As Jake Paul prepares for his heavyweight boxing clash with Anthony Joshua this Friday, attention has turned back to one of the social media star's most infamous personal chapters: his chaotic and legally dubious 'wedding' to fellow influencer Tana Mongeau.
The Short-Lived Vegas Spectacle
In July 2019, merely months after they first went public as a couple, Jake Paul and Tana Mongeau staged a lavish wedding ceremony in Las Vegas. The event was held at a customised Graffiti Mansion adorned with their names and wedding date. However, the proceedings were far from smooth, starting 30 minutes late and lasting only about ten minutes.
Chaos erupted just before the officiant, Paul's friend Armani Izadi, could declare them husband and wife. A guest brutally threw a champagne bottle at the couple, triggering an immediate and violent response. The groom, Jake Paul, reportedly landed a barrage of punches on the offender as the altercation escalated, sending chairs flying across the venue. MTV cameras, which were filming, chased the individual out.
From Cake-Cutting to Getting Shut Down
The party, complete with Oprah and Bruno Mars impersonators, then moved to the Sugar Factory restaurant in Las Vegas to continue the celebrations. It was here that the night took another bizarre turn. Footage emerged showing the 'Problem Child' cutting the wedding cake not with a knife, but with a giant sword. He hacked at the cake with such force that he sawed through the table itself, spilling frosting onto the dance floor.
This act proved to be the final straw for the venue. The restaurant management moved to end the party early. Jake Paul took to a microphone, announcing, “The owner of Sugar Factory is trying to shut us down right now. Low key he’s being a b****.” A spokesperson for the restaurant later contradicted this, telling Page Six the group was not kicked out. The newlyweds were subsequently seen leaving the venue in opposite directions.
A 'Fake' Union and Eventual Split
It soon became clear that the entire event lacked legal standing. The pair had not obtained a marriage licence, making the wedding a ceremonial, not legal, union. Mongeau later defended the decision on her YouTube channel, stating, “any wedding I have, if I have three more f****** weddings, I really wouldn’t want to do it on paper, because I think that legally binding yourself to someone takes away the love. Like, it’s just unnecessary.”
The relationship unravelled quickly, with the pair splitting just five months later in December 2019. Reflecting on the split to ET, Paul said, "We all do things sometimes. And sometimes you end up getting fake married. So I'll leave it at that." He cited constant arguing and meanness between them as the cause.
This wild chapter stands in stark contrast to Paul's current engagement to Dutch Olympic speed skater Jutta Leerdam, whom he proposed to in St Lucia in March 2025 with a ring reportedly worth $1 million. His family and new fiancée are expected to be in attendance this Friday at Miami's Kaseya Center as he faces the formidable challenge of former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua, live on Netflix.
