DeVon Franklin and Maria Castillo are formally married! Over the weekend, they tied the knot in a lakeside ceremony in Beverly Hills, California.
“So typically folks take a look at a marriage as the top of a love story, however it’s only the start. We wished this occasion to seize that, so folks can actually expertise our love for each other,” Franklin advised Individuals Journal.
Castillo added: “The imaginative and prescient was to create an expertise that felt deeply significant and reflective of who we’re, not simply as people, however as a pair.”
Franklin described the ceremony as a mirrored image of their love story. From a candlelit walkway to a harpist and a violinist, Castillo says each element was “intentional.” The superstar coach walked down the aisle to violinist Jeremy Inexperienced, taking part in “Goodness of God” in a lace Galia Lahav robe impressed by her Hispanic heritage. In the meantime, Franklin sported a traditional Giorgio Armani tux.
The lakeside ceremony was led by well-known pastor Touré Roberts, with stars like Kelly Rowland, Tim Witherspoon, LeToya Luckett, Taleo Coles, Israel Houghton, Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, Tyler Lepley, Robin Thede, and extra bearing witness to their matrimony.
“We spoke from the guts,” Franklin mentioned of their conventional and private vow alternate. “I wished all the pieces I mentioned to return from God and my coronary heart.”
After making “guarantees for a lifetime,” the couple celebrated their union in a reception that provided “a mix of timeless magnificence, romance, and heat,” a menu that fused Franklin’s African-American and Castillo’s Dominican cultures.
“We actually wished to spotlight the Dominican tradition and the African American tradition and convey these two worlds collectively,” Franklin defined. “As a result of that’s a part of our story, and we would like the marriage to depart company having skilled our story.”
In the course of the reception, Franklin stunned his spouse with a reside efficiency from gospel artist MAJOR, who sang “Why I Love You” for his or her first dance. Equally, the couple included totally different features of their spirituality into the marriage by inviting company to spotlight significant scripture and go away messages in a Bible, which served as their guestbook.
“It’s essential to me that our company really feel the presence of God all through all the day. I preserve saying I need this wedding ceremony to be a sworn statement of God’s goodness,” Castillo shares. “Greater than something, I wished it to really feel like a real celebration of connection and a starting. The tip of an period, however the starting of one thing actually sacred and delightful ceaselessly.”
Franklin and Castillo acquired engaged in December 2024, after one 12 months of courting, which he described as “magical.” This marks Franklin’s second marriage—he was beforehand married for 9 years to actress Meagan Good earlier than their divorce in 2021.
Now, the newlyweds are excited to step into this new chapter collectively.
“There’s one thing actually lovely about understanding we get to develop and evolve and stroll via each season of life collectively. From the abnormal moments to the extraordinary ones, we get to witness one another’s lives,” Castillo says. “I’m wanting ahead to creating a house with him full of love, objective, and religion. Constructing a life that displays our values and finally giving God the glory.”
