Rapper Ludacris has announced his marriage to girlfriend of five years Eudoxie. So far, so normal. But that's when it all gets a but unorthodox – it seems that the couple were married at the end of last year, on the same day that Ludacris proposed (in a private jet. Casual).

Ludacris let the cat out of the bag when he instagrammed a picture with the caption 'Why wait? Did the thing before 2015. #mrandmrsrbridges'. Ludacris' mum picked out the wedding dress for the surprise ceremony, TMZ reported, so it seems that even the bride wasn't in on the secret.

It's the latest in a what's becoming quite the list of 'surprise' weddings recently – from Cameron Diaz's private ceremony on Monday and Howard 'Take That' Donald's Cotswolds wedding last week to rumours (and rings) suggesting Ashton and Mila, and then Eva Longoria and her chap, may have tied their respective knots too. There must be something in the water…

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