A couple visited by Keanu Reeves on their wedding day were thrilled after he recalled the moment on American TV - and jokily denied 'gatecrashing' their reception. Nikki and James Roadnight hit the headlines after the Hollywood megastar turned up during their nuptials last August.
The actor has now spoken for the first time about appearing in the couple's wedding snaps at Fawsley Hall Hotel & Spa in Daventry, Northants. During an interview on the Jimmy Fallon Show recently, Keanu was forced to deny being a wedding crasher and insisted he was invited to the big day.
The US TV host and comedian said to him: "I saw this photo, everybody is talking about it on the internet, you crashed someone's wedding in London." Keanu laughed: "I didn't gatecrash it. I was invited by these folks to take a photo.
"It was outside in another part of the hotel and it was outside of London and they were having their wedding. And then the groom came by and was like 'hi' and I was like 'hi'. He was like do you want to take a picture with everybody and I said 'sure, lets do it'.
"And then I met some folks and I said 'hi and hi' and we took some photographs. One of these things do not belong and it was me. It was really lovely, it was cool."
Nikki, 35, of Northampton, said she was left chuffed when Keanu began talking about their wedding nine months on as he promoted his new film. She said: "It was just surreal. I can't believe he was there doing this interview promoting John Wick 4 and then starts talking about us instead.
"It just shows how much of a nice guy he is and we were lucky to experience that in person. It was the first time he's spoken about it so to hear him recounting the story of our wedding day to Jimmy Fallon nine months later was just so bizarre.
"It has been crazy since it happened, we still get random people messaging us about it and our wedding photos have popped up on all these TV shows. We are just normal people, things like this don't happen to us, it's all been very bizarre."
Customer sales rep James, 36, bumped into Keanu at the bar of the four-star hotel and said he later promised to come to the reception for a drink. Nikki said previously: "My husband saw him in the bar area and told him he'd just got married and invited Keanu to come over to say hello and have a drink with us if he wanted to.
"I was blown away. Keanu Reeves is my favourite film star so if I could have picked anyone to meet it would be him. For it to happen on my wedding day was out of this world. He held my hand, gave me a cuddle and said congratulations - it was just surreal.
"At the time my bridesmaid had been fixing my dress when somebody from the venue said there's a special guest outside. I walked into the courtyard and there he was. Keanu Reeves was at our reception.
"I think I blurted out some words like 'welcome to our wedding, my name is Nikki, do you want a drink?' He said he'd had a long flight and politely declined before spending about 10 or 15 minutes having photos with us all.
"Towards the end there was a bit of mob of fan girls swarming around and I even said 'do you want me to help escort you out?'
"He said it was fine and continued to make time for everybody - he was just the sweetest guy. He was just so humble and kind. I got the impression he was genuinely happy to be there too. He didn't have to come over but he went out of his way to do so and it's something we will remember forever."
James added: "Earlier in the day I was at the bar and a member of staff said Keanu Reeves was staying. So me being me, I went out to the beer garden where he was having a pint to introduce myself to him.
"I shook his hand, told him it was my wedding day and said it would be great if you could come to the reception later. I said my wife would love to meet him and that he couldn't miss her because she was the one in the big white dress, and he laughed.
"He said congratulations and was just wonderfully friendly and down-to-earth. I told him there was no pressure, and not to feel obliged to, but the offer was there if he wanted a drink with us.
"He said he'd see what he could do but he was just about to have his dinner so I went off and thought nothing more of it. We carried on with the evening and I was on the dancefloor when our wedding photographer told me we had a VIP outside.
"I was so happy he came, it was just the cherry on the top of an already magical day."
