- Marco Braun and Danny Chapman had a second
wedding ceremony on April 26. - In June, Braun shared a
TikTok video of his "Lizzie McGuire"-inspiredwedding vows .
The iconic childhood character Lizzie McGuire once said that having somewhere to belong and someone to love is what dreams are made of — and, according to Chicago couple Marco Braun and Danny Chapman, she was right.
Braun, an antiques seller, and Chapman, an organizational and
Chapman told Insider that his vows were all about the first-time experiences he had with Braun, and how marrying him would lead to a lifetime of supporting each other's choices.
Braun's vows, however, were all about
"Danny showed up with these very beautiful, serious vows, and I had to go after him, and I was thinking, 'Oh God, no,'" Braun said. "I wanted to start my vows with a funny statement, and then I fell down a Hilary Duff rabbit hole, and because she was on my mind so much, I decided she might as well be in my vows."
In honor of Pride Month, Braun decided to share his wedding vows in a TikTok video that has since gone
"Growing up, I always imagined I would be getting married to early 2000s teen idol and gay icon Hilary Duff," Braun started his vows by saying. "So you could understand my shock today to see you at the altar."
Braun continued: "This week, I was doing research on Hilary Duff's famed character Lizzie McGuire in hopes of finding some cute connection between you two, and in the end say, 'Though Hilary Duff isn't here, I still have you.' But that's when I made the shocking discovery that I am Lizzie McGuire."
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Braun went on to say that his whole life he was searching for his Lizzie McGuire when he should have been searching for his Gordo.
In the second part of his vows, Braun said he also realized the song "What Dreams Are Made Of" was the perfect anthem for his life and the journey he was embarking on with Chapman.
"I'm just so grateful to have had that front-row experience," Chapman said. "I was not surprised that it was about Hilary Duff. He really does love her. I think the obvious question at first was, 'How am I like Hilary? How am I like Lizzie McGuire?' So I loved when he said he was Lizzie McGuire and I was Gordo."
Chapman added: "He just did such a nice job of balancing humor and love and being able to make that joke, but then pay it off in such a meaningful way. I really felt the love and commitment that I know I'll have for the rest of my life."
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After the ceremony, the couple walked back down the aisle to "What Dreams Are Made Of."
"We really wanted to set a tone for our wedding to be filled with laughter," Braun said.
On Friday, Duff shared Braun's wedding vows on her Instagram story with the caption: "Ughhh Swoooon. Where was my invite?"
Braun told Insider he found out about Duff's post when his maid of honor called him screaming to look at the actor's page.
"I lost my mind, and it was the most surreal thing I could have asked for," Braun said. "My childhood self never in a million years would've imagined that Hilary Duff would know who I am and repost my vows about her on her Instagram."
"It was such a love-filled moment that I hoped people would feel," he went on to say.
Braun said Duff also sent him a direct message offering her congratulations and asking for their address to send a wedding gift.
"Mazel!!!!!!! So happy for you guys!!! And your vows made me laugh and cry! A true success, and I am honored to be part of your wedding," Braun said she wrote to him.
"She is a class act and a queen that we all do not deserve," he added.