It’d be Seoige much fun to marry in Vegas
GRAINNE Seoige has revealed she and her fiance have joked about eloping to Vegas – but insisted she couldn’t wed without her family.
The RTE star has been engaged to South African rugby coach Leon Jordaan since 2013 and she moved to Pretoria with him two years ago.
Grainne, 44, admitted organising her big day is tricky as she is so busy running her new business Grace Diamonds and her family are in Ireland.
She told the Irish Mirror: “It’s still going to happen. The level of difficulty when his family are from there [South Africa] and mine are from here and trying to find a time of the year because the hemispheres are literally at opposite seasons – it’s not as easy as it looks.
“It will happen, but when is the thing. We keep saying, ‘This year it’s going to happen’. We launched a new business and that’s like having small children, it takes up all your energy. Leon is working Grainne Seoige and Leon Jordaan
full-time himself too. I think someone needs to say, ‘There’s a place booked, turn up in a white guna and I’ll go’.”
When asked if the couple ever considered tying the knot in secret, Grainne said: “We’ve joked about [going to Vegas and eloping] or to Cape Town, just the two of us.
“But my family are very important... having Sile, my mum and special friends there. Special occasions are to be shared. Las Vegas is famed for celeb weddings its Little White Chapel, inset
That’s my feeling anyway.” While she’s happy in South Africa, Grainne admitted she wouldn’t rule out a move back to Ireland as she never imagined herself moving so far away in the first place.
She said: “Who knows, life is full of twists and turns. If someone said five years ago to me I’d be living on the other side of the world, I would have said, ‘No’.
“The older you get, the more flexible you learn to be.” The Galway presenter is in Ireland to present the People Of The Year Awards with Aidan Power.
The ceremony airs on RTE One at 9.30pm tomorrow and will see brave people from across the country honoured for their achievements.
Speaking about the awards, Grainne said: “It’s a wonderful night.
“I get emotional thinking about it because it’s been a good few years I’ve been presenting it and it’s guaranteed to give you a real chill sometimes.
“It’s one of the nicest things broadcasting to be a part of.”
The awards were initially supposed to take place on March 3 but were postponed due to Storm Emma.
Grainne said: “I was sending all the pictures back to friends in South Africa who were in 30C heat. They couldn’t believe what I was showing them.
“We were ready to go, everything was set up and then you have to make the call for everyone’s safety. It’s added to the anticipation this time around.” in