Not a week has a week gone by without Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt gracing the covers of a celebrity magazine or entertainment news television reel. The couple's turbulent on-again, off-again relationship began in the public eye on the reality television show The Hills. Though they appear to be the reality couple grabbing much of today's press, Montag and Pratt aren't the only couple who have tied the knot after having a very public wooing on reality television.
Trista and Ryan Sutter: The Bachelorette
Montag and Pratt might have had a little help from MTV in finding one another, but it was ABC that helped bring together Trista and Ryan Sutter. The couple met during the first season of The Bachelorette, with Ryan proposing to Trista at the end of the season. The couple did receive quite a bit of press attention, a la Montag and Pratt, both before and after their 2003 wedding. The arrival of their first child in 2007 brought the couple back into the spotlight, as has the arrival of baby No. 2—a girl born on April 3, 2009. It appears that despite the press attention they still receive at times, the Sutter family is able to make their much publicized wooing and union work.
Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich: Survivor
It wasn't The Bachelorette or The Hills that brought Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich together, but Survivor. The couple met on an all-star season of the hit reality show and fell in love. Though there was much speculation at the time about the sincerity behind the couple's relationship, they've proved that they are truly in love, and had a televised wedding. Their relationship, which does seem to be based in reality after all, is going on strong after four years of marriage. The couple makes public appearances, including a stint on Amazing Race, so they haven't faded from the public eye entirely.
If Montag and Pratt want to make a success of their marriage, they would do well to turn to Survivor's Mariano and Brkich and The Bachelorette's Trista and Ryan Sutter. These couples have managed to overcome the reality television odds and make their relationships work, and given Heidi and Spencer something to aim for.
SOURCES
US Weekly
AOL Television
The Hollywood Gossip
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