Alex McKinnon opens up about the moment he stood up at his wedding
Almost three weeks on from his wedding, ex-NRL player Alex McKinnon, who was left quadriplegic after a tragic injury on the footy field, has spoken for the first time about what it felt like to finally stand up at the altar with now-wife Teigan.
Opening up on The Project last night, the young couple revealed the special moment had been two years in the making. It wasn’t easy, but Alex was determined to fulfil the promise he made to his new wife, having vowed to her when he proposed that he would stand for her when their big day arrived.
“The whole time I was thinking, ‘I’m going to have to sit down, I’m going to have to sit down, how am I going to do this?’” Alex recalled. “Then at the end of the ceremony, it was 45 minutes, I thought, ‘How did I just do this?’”
And Teigan couldn’t have been prouder of her brave hubby. “It made it so intimate, I was able to look into Alex’s eyes and feel like we were the same people when we met. He was so much taller than me, big red hair, big smile, his eyes, it made it a lot more special.”
The newlyweds, who recently returned from a trip around the US, say they’re planning on having a family “soon”.
Congratulations to this inspirational couple!