Stoke City fans who married on Don't Tell The Bride reveal behind-the-scenes secrets as they celebrate their 10-year anniversary
By Sarah Garner
6th Mar 2023 | Local News
A couple who married on Don't Tell the Bride are still together 10 years later - and now have two children together.
Jade, 32, and Levi Stone, 33, appeared on the popular Channel 4 show in 2013.
They wed in front of thousands of fans at a Stoke City football match - as Levi is a diehard Potter.
The pair are one of the show's success stories and are celebrating a decade together this year.
They also have two sons, Frankie, eight, and Donnie, four – and are still loyal Stoke City fans.
Jade has now opened up about their experience on the show, revealing the reality behind the drama-filled wedding plans.
She said: "Since [we got married], we've had two wonderful children aged eight and four so we've been busy making our family, we've both progressed job wise and we bought our dream home.
"It's come around so fast it's now 10 years and I've never been back to Stoke City. I was thinking of surprising him or seeing if he wanted to go back for our 10-year anniversary.
"I would never change it. I love it now the boys are a bit older. Every now and again we go and find it on iPlayer and the boys can't believe it's us.
"The biggest transformation is my husband he looks totally different. The long hair is gone and now he's a fitness fanatic and is in the gym every day."
Jade and Levi first met when they were 14 when their schools combined for an education day - and the pair say it was love at first sight.
Sadly they fell out of touch until they reconnected on social media at 18 and became friends online - and a few years later they decided to give a relationship a go.
They had been together for less than a year when they decided to appear on the show – with Jade putting her trust in Levi to plan the perfect wedding.
Neither had proposed to the other before applying for the show, but Jade dropped hints and Levi filled in the application.
And when they were accepted, the pair quickly got engaged.
She says she truly had no idea that he had planned for them to get married at Stoke City football stadium, let alone in front of thousands of fans on match day.
She claims the pair had their phones taken off them for the duration of filming to make sure they couldn't ruin the surprise.
And she says that she had only made one request before they were separated – that Levi get a ring that was to her tastes.
"Back then was kind of the start of Facebook and social media - if someone asked would I do it now, I don't think I would," said Jade.
"I think people didn't believe that we didn't know, the contract we had to sign meant our hands were tied and our phones were taken off us.
"If we got caught talking or seeing each other we would have had a fine which was more than the wedding.
"At the time I wasn't aware of anything going on, the one place I thought it wasn't going to be was a football stadium. It was the biggest shock of my life really.
"As far as I'm aware we're the only people who have ever done it, I don't think anyone else has ever got married on match day on the pitch.
"When we got to Stoke, I was like, 'What is this?'
"To get married in front of 30,000 people and for our reception to be in the Stoke room and to have pictures with the footballers on your wedding day was just crazy.
"I was always quite a control freak, so it was a shock for everyone to believe I'd let him organise the big day.
"At the time, the future didn't cross my mind so it's only now that I'm aware of how lucky we are with his idea that got us on the show.
"When watching other people, I feel like it was quite a nice one.
"We're not fighting against each other, we just had one goal to get married and wherever it was we both would have been happy."
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