John Schneider and Dee Dee Sorvino are officially husband and wife.
The “Dukes of Hazzard” star said “I do” to Paul Sorvino’s widow during a surprise wedding in Las Vegas recently, Fox News Digital confirmed.
“Just when we thought our happiest days were forever behind us …. WE HAPPENED,” the couple shared in a statement provided by their representative.
“Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider and Dee Dee Sorvino married during a surprise wedding in Las Vegas. (Getty Images)
Schneider and Sorvino will host an official wedding celebration next week to mark the anniversary of their first meeting.
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John’s wife, Alicia Allain Schneider, died from breast cancer in 2023 at the age of 53 after a four-year battle with breast cancer.
Schneider’s late wife Alicia died in 2023 following cancer battle. (John Schneider Instagram)
Dee Dee’s late husband, acclaimed actor Paul Sorvino, died in 2022 after suffering health issues. He was 83.
Dee Dee remembered how Fox News played a pivotal part in their relationship as they first met in the green room while waiting for separate appearances on the network, and even announced their surprise elopement while on Neil Cavuto’s show in 2015.
Late actor Paul Sorvino joined Neil Cavuto on Fox News in January 2015 to announce he married wife Dee Dee Benkie in December 2014. The “Goodfellas” star died in July 2022. (Fox News)
“If not for Fox, we would not be married. And Neil Cavuto, we called him Dr. Love,” she said. “We would always joke about this because Paul knew he wanted to marry me right away.”
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