Singer Danny O’Donoghue has married the woman who inspired him to write the song ‘At Your Feet’. After a five-year relationship the pair said ‘I do’ this week in a beautiful ceremony
Danny O’Donoghue, best known for being The Script frontman and a judge on The Voice UK, has tied the knot with his long-term girlfriend Anais Niang.
Their love story began during the coronavirus pandemic when they met on the streets of London by pure chance, and they’ve been together ever since. Danny and Anais, now 44 and 31, first went public with their romance at the Pride of Britain Awards in 2021 and it wasn’t long before Danny popped the question.
In August last year Danny whisked Anais away to Norway, a place he described as his ‘favourite place on earth’, to get down on one knee to propose. Fast forward nine months and the loved-up couple said ‘I do’ on Thursday, May 8 and gushed that they were “over the moon” to become husband and wife.
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Danny has shown his love for the French beauty in his music with the One Thing I Got Right and Anais’ ‘favourite’ song At Your Feet, which Danny has said is ‘directly about her’.
Before finding love with Anais Danny was previously in a four-year relationship with Lithuanian model Irma Mali until 2012. He then dated Brazilian model Anne De Paula for four years after meeting on the set of his 2014 music video No Good In Goodbye, and splitting in 2018.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Danny and Anais gushed: “We’re over the moon to be married and now we take the first steps on the journey of the rest of our lives together!” He added: “We actually live in the same part of London, and up until now we’ve mainly just been hanging out at home. My mum loved her, and they offered her lots of tea.”
While the exact location of the ceremony has not ben revealed MailOnline has shared the first exclusive photo of the newlyweds on their big day. Danny looked dapper in a classic tuxedo and bow tie, with a white rose boutonniere, while Anais dazzled in a white gown with a layered skirt that showcased her incredible figure. Anais oozed elegance as she added a pair of satin evening gloves and chic pearl drop earrings, while sweeping her hair into a sleek bun topped with a long veil to complete the look.
His joyous nuptials come after a difficult couple of years for Danny, following the death of his bandmate Mark Sheehan in 2023 who passed away in hospital from an undisclosed illness. Last year, Danny revealed that he went ‘off the rails’ after his friend of 30 years’ death, turning to alcohol and cigarettes.
Last September Danny emotionally said: “Last year was devastating, we lost my best friend and guitarist in the band, Mark, it took us a little while to come out from underneath that. I went down a bit of a hole last year, drinking and trying to get over the grief of your best mate. I gave up drink, alcohol, cigarettes, caffeine. I’m not fun anymore but I’m healthy! Coming into this year as completely sober.”
He continued, sharing his experience with grief: “You never really get rid of grief, it’s always there, you just learn to grow around it,” and explained how working on the new album served as a therapeutic process and provided the group with a sense of direction.
Reflecting on his grief, he emotionally added: “It’s in real time, some days are better than others and I guess I’ll come on maybe a show like this and I’ll see pictures. Get shown them all the time, it’s both heartbreaking but also a great testament. People remember him in such a way and he touched so many people’s lives around the world. It’s beautiful.”
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