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Holly Ramsay has defended her father Gordon’s speech at her wedding to Adam Peaty, saying she felt ‘overwhelmed with happiness’ during it.
The Olympian, 31, tied the knot with influencer Holly, 25, at Bath Abbey on December 27 with a reception following at the swanky Kin House – amid a bitter fallout with his family which saw his mother Caroline uninvited from proceedings.
Amid the drama chef Gordon, 59, waded in saying his wife Tana ‘will be a good mum to them both’.
The Sun reported that in his father of the bride speech Gordon commented on how beautiful Holly looked and told Adam he was a ‘lucky man’, adding: ‘Look at Tana and that’s what you have to look forward to.’
The publication goes on to claim that Gordon couldn’t resist a sly dig at Adam’s absent parents he told his daughter Holly: ‘Shame you don’t have the same.’
In a new interview with British Vogue, Holly shared a photo of herself and Adam smiling and laughing during Gordon’s speech.
The photo was captioned: ‘Listening to dad’s speech, looking around the room and feeling overwhelmed with the love and the happiness on our guests’ faces.’
In a jibe at the estranged Peaty family, Holly revealed that her parents paid for her and Adam’s luxurious Honeymoon to Mauritius, saying it was their ‘wedding present’.
She said: ‘We’re going to Mauritius to just lie by the sea – that was our wedding present from my parents. I had to tell Adam we weren’t basing our honeymoon around a 25-metre pool…’
Holly shared numerous snaps of the wedding with the fashion publication, including a rather awkward one of Holly and Adam posing with her parents and David and Victoria Beckham.
With Adam’s parents not in attendance at the wedding, they stood alongside the groom in the photo with Gordon and Tana alongside Holly.
Adam is thought to have not mentioned his family or parents in his speech, instead praising his swim coach Mel Marshall for being his ‘everything’, and for ‘grounding and inspiring’ him.
Holly divulged several details about the wedding, revealing she and Adam had their first dance to George Michael’s A Different Corner, saying they had the song picked when they first began dating.
She also described her father-daughter dance with Gordon as ‘so special’.
Unsurprisingly, chef Gordon was heavily involved in the food served on the big day and worked with the team at London’s Savoy Grill to design the menu.
It was an emotional day for Gordon, with Holly the first of his and Tana’s six children to tie the knot. Holly admitted he often welled up with tears whenever she spoke to him about the wedding in the weeks prior to the ceremony.
The day after the nuptials, Holly and Adam hosted an ‘intimate’ brunch for their bridal and groom parties.
