Chelsea Clinton Wedding Update: Hillary Says 'My Lips Are Sealed'

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says daughter Chelsea's approaching wedding is making nervous wrecks of both parents.

In an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell in Islamabad on Sunday, Clinton was asked about former President Bill Clinton's role in the ceremony.

"You should assume that if he makes it down the aisle in one piece it's going to be a major accomplishment," Clinton said with a laugh. "He is going to be so emotional, as am I."

The 30-year-old Chelsea plans to tie the knot with investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on July 31 in Rhinebeck, in upstate New York.

Clinton stuck to her pledge not to reveal wedding details.

"My lips are sealed," she said, adding, "I am under very strict orders not to talk about," since it is a private matter.

Asked what she saw as the significance of this being an interfaith union, Clinton said it says a lot about the couple's relationship. Clinton is Christian; Mezvinsky is Jewish.

"Over the years, so many of the barriers that prevented people from getting married, crossing lines of faith or color or ethnicity have just disappeared," she said. "Because what's important is: 'Are you making a responsible decision? Have you thought it through? Do you understand the consequences?' And I think in the world that we're in today we need more of that."

Comments

[Sherry Smith Hartzell]

01:33 PM on 07/31/2010

Anyone else notice Clinton checking out the blonde as he was walking down the sidewalk yesterday?:)

[JFaye]

10:45 PM on 07/20/2010

Miss Clinton has evolved into such a beautiful and stylish young woman. I am thrilled for her as well her parents ...

[suemj]

12:16 PM on 07/20/2010

They've certainly done a great job with Chelsea; And she's turned into a beautiful young lady. Lots of luck to them!

[madisonhack]

10:37 AM on 07/20/2010

She's good at keeping secrets....you'll never get any more out of her than what she told Andrea Mitchell.

[msoverall]

09:03 PM on 07/19/2010

Whatever else the Clintons may have done, they raised their daughter well. They should be very proud.

[madisonhack]

10:37 AM on 07/20/2010

You bet!

[PlanoBlue]

08:00 PM on 07/19/2010

Best wishes to a lovely couple - may they have a long and happy life together.

[Husky0311]

04:26 PM on 07/19/2010

Hopefully, Chelsea's marriage will be as loving and genuine as her parents.

[party-of-one]

04:40 PM on 07/19/2010

interesting wish

[Lightwins]

08:34 PM on 07/19/2010

Husky0311

Bill and Hillary's marriage "loving and genuine?" I hope you're kidding. It's a political sham.

[madisonhack]

10:37 AM on 07/20/2010

How could you possibly know that?

[propitiousmoment]

06:17 PM on 07/20/2010

Some couples have more conflict in their relationship than others do. That's not necessarily unhealthy, it is often a sign of two strong persons trying to work out their differences so they can stay together. The fact is, they *have* stuck together when they could have split up long ago, they have kept the conflict for the most part private which is as it should be, moments of genuine respect and warm regard between them are there if you are not so stuck in your disdain for one or both of them that you fail to see it, and they have obviously been good parents to their daughter. Try to work on your own self instead of throwing darts from the cover of anonymity at a family that has made it work in spite of it all.

[nana4g]

03:08 PM on 07/19/2010

Many, many people engage in Interfaith marriage between Jewish and Christianity and they do not have international relations with one country or another in order to appreciate and respect solid religious beliefs and faiths and to be able to establish a meaningful life together.

[cgr]

01:28 PM on 07/19/2010

What I meant, saying:

I wonder if, in her negotiations with Israelis who culturally value family highly, her having a Jewish son-in-law might make her slightly more agreeable and sympathetic. Small things often affect in interesting ways.

is that she might seem more agreeable and sympathetic to the Israelis...not toward them, though that could possibly be, too.

[MyThought]

03:12 PM on 07/19/2010

Stupid, stupid statement - it's about a couple getting married - not politics.

Good grief

[Foucek]

03:15 PM on 07/19/2010

Don't all cultures value family highly?

[Margo Arrowsmith]

03:32 PM on 07/19/2010

Yes1 , it is. Besides, Jews are not big on having gentiles marry into their families. #17 for you

[pottedferne]

03:33 PM on 07/19/2010

Israelis are not the only people who value family highly..........what is your point?

[cgr]

01:26 PM on 07/19/2010

I wonder if, in her negotiations with Israelis who culturally value family highly, her having a Jewish son-in-law might make her slightly more agreeable and sympathetic. Small things often affect in interesting ways.

[Guscat]

01:23 PM on 07/19/2010

Comparing the Clinton wedding and the upcoming Palin wedding shows who really has family values.

[Margo Arrowsmith]

03:33 PM on 07/19/2010

Yup, fanned and faved. The Clintons are a loving family who did a good job raising their child.

[75thRanger]

12:48 PM on 07/19/2010

Chelsea should try to wait until 2012........that way there would be a good chance that she could have a White House wedding;)

"Sua Sponte"

[iconoclast6]

04:26 PM on 07/19/2010

It won't work any better this time...you cons won't split the Democratic Party by stirring up support for the Secretary of State to run.

I'm hearing this a lot from teabaggers...is Ruush trying for "Operation Couldn't Care Less" again?

[75thRanger]

04:53 PM on 07/19/2010

I don't want Ms. Clinton to win anything.......I will vote GOP, however if I had to choose between Ms. Clinton and President Obama I would choose Ms. Clinton.

[Bluelynx]

12:42 PM on 07/19/2010

Caan't wait to see the gown and veil. It's going to be spectacular.

[Melex]

11:31 AM on 07/19/2010

"Update?" Hahahaha.

"Chelsea Clinton Wedding Update: Hillary Says 'My Lips Are Sealed'"

I imagine the author didn't mean that title to be funny, but I'm sure folks at The Onion are now very jealous.

[CivilTongue]

11:16 AM on 07/19/2010

"Over the years, so many of the barriers that prevented people from getting married, crossing lines of faith or color or ethnicity have just disappeared," she said. Not to throw cold water, but please don't forget all of your gay supporters, Ms. Clinton. Still a barrier in most states. God bless Massachusetts.

[zeeke]

11:57 AM on 07/19/2010

fully respect straights who won't marry until gay people are permitted.