Bindi Irwin says her ‘dream’ wedding at Australia Zoo was RUINED by news helicopters flying overhead and ‘scaring our wildlife’
Bindi Irwin has blasted Australia’s major television networks for ruining her ‘dream wedding’ to Chandler Powell on March 25.
She claimed news helicopters flying overhead had forced the couple to change the venue from the ‘African savannah’ section of Australia Zoo to a nearby barn.
The 21-year-old shared a photo to Instagram from her special day, alongside the caption: ‘This isn’t the fairytale image capturing the “perfect” wedding day feeling. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.’
Scroll down for video
‘I said goodbye to the place I’d dreamed of getting married’: Bindi Irwin has blasted Australia’s major television networks for ruining her ‘dream wedding’ to Chandler Powell on March 25
Bindi explained that she and Chandler had hoped to say ‘I do’ in the African savannah, but things didn’t go to plan when someone tipped off the media.
‘On our wedding day we were finally about to get married and the paparazzi flew over us in a helicopter scaring our wildlife. We had to leave our stunning wedding venue on the African savannah for their safety,’ she wrote.
‘I said goodbye to the place I had dreamed of getting married for so many years.’
‘We had to leave our stunning venue’: She claimed news helicopters flying overhead had forced the couple to change the venue from the ‘African savannah’ section of Australia Zoo to a nearby barn. Pictured: Channel Nine’s aerial footage of the pair’s nuptials on March 25
Thinking on her feet, Bindi decided to hold the event inside a barn instead.
‘At that moment I remembered the filming barn where I’d spent much of my life with my family working on Crocodile Hunter and Bindi the Jungle Girl,’ she explained.
Bindi and Chandler’s staff immediately got to work moving the wedding decor indoors.
Change of plan! After somebody tipped off the media, Bindi and Chandler’s staff immediately got to work moving the wedding decor indoors
‘I was there in my wedding dress, husband-to-be by my side, moving tables and flowers and trying to make our day finally become a reality,’ she added.
Bindi had felt ‘overwhelmed’ by the chaos of the day, but calmed down when Chandler reminded her that ‘love always wins’.
‘Our wedding day wasn’t what we planned but it was an extraordinary starting point for our marriage to bloom,’ she wrote.
How sweet: Bindi had felt ‘overwhelmed’ by the chaos of the day, but calmed down when Chandler reminded her that ‘love always wins’
American pay television network Animal Planet was given exclusive access to Bindi and Chandler’s wedding.
Footage of their big day aired during a special episode of Crikey! It’s the Irwins.
Bindi and Chandler had moved their original wedding date of April 4 forward to March 25 due to the rapidly escalating COVID-19 pandemic.
Exclusive deal: American pay television network Animal Planet was given exclusive access to Bindi and Chandler’s wedding