Yes, He did do that! Jaleel White and Nicoletta Ruhl have tied the knot.
As first reported by PeopleThe Family matters Star, 47, and the tech exec said “I do” on May 4 at the posh Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. The outlet reports that the wedding reception was attended by 175 guests. The wedding comes just months before the actor – famous for portraying the nerdy but lovable Steve Urkel – is set to release a new book. Growing up Urkel.
White, a UCLA graduate, met Ruhl while he was training at UCLA’s Drake Stadium because of the pandemic. The outlet reports that she was a swimmer at Yale before earning a business degree at Stanford. This is White’s first marriage.
Some of the wedding guests were there 8 miles Star Mekhi Phifer, Baller Star Omar Miller and US track star Allyson Felix.
“It was important that all the people who have an impact on our daily lives were present and that each and every one of them enjoyed themselves as if they were part of something intimate and meaningful,” Ruhl tells the magazine.
People The couple reportedly performed a choreographed dance to Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.”
The fact that White can make a dance move is no surprise. As a young Steve Urkel, he showed he could do just that (remember). Do the Urkel?!) and then continue again Dancing with the starsWhere appeared in season 14 with Kym Johnson. They danced the foxtrot to “The Way You Look Tonight” and the tango to “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” They took eighth place.
White was a child star on the hit ABC sitcom from 1989 to 1997. His first appearance was only supposed to be a cameo, but he quickly became one of the series’ biggest stars. The Urkel character remains one of the most iconic characters in television history.
In 2017, White spoke to ET about one Family matters Restart the computer before coming up with a brilliant idea about his character.
“To me he’s a cartoon,” he argued. “If you move the clock forward 25 years, I’m not sure he could even be captured in live action… So that’s my ‘hint’ and what I think should be done.”
It is currently unclear whether one of him Family matters Co-stars attended the wedding. In 2022, Whites will become a TV father Reginald Vel Johnsontold ET what it was like working with White.
“He was a wonderful child, [but] “I think working with him was a challenge,” recalls VelJohnson. “Working with everyone was a challenge and there were some moments where he was a bit difficult. “But overall I only have good memories of him.”
“I think, you know, a lot of the kids grew up on set and we had to deal with kids… and it was an interesting experience dealing with kids as they grew up,” he continued. “I went into my dressing room and locked the door when I [rehearsed] my scenes because that was the only way. Because children have a lot of energy… [and] You couldn’t handle it.
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