Katherine Ryan shares behind-the-scenes secrets from Mel B's wedding as she reveals last-minute change to her 'awful' outfit
The comedian joined a slew of stars for the celebration at London's St Paul's Cathedral over the weekend, where the Spice Girl tied the knot for the third time with hairdresser Rory McPhee.
Katherine, who is expecting her fourth child with husband Bobby Kootstra, shared insight into her look in the latest episode of her podcast Telling Everybody Everything.
The presenter admitted she was 'so touched' to be invited to Mel's big day as a Spice Girls fan, but confessed her look for the occasion was 'awful' after she had to come up with a replacement to her fascinator.
She said: 'I looked like s*** at Mel B's wedding, everybody knows it.'
Katherine revealed she didn't know how big her baby bump was going to be when she attended Mel's wedding, and so she had to get a 'flowy,' dress.
She added: 'It almost looks like bed linen. It's very dreamy.'
Confessing she found it 'so difficult' to get ready with her three children around, she added: 'I don't have the thinnest arms for it. I'm too pale for it. It was awful - no offence to the designer!'
'I put my hair down, which was absolutely the wrong way to do it.' Katherine shared, telling listeners she had previously shaved the back of her neck because of her 'low' hairline, meaning she couldn't wear her hair tied back.
After learning that the wedding's dress code included hats and fascinators, Katherine said she ordered a 'beautiful' headpiece for the day, but at the last minute, panicked it wasn't the same shade of blue as her dress.
Confessing she had to use a flower to make her own headpiece, she said: 'I ended up chopping an orchid from my kitchen and sticking that in my head.
"It was giving ugly step-sister. Like I truly s*** the bed on the look.'
Katherine went onto joke that she felt like she 'ruined the aesthetic' with her outfit, and said her husband Bobby, who wore a cream suit, 'didn't like his outfit either.'
She told listeners: 'I don't think we've ever looked worse ... on like the most important day of someone's life.'
However, Katherine then gushed that the day itself was a 'lovely' one, and she was surprised by some of the names that featured on the guestlist.
She said: 'Everyone there was like a close personal friend, or family member, or Northern. Y'know someone she really knew. [...] It had a real grassroots like true friendship and family vibe. It was a lovely, lovely wedding.'
Mel ensured she pulled out all the stops to ensure her wedding to Rory was a picture perfect day.
After saying her vows, the pair threw a huge 'party in the sky' after hiring the Shard in London for the wedding reception.
The Spice Girl was joined by her guests for a meal, drinks and dancing at the Shangri-La venue inside the building which boasts 95 floors and promises panoramic views over the capital.
There her friends and family danced into the small hours as the 'party of the century' has been promised by the bride and groom.
There's more celebrating to come for the happy couple as they're set to host a second wedding in Morocco, which has been described as 'informal and sexy'.
The second nuptials will be offer her Spice Girls bandmates a second chance to attend her wedding celebrations after only Emma Bunton attended the big day at St Paul's Cathedral on Saturday.
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