Gary Coleman Reveals Secret Wedding

LOS ANGELES — Gary Coleman is a not-so-newlywed. The former "Diff'rent Strokes" star married 22-year-old Shannon Price in August on a mountaintop in Nevada, but they have been keeping their vows under wraps, the pair told "Inside Edition."

"Nobody was around but the minister, preacher, the videographers, the photographer, the helicopter pilot and us," Coleman, 40, said on Tuesday's broadcast of the program.

Coleman met Price on the set of the 2006 comedy "Church Ball." Price said it was she who proposed to Coleman, but that he surprised her on her birthday by whisking her to a mountaintop in the Valley of Fire State Park to exchange vows.

She said they kept their wedding secret because she wanted to keep being seen as her own person.

"I just want my own identity as well because I don't want to be known as Gary Coleman's wife," she said.

Coleman played down their age differences, saying "I don't have issues with age, I have issues with intelligence ... She's more intelligent than I am and that's what matters to me."

Price, who is 5-foot-7, and Coleman, who is 4-foot-8, also played down their height gap.

"That doesn't really matter to me," she said. "He was 10 feet tall to me because he was sweet and I really liked his personality."

Comments

[KarenZipdrive]

How convenient to learn their marriage has yet to be consummated.
Perhaps if that ever happens, the bride can sell the video on eBay.
Yeecch.

[johnnyjust]

"...it's the motion. I swear, Shannon, it doesn't matter. Aw, whathoo talkin' about, Willie?"

[jennbeez]

I just looked at the link someone kindly posted to the Inside Edition story. Apparently, she brought him a ring and proposed to him while he was in the hospital recovering from life-threatening surgery involving thyroid problems and a tracheotomy.

She thought he was going to die and proposed. He lived and now they are married. Hard to tell if she was relieved or no...

[AZModerate]

I saw a thing about this on the news. It turns out that this lady (quite coincidentally) makes a living peddling Gary Coleman memorabilia on Ebay. I'm sure it is just a freak coincidence though.

[Blutus]

Do they mate facing each other?

[Izadora]

"What you talking about?"

Does he have Money?

[suki21693]

Is it still a secret if no one cares enough to notice?

[GlimmerofDope]

Whatchoo talking bout Willis?

[BlueandGreen]

Dunno ... I just saw a segment about them on "Inside Edition" and they didn't look at each other, didn't touch each other, and she acted like she was terrified of him. And she could body slam him with no problem whatsoever!

[dgscol]

Nothing lasts forever. What a nice couple.

[MovingtoNorway]

Once she spends his dough, what ever he has left at this point, she head over the horizon

[chuckgraner]

What dough? Last time I heard anything about Coleman he was working as a security guard.

[jennbeez]

You guys are a pretty cynical bunch. Gary's had a tough time of it, so let's all wish he and his new bride all the best going forward.

[grisgris]

She said "they kept their wedding secret because she wanted to keep being seen as her own person." And who exactly is this Shannon Price? A search on Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) found ONE thing she was in. It was a 2008 movie in post-production (which means it may go nowhere) and she was at the bottom of the cast list as "Freeman Employee". Sounds like the new Ms. Coleman doesn't have to worry about losing her identity any time soon.

[Wolfgang]

Gary's new wife isn't bad looking which means that she must be nuts. Anyone want to make any bets on how long this marriage will last? I'll give odds. Gary should have married another midget.

[AurigaRa]

did you LOOK at the picture?

[Wolfgang]

I didn't say that she was gorgeous,just not bad looking. Gary isn't going to get a Brittney Spears or a Beyonce and Rhea Perlman is already married. Anyway she popped the question. Check this site for some more info on the loving newlyweds.

http://www.popcrunch.com/gary-coleman-shannon-price-video-shannon-price-gary-coleman-inside-edition-interview/

[SKonnery]

In todays world if two people can find some happiness, good for them. Go for it!!

[adc]

What was she thinkin'?

"ooh... honey child, I needs me a short, outta work actor who was recently a shopping mall guard. mmmm hmmm!"

That's gotta be love. The real thing. Truly.