Calvin Harris and Vick Hope attend the 66th GRAMMY Awards on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo:Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic
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Calvin Harrisand Vick Hope are officially husband and wife.
On Sept. 9, 2023, the DJ and radio hosttied the knot during a sprawling estate weddingin northeast England in front of family and friends. It wasn’t until months later that theymade their red carpet debutat the 66th annualGrammy Awards, where they posed for photos on the way into the ceremony.
Though the couple firstsparked engagement rumorsin May 2022, they’ve actually known each other for years. In fact, Hope previously joked about how Harris asked her out (and she turned him down) in the early 2000s before they officially started dating more than 15 years later.
Over the course of their relationship, the two have kept things incredibly low-key, with Hope noting that they wanted to keep details of their engagement private.
Here’s everything to know about Calvin Harris' wife, Vick Hope.
She studied at the University of Cambridge
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After growing up in Newcastle upon Tyne, Hope studied modern languages at Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge, and can speak English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Currently, she works for BBC Radio 1, where she hosts three shows a week, includingGoing Home with Vick and Jordan,Life HacksandOfficial Chart: First Look.
She’s also an author
In addition to her busy life as a radio host, Hope is also an author. In 2019, she released her debut children’s novel,Listen Up: Rule the Airwaves, Rule the School, and in 2021, she released its sequel,Shout Out: Use Your Voice, Save the Day, which she co-wrote with Roman Kemp.
She’s very involved with philanthropy work
Hope is an ambassador for Amnesty International, a “global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights,”per their website. She also does volunteer work for the charity Akwaaba, providing care packages and assistance with immigration casework for migrants,per Yahoo Entertainment.
She has known Calvin Harris for over 15 years
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During an interview withYou Magazinein January 2023, Hope revealed that Harris originally asked her out in 2007 around the time his song “Acceptable in the 80s” came out — but she rejected him at the time. “It’s something that we laughed about on our first proper date," she said, perThe Daily Mail. “We still laugh about it now.”
Hope previously reflected on turning down Harris in 2018, joking that she was “shallow” at the time. “He looked how he used to look, I was shallow, I was 19,” she said on Capital FM’s Breakfast Show,perDaily Mirror. “I said no and I went off with either Scouting for Girls, or The Wombats. I don’t know which. I thought they were going to be bigger but no, it turns out Calvin Harris was going to turn into an Adonis.”
She and Calvin Harris sparked engagement rumors in May 2022
Though Hope and Harris were first linked in January 2022, it wasn’t until May 2022 that they were seen together in public for the first time as they attended the Chelsea Flower Show together in London, England.
She and Calvin Harris went Instagram official in July 2023
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Despite keeping their romance out of the spotlight, Hope discreetly went Instagram official with their romance in July 2023. The radio host shareda photo dumpfrom BBC Radio 1’s Ibiza Weekend, which featured her snuggling up to Harris in the third picture.
She and Calvin Harris got married in September 2023
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The couple made their love official asthey tied the knoton Sept. 9 in northeast England, a source close to the couple confirmed to PEOPLE. The wedding reception was held in a tent decorated with lavish greens and florals on the sprawling grounds of Hulne Priory, Alnwick, Northumberland, while the ceremony took place outdoors.
According toThe Sun, Nile Rodgers and his band Chic were flown in from the U.S. to perform for guests, which included BBC radio DJs Scott Mills, Vernon Kay and Jordan North, along with AJ Odudu, host of the British version ofBig Brother.
source: people.com
