villages to Austrian mountains, from Parisian tennis courts to New York basketball arenas. For Wesley and Kuckenburg, the wedding marks not an ending but a formal beginning to a partnership they have been building since late 2022.
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