TEARFUL Westlife star Kian Egan's first phone call as a married man was to his hospital-bound father in Sligo.
Kevin Egan was too ill to travel to Barbados for Kian's wedding to Jodi Albert on Friday.
Kevin is bravely battling cancer. But despite not being able to attend his son's big event, he is said to be in good spirits and delighted he has gained a new daughter.
And Jodi Albert's mother Eileen was able to give Kian a shoulder to cry on as she too has fought cancer - and won.
Eileen battled against the disease last year and has now successfully beaten it.
It is her conquering of the killer disease which has lifted Kian's spirits for his dad.
Guests
Kian (29) and Jodi (25) tied the knot in The Grand House on Turtle Beach on Friday afternoon.
His fellow Westlife stars, Shane, Mark and Nicky and Jodi's new girlband members were among the 120 guests.
Pop guru Louis Walsh, MCD promotions owners Denis and Caroline Downey and several members of Hollyoaks, the Channel 4 series in which Jodi used to star, also attended.
Simon Cowell, who originally signed Westlife to his record label, was unable to make the wedding as he's recording TV shows in America.
Kian's former Westlife co-member, Brian McFadden, did not attend the wedding as he said it was too far for him and his fiancιe Delta Goodrem to travel, from their home in Australia.
Strolling
English-born Jodi was given away by her father while one of Kian's brothers was his best man.The pop star's mother and four other siblings were also among his party.
The Great House is located on Turtle Beach on the island's west coast and is currently on the market for €9 million.
Kian and Jodi hired a nearby mansion in Bridgetown for the reception. "It's one of the most amazing houses I've ever been in," said one guest. "It must be worth €25m to €30m."
The hire of the mansion for the week - where the couple will spend the rest of their stay on the island - cost in the region of €100,000.
But that should not bother Kian and Jodi as they are earning €1 million for selling the rights to the wedding to OK! Magazine.
Security, in place to stop prying photographers from getting a shot of the couple, cost an estimated €100,000.
A fleet of blacked-out coaches arrived at the luxury hotel to ferry the guests to the wedding.
Kian is already a multi-millionaire thanks to his crooning with Westlife since 1998, earning the Sligoman at least €6 million.
Given that their wedding was in Barbados the couple chose a reggae band to play at their reception.
Copious amounts of champagne and wine were also laid on for the guests.
Favourite
Stunning Jodi looked a million dollars in a chic wedding dress, believed to have been designed by Lebanese fashion guru Elle Saab, who is a favourite of Beyonce Knowles. She walked up the aisle with flowers in her hair and clutching a bouquet.
Kian looked immaculate in a Dolce and Gabanna suit.
The dress, reported to have cost €20,000, was specially designed with materials to keep her cool in the sweltering heat.
Close to 100 local schoolkids dressed in smart uniforms sang Love Is In The Air, accompanied by an eight-piece orchestra, as she walked down the aisle.
To applause from the guests, the couple exchanged platinum €30,000 wedding rings designed by a top London jeweller.
Guests were treated to a dazzling display by a Caribbean band, accompanied by exotic dancers.
Several of the party also made visits to the luxury Sandy Lane hotel, which is co - owned by Ireland's Dermot Desmond, JP McManus and John Magnier.
The happy couple are expected to spend the next few days in Villa Calliaqua, a €1,200-a-night luxury villa set in an acre of landscaped gardens overlooking the Caribbean.
After their honeymoon, Kian and Jodi will return to their home in Sligo, which they share with their dog Prince, for a short period before Westlife fly off to America next month to record their new album in Nashville.
Jodi is due in the studio shortly with her still unnamed girl band. Kian and Louis Walsh are co-managing Jodi's new girlband. All the other girls are Irish.
They recently signed a major deal with Universal music. Jodi had to audition for the band like everyone else, but many observers
thought she was a shoo-in given her relationship with Kian.
The couple have been dating for four years, having initially first met when they were both teenagers and in various bands.
Despite her first doomed attempt at pop stardom, the gorgeous brunette shot to fame as Debbie Dean in Hollyoaks.
The pair spent most of the days leading up to the wedding sunning themselves on the beach and messing around with jet-skis.
The couple also earlier hired out a private beach and restaurant to stage a €20,000 'Welcome to Barbados' themed party for their families and celebrity pals.
Guests including Kian's bandmates were taken to the trendy Whispers restaurant for a sundown knees-up Caribbean style.
Fire-eaters
Shane, is there with his wife Gillian and kids Nicole and Patrick Dozens of jugglers, stilt-walkers and fire-eaters greeted guests who gave a standing ovation to Kian and Jodi as they arrived hand in hand and announced: "We want everyone to have a ball."
The exclusive restaurant laid on traditional Caribbean food as guests tucked in to rum cocktails, beer and champagne on a beach lit by torch flames.
As the celebrations continued acrobats dressed in monkey suits performed daring stunts and tricks for the 70 guests.
The next day Kian organised a boating trip around the island for pals.
On board they were served champagne and fresh seafood as they sailed on the catamaran until sunset.
Before heading out, Kian and his guests watched Chelsea getting knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona in the poolside bar of their plush Tamarind Cove Hotel.
On Thursday Kian and Shane played golf at the plush €1,000-a-round Sandy Lane course.
When owner JP McManus discovered the singer was playing there he called up and arranged for him and three pals to play there for free with his compliments.
Source: www.sundayworld.com
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