{"id":2358657,"date":"2026-04-04T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2358657"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:30:18","slug":"candice-king-marries-steven-krueger-before-welcoming-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/candice-king-marries-steven-krueger-before-welcoming-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Candice King Marries Steven Krueger Before Welcoming Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Vampire Diaries <\/i>alum Candice King <\/b><\/a>married her fianc\u00e9, Steven Krueger<\/b><\/a>, while preparing to welcome their first baby together.<\/p>\n

King, 38, and Krueger, 36, tied the knot<\/a> on February 28 in an intimate wedding ceremony in Nashville in the presence of just 15 guests, including King\u2019s daughters from a past relationship. (Candice shares Florence, 10, and Josephine, 5, with her ex-husband, Joe King<\/b>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe decided to have a small elopement-style weekend in Nashville with just our immediate families, and save the bigger celebration for sometime next year,\u201d Krueger told Vogue<\/i><\/span><\/a> <\/i>in a profile published on Saturday, April 4, noting they initially planned to say \u201cI do\u201d in fall 2026 before King found out she is pregnant. \u201cWe were ecstatic with how it all came together. We focused on the essential trifecta: photos, flowers and food.\u201d<\/p>\n

King and Krueger, who both appeared in the Vampire Diaries <\/i>franchise, exchanged vows at Nashville\u2019s The Chapel at High Point Farm.<\/p>\n

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\n Related: <\/span>Candice King and Steven Krueger\u2018s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tFans didn\u2019t expect to see Candice King\u00a0and Steven Krueger find love years after finding fame in The Vampire Diaries universe. King rose to fame playing Caroline Forbes on TVD from 2009 to 2017. Krueger, meanwhile, played the role of Josh Rosza in The Vampire Diaries spinoff, The Originals. During her time on The CW series, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe cherry on top was one of our mutual best friends, Carina [Adly] MacKenzie<\/b>, flying in to officiate for us!\u201d Krueger told the outlet, referring to the The Originals <\/i>and We Were Liars TV <\/i>writer. \u201cWe had 15 people in total, including Candice\u2019s daughters and my two nieces. It was perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

King walked down the aisle in a billowing Grace Loves Lace gown with a Claire Pettibone veil.<\/p>\n

\u201cShockingly, there\u2019s not a huge market for wedding dresses that fit over a baby bump,\u201d Candice quipped to the magazine. \u201cI was quite nervous to find a dress that would make me feel bridal and maternal \u2014 and not like the \u2018Stay Puft Marshmallow Man\u2019 from Ghostbusters bouncing down the aisle. [It] was the third dress I tried on, and I felt like it was perfect. Enough structure to feel romantic and enough stretch to grow with my belly, even though my belly still outgrew the dress!\u201d<\/p>\n

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King and Krueger, who started dating in 2023<\/a>, announced in December 2025 that they are expecting their first baby together.<\/p>\n

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