Nina Senicar & Jay Ellis

Jay Ellis and Nina Senicar Tie the Knot in Italy After Having to Postpone the Wedding Twice

Jay Ellis is married.

The actor, known for his roles in Top Gun: Maverick and HBO's Insecure married Nina Senicar in a romantic ceremony in Tuscany, Italy after five years together, per Vogue.

Ellis, 40, celebrated the moment with a sweet photo of him and his wife gazing at one another, revealing the wedding date in the caption.

"July 9th, 2022… Per sempre ," he wrote using the Italian phrase that means forever.

The Serbian actress and advocate, 36, shared the same photo and caption on her own Instagram profile.

The newlyweds both donned custom Dolce and Gabbana looks for their big day, with the groom sporting a custom Bordeaux tuxedo featuring peak lapels and silk satin trim with a white tuxedo button-up.

The bride opted for a gorgeous white gown with a structured bustier. She added a sultry flare with a gathered skirt and thigh-high split, bringing it all together with white satin strappy sandals.

They enjoyed their ceremony at Villa Mangiacane in Tuscany, with vineyards and olive groves making the beautiful scene complete, according to Vogue.

Senicar shared the sentimental inspiration behind the location, telling the outlet, "We always knew we wanted to get married in Italy because going there was the first trip we ever took together."


Following getting engaged in January 2019, they planned to wed on July 9 that year at the Villa Mangiacane in Tuscany's San Casciano.


However, the couple was then forced to postpone their dream day due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The two then welcomed their first child, daughter Nora Grace, in November 2019.

They set their new date for July 2021. Senicar told Vogue, " "As the world slowly started to open up in 2021, we had a family loss that caused us to be away from home for about eight or nine months which resulted in our having to change our plans again. And we finally landed on July 9, 2022."

The pair made light of their changes, telling guests "Third time the charm!" in their invitations, and did much of their planning virtually.

Looking back at the day, the actress told the outlet she is "still processing everything," adding, "but I am beyond happy that all of our friends got together to celebrate our love."

"We just really wanted everybody to have a good time and get to know each other. And most importantly, dance. We come from two completely different sides of the world, different cultures, and backgrounds, and it was magical to see how all of that got mixed together in such a beautiful and spontaneous way with the people we love the most."

As for what's next, Ellis said he's looking forward to getting plenty of rest, he told the publication.

"I just feel like we need a vacation after throwing the craziest three-day party ever. But it was amazing. After everything that everyone has been through over the last few years bringing over 190 people together for three days in Tuscany and celebrating was surreal.

"Seeing all of our friends from different parts of our lives together smiling and laughing, connecting, and forming their own friendships was such a huge part of what we wanted out of the weekend and the celebration. We wanted to create moments and memories that would last the rest of our lives.

 

It's a damn shame that people KNOWS he's been with this white woman for years but decided to see one of their most beautiful moments of their life getting married to the love of their life and that makes them angry?

He turned off the comments when he posted this on IG because he knew what was going to happen. But they are so hateful that they thought they are going to spread that hate no matter what so they took it to twitter and got him trending. Luckily people are jumping in and defended Jay & Nina and IR between black men & white women in general.

 

The troll brigade harasses and demonizes Black men who marry white women and conversely applauds the likes of Serena Williams and Meghan Markle for marrying white men. It's unfortunate that Jay foresaw the barrage of criticism on what was supposed to be a joyful occasion.

 

I'm not surprised by the hate. BM/WW relationships have always gotten a major negative stigma over WM/BW relationships
and those same people hating on Jay's marriage were probably swooning and still are over Harry and Meghan's wedding/relationship.

 

The hypocrisy is amazing.

 

I don't want to derail their thread and beautiful moment too much with this. But this is an example of the hypocrisy that people on twitter have been busting people with.

https://twitter.com/RenyTure/status/1549405571950039047

And that is one of MANY! It just goes to show the low level of respect as a human being some folks in this society have for black men.

 

That's hilarious!! OMG, she needs to sit her hypocritical nasty ass down!

 

His 'Announcement' <3



(First time seeing this thread)
What a prefect looking couple, and they seem deeply in love. <3

 

It’s people like this who keep the segregation alive. Always has amazed me how the only races made for each other cop the most hate. No ones hating on the black man with Asian or Indian female or the white man with the Asian or Indian female. And we sure as hell ain’t hating or side eyeing the black female for ‘stealing our white men’ have them. The black woman knows damn well what’s up with how the black and white mix operate and no one needs to be mad at that.

 

Yep.
I've said it before here, the American Black man is the ONLY MAN who is policed in everything he does. Just interchange the nagger/finger-wagger, it's the same sick desire to control, manipulate, scold, de-press, devalue and emasculate him.

 

It’s disgusting and unfair but will never change sadly.