Jenna Jameson is married!
The 49-year-old actress and former adult movie star married his girlfriend, 40, Jessi Lawless, in an intimate wedding ceremony in Las Vegas on May 23.
“I’ve always found the person I really need to be with,” Jameson tells PEOPLE privately.
“I’m trying to reconsider why I’m dating or marrying men, and it’s selfish and bad to say it, but I think the kids were my driving force,” the mother-of-three explains. “And now that I’ve truly found myself, I accept whatever I feel inside and I don’t throw it all away.”
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The newlyweds took an oath at Little Church of the West in Nevada, which has a special meaning to Jameson, because this is the same place where their parents said “Yes”. The couple will hold a bigger wedding when the time comes, but for now, they “run and shoot” as Lawless explains. “Full Las Vegas.”
Planning to legally take his wife’s surname, Jameson walked down the aisle to Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” in a short white dress with a long veil, pink platforms, and dyed pink hair.
“My dad has taken Jenna down the aisle since her dad passed away,” explains Lawless, who wore a black suit for the affair.
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“I was standing there waiting for her, and I looked behind the church and saw she was standing there. I looked at my father and said, ‘Daddy, just walk Jenna down the hall.'”
The couple chose someone who looked like Johnny Cash, who married the couple, rather than an Elvis Presley impersonator. After the ceremony, the newlyweds toured Vegas in the neon green Lamborghini they rented for the day.
“We went to Red Rock [Canyon] and we drove past and took some pictures and hung out with our family and had fun,” says Lawless.
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As for how the two complement each other, Jameson, who describes herself as “Jessi’s Daughter” on Instagram, says they’re “very different” but make a good team.
“I’m like the stone I hit a wall and ride the wave of my emotions,” says Jameson. “I just want what I want. And Jessi is very introverted and thinks through everything and so it’s definitely a good network because she punished me and I set her under fire.”
The couple first connected last year when Jameson discovered his social media personality on TikTok and started commenting on his page. Lawless admits that it took Jameson a minute to figure out who he was. She remembers reading on the star’s social media account: “Who is this Jenna Can’t Lose?” “Jenna who fucked Jameson. Oh my God.”
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Jameson said, “I’ve been falling in love with Jessi for a long time because she’s pretty big on TikTok and I love TikTok. I just scroll at night when I’m trying to calm down and I like her perspective on things. So I started giving her collective comments trying to get her attention and it worked. looked like.”
Lawless states that he had a girlfriend at the time and that he didn’t act on any of Jameson’s advances because of his “moral compass”, but once Born Lawless The podcast host’s previous relationship ended, she responded, and the couple started dating in January.
“I knew I’d get what I wanted,” Jameson began, “it was worth it. But he challenged me and I’m very determined when it comes to challenges, so I knew I had to just lie and wait.” . And he’s back.”
“Maybe I just seemed to want casual encounters,” Lawless says. “But I’m happy it’s gone to a more serious level and I’ve never been this comfortable around anyone.”
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express your love even more New York Times Bestselling author Lawless says there’s nothing like being in Jameson’s “inspiring” company, it feels like “home.”
“The moment I’m with her, there’s something about this woman, there are no words to describe the energy she has, but the moment I step into her presence, I’m like, ‘Oh shit. This woman was made for me.’ Everything about it felt like home.”
Lawless continues: “Probably the strongest person I’ve ever met in my life.”
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After getting engaged in April, the duo decided they didn’t want to wait to say “Yes.”
“I proposed to Jenna two months ago, and I did it in the privacy of our own bedroom,” Lawless says. “We were laying in bed and just talking and I had the ring, I had the ring for a minute, and I lay down by the nightstand and took it out and walked over to the bed. … I got down on my knees and told her that I was the most incredible woman I’ve ever met and nothing better than being my wife. I said I couldn’t think.”
Adds Jameson: “The future looks incredibly bright and I’m so excited to embark on this adventure with Jessi.”