Lana del Rey Alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufrene's wedding was officiated by a priest with a surprising twist. Justin Bieber.
The Summer Tragedy hitmaker, 39, married Dufresne in a swamp ceremony in Louisiana last month following a whirlwind romance, just a month after their romance debuted.
According to the couple's marriage certificate obtained by TMZ, the church's pastor, Judah Smith, married the couple and signed the document.
After falling out with Hillsong co-founder Carl Lentz in 2020, Smith was seen having dinner with Lentz in December.
Lana's ninth studio album, Did You Know There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.?, featured a sermon by Smith and an interlude by Judah Smith.
Lana Del Rey's wedding to alligator tour guide Jeremy Dufresne was officiated by a pastor with a surprising connection to Justin Bieber.
According to the couple's marriage certificate, obtained by TMZ, the church's controversial pastor Judah Smith married the couple and signed their document, pictured with Bieber.
Like Carl, Judah slowly integrated into Hollywood, turning what was once a small Seattle-based church into a large organization passed down to him from his father.
His innovative views and growing connections with the rich and famous have favored the younger generation, and Charchom has built a huge following both in person and online.
But like Carl, Judah doesn't have a whispering reputation. He was accused of homophobia after making a series of shocking comments, saying he believed being gay was a “sin” on the same level as “rape and murder.”
His church was also scandalized for hiring a former rape accuser, and the organization faced accusations of shielding abusers from a woman who said they encouraged her not to go to the police when she was sexually assaulted by a church coach.
The bond between Judah and Justin dates back to long before the singer became famous, as his mother was a big fan of Judah's teachings and read them to Justin when he was a child.
Lana recently broke her silence following her stormy wedding.
She said: 'Jeremy is the only one. And wonderful. “We are very happy.”
Jeremy's ex-fiancée has revealed that her marriage to the musical artist took her by surprise.
Judah and Justin hit it off immediately and have been “brothers” ever since. In fact, it was Judah who put the singer in contact with Karl.
Lana's ninth studio album, Did You Know There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd.?, features a sermon by Smith, an interlude by Judah Smith, photo with Dufrin.
She said she discovered he was walking down the aisle when she showed him the photographs the next morning.
Del Rey and Dufresne married last week in an intimate on-water ceremony in Des Allemandes, Louisiana, a month after their romance became public and five years after they met.
Kelly Welsh, 45, who was engaged to Dufrene for 12 years before they split in October 2023, told DailyMail.com that she was surprised by how quickly they said “I do.”
I'm shocked because we were engaged for 12 years and he got married a month later.
But I'm happy for him. He is a very protective, hard-working and manly man. He had to leave his comfort zone. He was used to life and being out of the swamp. “He deserves this privilege.”
Judah lives in a $2.5 million mansion in California with his wife and three children, Zion, 19, Elliott, 17, and Gracie, 14.
Welsh and Dufreen began dating as teenagers, when she was 16 and he was 19, but they broke up a year later.
He was married to his first wife, Gina, with whom he shared three children: two sons and a daughter.
A year after the marriage, she reunited with Welsh.
