It was expected and desired and, finally, it has happened. The Malaga actor Antonio Banderas, who this Saturday, October 18, is celebrating the wedding of his only daughter in Valladolid with his ex-wife Melanie Griffith, (Marbella, 29 years old), has come out to receive the press who have waited all day in the vicinity of the , the historic 12th century monastery and luxury hotel where the celebration is taking place. In a speech lasting about four minutes, Banderas, who is godfather at his daughter’s wedding to the American businessman of Polish descent Alex Gruszynski (28 years old), spoke to the microphones, revealing that everything “has been very nice and very exciting and we are very happy.”
Banderas has also confessed that he has shed “some tears”: “They (the couple) have known each other since they were four years old and it is a very long relationship in the end, a relationship of 25 years,” said the interpreter of The Fox laughing, very excited and even a little nervous. The father of the bride, who also had the detail of coming out with champagne to toast with the press for Stella’s wedding. Asked about the ceremony, he acknowledged that it was “typical as always, the ceremony, the rings…”. And he has denied some of the things that had been published about the wedding, among them, that Chris Martin, ex of the bride’s sister, Dakota Johnson, and leader of the band Cold Play, will not sing at the celebration: “No, he is not here. The brothers have come and Dakota is, but it is not going to happen,” referring to the singer’s expected performance.
The actor, very elegant, in a dark suit and bow tie, joked with the press, who had a doll of him: “I have cut my hair and I am perfect,” he said with the miniature in his hand, which he assured that he will give to the bride. Regarding this and how he felt during the ceremony, Banderas assured that there was “tranquility, elegance.” And he has revealed that his daughter chose this place in the heart of the Duero Valley because he had previously been there with some friends: “We had heard about the Retuerta Abbey and I really liked it. And when she told me that she was going to get married, one day, going through photo albums, she saw the church that was built in the 12th century and that was a marvel and in some way it was in her head,” she said. “She wanted to do it in Spain in any way,” he added, ensuring that “it was a bit of space that brought us here and that it had the space and facility to bring 200 people and be able to accommodate them without difficulty.” The actor has referred to those who come from a very long trip, “like Los Angeles,” and the need to be in a quiet place. “We are very happy and very grateful.”
Antonio Banderas’ other denial about his daughter’s wedding has been about the wedding gift. Some media had published that it would be an exclusive house in Marbella that the actor would have been renovating, something that he denied to the press this afternoon: “What’s wrong. Some very strange things are said. What I would like to do is thank the people from here, from Castilla and Valladolid and the towns for how well they have behaved with us. Also all the people from the Abbey and the waiters who have been hired, who have been very good with us.”
After these statements, Banderas toasted the press and returned to the wedding celebration. Regarding the guests, he has only mentioned Stella’s two brothers, although it is expected that the bride’s grandmother, 95 years old, will have attended the wedding.
The couple formed by Stella Banderas and Gruszynski, although they have known each other since they were children, when they attended the Wagon Wheel School in Los Angeles, California, where they both grew up and where they currently live. In the Instagram post in which the daughter of Banderas and Melanie Griffith announced to the world that she would marry the businessman, who is executive director of the multifunctional studio located in West Hollywood NOVA Studios, she assured: “I will be able to spend all my time with my favorite person on earth forever.”
