CNN Favorite Finally Weds After Hurricane Delays Ceremony

She needed to initially cancel her wedding ceremony 48 hours earlier than the friends had been to reach.

Mom Nature couldn’t cease CNN correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister’s wedding ceremony. In October 2023, Wagmeister and her soon-to-be groom, Michael A. Sigall, initially deliberate to marry in Cabo, Mexico. Sadly, issues did not work out as deliberate.

Whereas on location, the couple had already deliberate to say “I do” with their households. A fierce hurricane hit, chopping off their lodge’s electrical energy and forcing close by lodgings to evacuate. They canceled the marriage 48 hours earlier than friends arrived and determined to postpone the occasion till March.

“On this planet of breaking information, I at all times must be prepared to modify plans on a whim, so this wasn’t completely uncommon for me,” Wagmeister advised PEOPLE. “In truth, it gave us 5 further months to look ahead to the marriage and it was properly definitely worth the wait. It was actually the weekend of our desires.”

“They had been each very calm and matter of truth and got here to the conclusion that attempting to power the marriage to occur amidst a hurricane wasn’t going to permit for your entire out of doors expertise they’d been envisioning in the course of the months of planning,” their planner, Lynette Dow, proprietor of Lynette Dow Occasions, advised the outlet. “As soon as the tough resolution was made, the stress dissipated, and everybody jumped into motion to reschedule venues, distributors, lodge and friends – all was dealt with in three hours!”

In a small, personal ceremony, the couple married in entrance of their households and a rabbi at their LA house earlier than returning to Cabo for the celebration. On March 17, the couple tied the knot on the Acre Resort in Los Cabos in what Wagmeister described as a relaxed trip ambiance so their household and mates might have an excellent time.

“It was essential to us to have a enjoyable weekend away with all of our family and friends. We each have such demanding careers, and all of our mates have such busy lives that we wished to make the weekend rely for everybody,” Wagmeister shared. 

After assembly on Hinge in the course of the pandemic and getting engaged on Dec. 17, 2022, the couple stated they obtained to do issues out of order, as they’d already honeymooned in November within the Maldives and Bali. However, the pair stated it didn’t matter how they completed issues so long as they did them collectively.

“We each have very related values, and nothing is extra essential to us than household. Though I’ve a job that requires hair and make-up each day, I am going to at all times select an evening at house in sweatpants on the sofa over a Hollywood work occasion,” Wagmeister stated.

She added, “We like to prepare dinner dinner collectively and dance round to music within the kitchen and be foolish. Now we get to do this for the remainder of our lives, and it is comforting to know that after we come house from work, we get to be with one another.”

Wagmeister advised PEOPLE that she considers herself fortunate to have Sigall as her accomplice.

“We each have very busy careers – myself as a journalist, and my husband as an lawyer – so relationship was not straightforward as a result of neither of us has very a lot free time,” Wagmeister stated. “As a girl, it was at all times essential to me to have my very own identification, and I am glad that I didn’t meet Michael till I had sufficient life expertise – each ups and downs – to essentially respect what he delivered to my life, which is a supportive accomplice and greatest good friend who enhances every little thing that I already had. I’ve labored very arduous for my profession, my friendships and my monetary independence, and the reality is, I had a really full life earlier than getting married. Understanding that makes this second that a lot sweeter.”

Final 12 months, Wagmeister joined CNN as a correspondent protecting leisure primarily based in Los Angeles. The College of California Santa Barbara graduate most lately served because the chief correspondent at Selection. Earlier than that, she was the Senior Leisure Editor at HollywoodLife.com, overseeing the positioning’s TV and movie vertical. 

This 12 months, the Emmy-nominated journalist received two Webby awards for internet hosting Selection’s Energy of Girls livestream occasion. She has received quite a few Nationwide Arts and Leisure Journalism Awards and LA Press Membership awards and was named certainly one of Forbes’ 30 Beneath 30 in 2019.