Sure, he did do this! Jaleel White and Nicoletta Ruhl have tied the knot.
As first reported by Individuals, the Household Issues star, 47, and the tech government mentioned “I do” on Could 4 on the ritzy Riviera Nation Membership in Los Angeles. The outlet reviews the marriage celebration included 175 visitors. The nuptials come simply months earlier than the actor — well-known for portraying the nerdy however lovable Steve Urkel — will drop a brand new e-book, Rising Up Urkel.
White, a UCLA alum, met Ruhl whereas understanding at UCLA’s Drake Stadium over the pandemic. The outlet reviews she was a swimmer at Yale earlier than incomes a enterprise diploma from Stanford. That is White’s first marriage.
A few of the marriage ceremony visitors included 8 Mile star Mekhi Phifer, Ballers star Omar Miller and U.S. monitor star Allyson Felix.
“It was vital for all of the those that carry an influence on our day by day lives to be current and for every considered one of them to get pleasure from themselves as thought they had been a part of one thing intimate and significant,” Ruhl tells the journal.
Individuals reviews the couple carried out a choreographed dance to Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t No Mountain Excessive Sufficient.”
That White can bust out a dance transfer comes as no shock. He confirmed he may do exactly that as a younger Steve Urkel (keep in mind Do the Urkel?!) after which once more on Dancing With the Stars, the place appeared on season 14 with Kym Johnson. They danced the foxtrot to “The Means You Look Tonight” and the tango to “(I Cannot Get No) Satisfaction.” They completed in eighth place.
White was a baby star on the hit ABC sitcom from 1989 till 1997. His preliminary look was speculated to solely be a cameo however he rapidly grew to become one of many present’s largest stars. The Urkel character continues to be some of the iconic characters within the historical past of tv.
In 2017, White spoke to ET a few Household Issues reboot earlier than dishing an excellent concept about his character.
“He is a cartoon so far as I am involved,” he argued. “In the event you advance the clock by 25 years, I am undecided you possibly can actually even seize what he’s in live-action … In order that’s my ‘trace trace,’ and what I feel must be carried out.”
It is unclear right now if any of his Household Issues co-stars attended the marriage. In 2022, White’s TV dad, Reginald VelJohnson, opened as much as ET about what it was like working with White.
“He was an exquisite child, [but] I feel working with him was a problem,” VelJohnson recalled. “Working with all people was a problem, and there have been some moments the place he was a bit of troublesome. However total, I’ve nothing however good recollections from him.”
“I feel, you recognize, quite a lot of the youngsters grew up on the set and we needed to cope with youngsters… and that was an fascinating expertise, coping with youngsters as they grew up,” he continued. “I went to my dressing room and locked the door after I [rehearsed] my scenes as a result of that was the one approach. As a result of youngsters have quite a lot of vitality… [and] you could not cope with it.”
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