Jonathan Scott took his time and waited five years to propose to Zooey Deschanel, and he also wanted to take his time putting their wedding together. “We’re gonna get through the holidays and then we’re going to put our focus on that,” the HGTV star told KARE11 in December 2023 when asked how their wedding plans were progressing. “And I think the main thing for us is to throw a wicked awesome party.” Jonathan later mentioned the valuable lessons he learned from his brother Drew Scott’s wedding.
When Drew married Linda Phan in Italy in 2018, it became a lavish event. “Drew went insanely big — to the point where the resort couldn’t handle the people,” Jonathan said while appearing on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” with his brother. Apparently, the couple was not prepared for over 300 people to make the overseas trip. “We got married in Puglia in Italy, and we were told by all the experts and a wedding planner that, like, a tenth of the people you invite will come that far for the wedding,” Drew said.
Not wanting to repeat his brother’s mistakes or perhaps wanting to limit the number of people who would see him become a “blubbering mess,” Jonathan intended to keep the invite list small. “It’s going to be pretty intimate,” Jonathan told People. Not only had the “Celebrity IOU” host learned from his brother’s wedding, but Jonathan also learned wedding-day lessons from his first marriage.
