‘Mrs Lee, for the first time’: Andy Lee lets fans inside his wedding in new podcast episode
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Andy Lee has given fans a glimpse inside his wedding to Rebecca Harding on a new episode of the Hamish & Andy podcast, which dropped “less than 36 hours” after the ceremony.
Lee, 45, confirmed the widely speculated New York nuptials in Thursday’s episode, which also included voice notes from across the couple’s big day on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT).
Andy Lee confirmed his New York wedding to Rebecca Harding on a new episode of the Hamish & Andy podcast, taking listeners inside the nuptials. Pictured in 2023. Instagram
The couple are yet to share any videos or photos from the wedding at a Manhattan rooftop hotel location. However, paparazzi shots captured Harding, 36, leaving a New York hotel in a strapless white dress – believed to be created by Australian designer Steven Khalil – with a sweeping train.
It’s believed the wedding featured around 80 guests, including Hollywood legend Hugh Jackman and aviation tycoon Paul O’Brien.
The stunning dress came up in the voice notes, when best man and co-star Hamish Blake turned the microphone on the bride.
“All right, we’ve secured the bride for an interview, couldn’t believe it,” Blake said.
"Mrs Lee, for the first time. How do you feel?"
Harding said she was "fantastic" but when Lee asked if she had "any gripes with me as a husband so far", the bride didn't hold back.
"Terrible at picking up the dress," she replied.
Lee said with a laugh that he “knew there was one coming”.
The couple of 12 years finally said, “I do”, two years after getting engaged in 2024. Instagram
“He was like, ‘just leave it’. I was like, ‘it is the streets of New York!’,” Harding elaborated.
Blake agreed with the bride, saying: "Yeah, the retail value is shot, you're not getting rid of that second-hand, are ya?"
The podcast episode was recorded in advance as Lee and his co-hosts threw to themselves in the future, saying they’d planned to record audio on the big day and splice it in.
They played a montage of moments from the big day, including when the couple of 12 years finally said, “I do”, two years after getting engaged.
“Andy’s vows and Bec’s actually were very beautiful,” co-host Jack Post said during a chat at the after-party.
Lee swiftly replied: “You don’t have to use the word ‘actually’, mate.”
Lee (far left) rehearsed for his wedding with groomsmen Cameron Lee (second left) Michael “Horgs” Hogan (second right) and Hamish Blake (far right) in a podcast episode. YouTube/@hamishandandy
The groom’s long-time friend Michael “Horgs” Horgan MCed the event alongside Blake.
The trio discussed it during one of the recorded chats before the ceremony.
“Well, I mean, in terms of my preferred double act, there is another man in the room I would prefer to do a double act with,” Blake said with a laugh, referring to Lee.
“He’s great, he’s great, but I think Horgs is a little nervous because I’ve just tried to keep the structure of it, I’m like ‘we don’t have to script this, just cover off on this, cover off on this’.
Andy Lee’s long-time friend Michael “Horgs” Hogan (pictured) was a “little nervous” about MCing the wedding reception alongside Hamish Blake. Instagram/andytomlee
“So Horgs goes, ‘OK, so I’ll get up, I’ll start and … what do you reckon - just welcome or hello’?
“I was like, ‘mate, I just think we’re overthinking this’, we’ve had three meetings now for the ‘hello, I’m Michael’ bit.”
The wedding MCs revealed guests would be forced to make an impromptu speech during the reception if their number came out of a gold bingo roller.
Lee and Blake speculated both the bride and Blake’s wife, Zoë Foster Blake, were going to be seething at the idea.
For the Melbourne-based couple, New York has always held a special place in their hearts. Instagram/andytomlee
But fans will have to wait until the next episode to hear how that went, as there were no updates provided.
The morning after the wedding, the newlyweds were spotted outside of Lee’s Old Mate’s pub, where the reception took place.
“Oh gosh it went deep,” Lee told the Courier Mail when asked about the wedding.
“It was probably 13 years in the making, people thought I took my time but that’s proper due diligence isn’t it and I’m looking forward to a few lagers now.”
Lee, Harding and the Blakes were all spotted in New York on Monday, fuelling rumours the wedding was impending.
Jackman, who is an investor in the pub and a close mate of Lee, arrived shortly after and said the wedding was “awesome”.
New York has always held a special place in the newlyweds’ hearts.
The couple make an annual getaway there, they’ve frequently marked relationship milestones in Manhattan and it’s also home to Lee and Blake’s Aussie pub, Old Mates.
