Yvette Nicole Brown says she got her 'happy ending' marrying Anthony Davis in dream wedding at 53

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Yvette Nicole Brown and Anthony Davis tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at The Maybourne Beverly Hills in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 14, as per People.

The couple started off as friends after first meeting in their 20s. After losing touch for a few years, they reconnected in 2021, when Davis reached out following the death of Brown's mother.

Following the ceremony, which was attended by 200 guests, Yvette told People, "I had no nerves when it came to marrying this man. He is the one for me. Absolutely."

Yvette Nicole Brown and Anthony Davis' wedding was a bittersweet family reunion

Yvette Nicole Brown's father was unable to walk her down the aisle on her special day as he has been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. However, her brother, Paris Brown, stepped in for the role, making it a bittersweet moment.

Anthony, who has lost both his parents, surprised his wife with a heartfelt gesture, arranging for her father to be at the wedding by coordinating with his care facility.

"So my brother and his sister stood in, so it was nice to walk down the aisle toward family and with family, even if it's not the family we wish we had in those roles," the 'Community' star shared. 

She was also excited for "all of our friend groups and sides of our families" meeting for the first time. "The melding of these families is what I'm super, super excited about," Yvette expressed. 

Yvette Nicole Brown once thought she would never have her 'happy ending'

The first time Yvette Nicole Brown tried on a wedding dress was for an episode of 'Drake and Josh' on Nickelodeon for the wedding of her character Helen Dubois.  

Recalling the moment, the actress said, "I cried when I saw myself in the wedding dress, and the wardrobe woman thought I was crying because I looked so beautiful."

She added, "First of all, I'm not that kind of chick to cry because I look beautiful … I was crying because I was like, 'This may be the only time I'm in a wedding dress.' And to realize that all these years later I was wrong and that I get to have my bridal moment as well, and my happy ending as well, it's amazing."

On the subject of her real wedding dress, a mermaid-style gown designed by Ines Di Santo, Yvette shared, "I saw the dress by Ines kind of peeking out of a rack, and I just put my hand on it and pulled it out. I said, 'What about this one? Can I try this one on?' And it was absolutely the dress. So it was found just on a whim, almost. It was just meant to be."

She even had the dress customized with two butterflies to honor her and Anthony's mothers.

Yvette Nicole Brown says it's 'never too late' to find love 

Speaking to People, Anthony Davis, who wore a custom brown velvet suit by Vinny's Custom Clothes, said that his relationship with Yvette Nicole Brown was meant to be.

"If you can imagine having one wing in your life and trying to fly with one wing, you kind of go in circles. Now that I've found my other wing, I can fly straight and land where I need to land," he expressed. 

While Yvette was a bit more shy in proclaiming her love, she did note, "I want to be with this man for 30 years … continuing to love him and to put him first and to be his best friend. And again, just melding our lives together. And being Mrs Davis is pretty exciting."

Brown, who is 53, wanted people to take away from her life that "it's never too late" to find love and that "when it's the right person, there's no chaos. There's no confusion."

"When someone is right for you, when someone is into you, when someone likes you, they're coming for you in the way where you feel secure, you have peace about it. Wait until you feel that peace. Wait until there's no chaos and confusion," she noted.

According to the publication, this is Davis' second marriage and the first for Brown.