Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns Marry in Star-Studded Malibu Wedding After Six Years Together

Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns attend the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on Sept. 13, 2025.

Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns are officially married.

The reality television personality, entrepreneur and designer, 28, and the New York Knicks star, 30, tied the knot in a glamorous outdoor wedding in Malibu, California, on Saturday, August 15, marking a major new chapter in a relationship that began as a close friendship years before it turned romantic.

According to photographs published by Page Six, the couple exchanged vows in an oceanfront ceremony surrounded by relatives, close friends and a long list of familiar faces from the worlds of entertainment, fashion and professional basketball.

The setting offered sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean, providing a dramatic backdrop as Woods and Towns celebrated their marriage with guests who have been part of their lives throughout their relationship.

Among those reportedly in attendance were several of Towns’ NBA friends and teammates, as well as Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet, Hailey and Justin Bieber, Teyana Taylor, Michael B. Jordan, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor.

The guest list helped turn the ceremony into one of the most high-profile celebrity weddings of the summer.

Jordyn Woods Wore a Classic Strapless Bridal Gown

For the ceremony, Woods embraced a traditional bridal look.

She wore a white strapless wedding gown featuring a voluminous full skirt, creating an elegant silhouette suited to the coastal setting.

The designer completed her look with a long tulle veil finished with delicate lace detailing.

Towns, meanwhile, kept his wedding-day style classic and formal.

The NBA star wore a black tuxedo with a double-breasted jacket and bow tie, standing beside Woods as they exchanged vows in front of their family and friends.

The wedding came less than eight months after the couple publicly announced that they were engaged.

A Christmas Day Proposal in New York

Woods and Towns revealed their engagement on Christmas Day last year, sharing the news through a joint Instagram post.

The proposal took place at Overstory, a rooftop bar in New York City known for its panoramic skyline views.

Photos from the moment showed Towns getting down on one knee while presenting Woods with an engagement ring.

The couple kept their announcement playful, captioning the post:

“Marry Christmas 🎄❤️💍”

The photographs also gave followers a close look at Woods’ striking emerald-cut diamond engagement ring.

The proposal was a fitting milestone for a couple whose relationship had already lasted several years and whose friendship went back even further.

Their Romance Began With Friendship

Woods and Towns officially began dating in 2020, but their connection had existed long before they became a couple.

They had been close friends for years, and both have repeatedly explained that the strength of that friendship eventually became the foundation of their romantic relationship.

Speaking on her Instagram series Regular-ish in September 2021, Woods reflected on what it was like to date someone she already considered one of her closest friends.

“I think it’s kind of cool dating your best friend,” she said.

Woods explained that because she and Towns already knew each other deeply, neither had to pretend to be someone else during the early stages of their romance.

“We know each other. We know each other’s hearts,” she said. “We know each other on good days and bad days, and we’ve been through a lot of bad days together.”

Towns agreed that their existing friendship had made their romantic transition different from a more conventional dating experience.

He explained that the COVID-19 pandemic became a turning point.

“It just so happened, the COVID came and kind of brought its challenges,” he said.

According to Towns, the unusual circumstances forced them to seriously consider what direction their relationship should take.

They ultimately chose to explore something beyond friendship.

“And we chose the latter,” he said.

A Relationship Strengthened During Difficult Years

Their relationship began during an especially challenging period in both of their lives.

The pandemic created extraordinary disruption across the world, while Towns was also dealing with profound personal loss.

His mother, Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, died in 2020 after complications related to COVID-19.

Towns later spoke openly about losing multiple members of his family during the pandemic.

Woods remained close to him through some of those difficult experiences, reinforcing the trust that had already existed between them as friends.

That emotional history became an important part of how both later described the strength of their relationship.

Rather than beginning with the excitement of two strangers getting to know each other, they entered their romance after already experiencing significant moments together.

Woods Says Friendship and Trust Are Their Foundation

By November 2023, Woods was openly discussing why she believed their relationship had lasted.

In an interview with PEOPLE, she identified two factors above everything else:

“Friendship and trust.”

She explained that because she and Towns had already developed such a close bond before becoming romantically involved, they had been given an opportunity to understand each other in a way many couples do not experience before dating.

“We were really good friends before we started dating,” Woods said.

She also credited the pandemic with giving them an unusual amount of uninterrupted time together.

“COVID gave us that free time in our life to really get to know each other,” she explained.

According to Woods, many couples begin romantic relationships before they have fully seen how the other person behaves across different circumstances.

Her connection with Towns was different.

“So, we’ve been through a lot together,” she said.

Woods added that they had seen one another through different stages, moods and circumstances.

“We’ve seen each other in all different ways, times, phases, so I think we have a very strong foundation.”

That foundation eventually led them from longtime friendship to dating, then engagement and finally marriage.

Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods attend the ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ premiere in New York City on Aug. 11, 2025.

Two High-Profile Careers

The wedding also brings together two people with highly visible careers in very different industries.

Woods first became widely known through reality television and social media before establishing herself as an entrepreneur and designer.

Over the years, she has expanded her public identity beyond television appearances, working in fashion, beauty and business while building her own brand.

Towns, meanwhile, has spent more than a decade as one of the most recognizable players in professional basketball.

The former No. 1 overall NBA draft pick spent the majority of his career with the Minnesota Timberwolves before eventually joining the New York Knicks.

Despite the public attention surrounding both of their careers, Woods and Towns have often presented their relationship as grounded in the private friendship that existed before either began thinking seriously about marriage.

Their wedding appears to have preserved that balance.

While the guest list featured numerous celebrities, actors, musicians and professional athletes, the ceremony itself centered on the long personal history between the couple.

From Best Friends to Husband and Wife

Their journey has unfolded gradually.

They were friends first.

In 2020, that friendship developed into a romantic relationship during one of the most uncertain periods of their lives.

Over the following years, they became increasingly open about their relationship, repeatedly emphasizing that trust and friendship mattered more than the attention surrounding them.

Then, on Christmas Day, Towns proposed against the New York skyline.

Less than a year later, they gathered their families and friends along the Malibu coastline and exchanged vows.

For Woods and Towns, the marriage represents the culmination of a relationship they have consistently described as being built on knowing each other long before they ever became a couple.

After six years of dating and even more years of friendship, Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns have officially gone from best friends to husband and wife.