Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen burst into tears upon seeing each other on their "overwhelmingly perfect" wedding day.
The pair tied the knot at Gosfield Hall, in Essex, south east England, earlier this month, and the happy couple couldn’t hold back their emotions as they clapped eyes on each other for the first time on their big day.
Olivia said: "When we saw each other we just burst into tears. I was really trying to hold it together and compose myself, because I didn’t want to fully lose it."
Alex added: "I cried when I looked at her. I was actually crying before she got out of the car!
"I turned away while all the bridesmaids walked down the aisle and my best man started crying and another one of the ushers.
"I was like, ‘Lads, stop it.’ I heard someone say, ‘She looks beautiful,’ and I was like, ‘Argh.’
"The registrar gave me the signal to turn round and, as soon as I did, I just burst out crying even more."
The 24-year-old bride doesn’t feel as though her and Alex’s big day happened because it was "so perfect", and Alex likened the experience to starring in a movie.
She said: "The wedding was overwhelmingly perfect. It feels like it didn’t happen because it was so perfect. I had a vision and it all fitted into place like a puzzle. I was totally speechless the day after.
Alex added: "I can’t describe it with words. It felt like we were in a movie. It was surreal."
The 27-year-old groom arrived at the venue in a helicopter after Olivia had organised the wedding day treat for him as a surprise.
Speaking in a joint interview with OK! magazine, she added: "I saw Alex land in his helicopter as it was right outside the bridal suite. I organised it for him as a surprise.
"We went mental when we heard it.
"I didn’t watch him get out because I didn’t want to ruin it for myself."
The full interview with the former ‘Love Island’ stars appears in this week’s OK! magazine.
Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen’s teary wedding day
