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Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker wedding – Elvis impersonator who married them reveals their vows in PDA ceremony
THE Elvis impersonator who married Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker in a shock Las Vegas ceremony post-Grammys has revealed their vows and says he almost turned them down.
Reality star Kourtney, 42, and her rocker beau, 46, hit up the One Love Chapel in Downtown Sin City during the early hours of Monday morning and said "I do" in front of the King.
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The Sun can now exclusively reveal the look-a-like who got the big gig was 69-year-old Dean Diamond, who says his phone hasn't stopped ringing since the news.
He revealed: "It was like 12:30 at night and they wanted me to be down there at 1 o'clock, then he called me back and said, 'No, they're gonna be late, it's not gonna be till 2.
"I almost changed my mind I said, 'I don't know if that's too late because I've got weddings the next day', then he said 'we'll sweeten the pot, we'll give you more money, it's going to be a celebrity.'"
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Dean heard rumors it may be Bruno Mars, before being told it was Khloe Kardashian, until Kourtney and Travis finally walked through the door hand-in-hand after attending an after party.
"I'm not familiar with Travis's band but I've heard from my son he's amazing, of course everyone's a fan of the Kardashians," he said. "I have watched the show.
"He wasn't saying as much as her, but he was speaking with his eyes, the way he was looking at her like, 'Wow, I get to marry you'."
Dean said they were giggling when the pair came in and smooched as he performed Can't Help Falling in Love in addition to A Mess Of Blues, complete with karate chops.
He said the couple revealed they didn't have a marriage license, but Dean feels they are now married "in the eyes of God" and will later have a huge ceremony.
"I talked to them, I said, we're gonna do two songs. You're gonna do the Elvis vows. They didn't have any vows of their own. They had rings on already. So we did the ring ceremony together."
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He revealed the Elvis vows are a twist on the traditional promises, with phrases like: "Baby, I promised to love you with all my heart. You are my hunka hunka burning love."
Dean went on: "I marry people all the time in commitment ceremonies. They don't have legal papers, but when two hearts are joined together in holy matrimony and when they really love each other, to me, it's a marriage. And in the old days they didn't have paperwork."
When asked if the pair had been drinking, he said: "They had. But you know what I'm looking at is how they say their vows. How clear is their speech? Their speech was extremely clear and Travis is looking at her, you know like the way I look at my wife."
Dean, who works with his wife and Priscilla look-a-like Donna, has been an Elvis impersonator since he was a child and has been doing weddings in Vegas for eight years helping couples get hitched.
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As for if he has any advice for the happy couple after being married for more than 20 years, he explained: "Be best friends and don't hang around anyone who's going to try and separate the friendship and your love for one another... causing division or saying anything negative."
He went on: "It was an honor, they were like kids in a candy shop walking in. You see these two beautiful people, they're really well known and I get to do their wedding, it was really special."
BABY HOPES
Dean also revealed his thoughts on if he hopes the pair end up welcoming a baby after the Poosh founder revealed she's undergoing IVF to conceive: "The greatest blessings for us is our kids, we have two 17 and 16. It's never too late to have a miracle."
Kourtney showed off intimate photos from the wedding on Wednesday and confirmed the pair didn't get a license as it was just a "practice ceremony" ahead of their real big day.
The first snap shared to the star's Instagram captured the couple smiling as they embraced near the altar - after paying just $800 for the wedding and insisting they wanted Elvis.
Dean appears in the background of some of the photos, which captured Kourtney and Travis holding hands and smooching.
The slide concluded with a photo of two rose bouquets sitting on the ground.
Kourtney wrote on Instagram to her millions of fans: "Found these in my camera roll.
"Once upon a time in a land far, far away (Las Vegas) at 2am, after an epic night and a little tequila, a queen and her handsome king ventured out to the only open chapel with an Elvis and got married (with no license).
"Practice makes perfect."
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Chapel owner Marty Frierson, who was also present during the wedding, previously revealed to The Sun that it was their first celebrity event at the venue which has been open around two years.
Marty told The Sun: "I got a call from a male assistant about 12:30am verifying we were open, he said, 'A celebrity is getting married, we can't tell you who it is, it's a big time person'.
"They said, 'We read your reviews, are you open? Can you get Elvis?' I said, 'I'm not sure it's kinda late to get Elvis, but I'll double check.' I made them pay online first because if I'm booking Elvis I have to pay him."
He revealed the couple selected the chapel's $199 package, which included the $75 minister fee, choice of love songs, silk rose bouquets, and a toast for two - declining a video and photographs.
"They paid extra for Elvis, I can't say how much we pay him but it was about $800 in total, and we had two rose bouquets left, they decided to buy both of them," Marty said.
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"They didn't bring their own photographer, they came with four guys, I know one was security, the rest seemed to be management or friends, but they only took iPhone photographs.
The Sun also exclusively obtained photos and video of the inside of the venue, with the main room featuring mini chandeliers on the ceiling and a white circular flower arch at the alter.
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