Why Jonathan Scott & Zooey Deschanel Are Keeping Their Wedding Plans Off-Camera
Fans of Jonathan Scott and Zooey Deschanel have been eagerly awaiting a wedding update since the couple got engaged in August 2023. Well, a little bit of tea has been spilled, particularly when it comes to sharing their special day with the public.
Scott admitted that they haven’t really planned their wedding at all on the July 11 episode of Today With Jenna & Friends — they like the engaged part of their relationship. “We are the worst,” he laughed. “We’ve been having so much fun. We’ve been traveling. We have not planned anything.” The HGTV star did offer one little hint and teased that “there is an idea planned in our minds.”
Scott didn’t spell out what that idea was, but he got very specific with Swooon about whether he and Deschanel would take a page from his twin brother’s wedding playbook. Drew Scott and Linda Phan signed up for a TLC special, Drew and Linda Say I Do, in 2018. So, is a TV wedding in the cards for them? Well, don’t get your hopes up!
“Not a chance,” he said emphatically to the media outlet. So, there you have it — it’s a private day for The New Girl star and her future husband.
The dynamic duo has a meet-cute origin, though. Sparks flew in August 2019 when they met on a segment of Carpool Karaoke on The Late, Late Show With James Corden. Deschanel was separated from husband Jacob Pechenik at the time, with whom she shares two children: daughter Elsie, 10, and son Charlie, 8. Their divorce was finalized in June 2020 after five years of marriage. Deschanel was also previously married to Ben Gibbard from 2009-2012. Scott was married to Kelsey Ully from 2007-2013.
So, fans will probably be waiting a while before Scott and Deschanel officially become Mr. and Mrs., even though he promised People in January that wedding planning would be his “New Year’s resolution.” Still, there’s one thought that he’s stuck to throughout the engagement — the wedding will be small.
“We know that the most important thing for us is to be surrounded by our loved ones,” Scott said to the media outlet in May 2024. “And we’re not planning to do a crazy, extravagant wedding. It’s going to be pretty intimate.”
It doesn’t sound like a 2025 wedding is in the cards for them, but maybe Deschanel and Scott can find room on their 2026 calendar. Maybe?
Before you go, click here to see celebrity couples who never felt the need to get married.