Lorraine Kelly leaves viewers in tears after a gay couple's wedding live on air.

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly married a gay couple live on her show Lorraine on ITV, bringing tears to viewers' eyes. In today's show (March 27), Scottish presenter Lorraine Kelly was dressed in a sparkling rainbow dress as she prepared to officiate the wedding of Cardiff couple Luke Avayent and Gavin Sheppard.

Step-by-step preparations for the wedding

Kelly, 64, announced earlier this week that she will marry a couple in honor of the tenth anniversary of the first same-sex marriage in the UK. The first gay wedding in the UK took place on March 29, 2014, after the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 was passed on July 17, 2013.

Touching ceremony

During the ceremony, Luke and Gavin were surrounded by their friends and family in the Lorraine studio when Kelly asked them to read their charming, personal vows. Addressing the couple, LGBT+ ally Lorraine Kelly said she wanted to invite the couple onto her show to "show people across the country that love is love."

Emotional closure

Musical theater singer Alfie Bo was there to conclude the ceremony with a performance of Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is," while pop star Anastacia sent a congratulatory message to the couple. The wedding ceremony was so moving that it made Gavin shed a stream of tears, and viewers at home also admitted that they started to cry.

Audience reaction

“Bravo to Lorraine and her team!! The media landscape is so hostile to anything gay, and today’s wedding truly showed itself as a real ally.

Completion of the wedding ceremony

The couple met in the summer of 2019, initially through a dating app, but then at a random appointment in the hospital in November of the same year. Luke was a nurse at one of Gavin's routine appointments, and the "connection" began then. Kelly announced that they were also gifted an all-inclusive trip to Santorini, Greece, as a wedding present.

Important statement from Lorraine Kelly

Speaking with Attitude magazine before the ceremony, Kelly explained why she wanted to hold a gay wedding. "We wanted to celebrate the fact that it doesn't matter who you love; everyone should be allowed to love whomever they want. I thought it was important to highlight this," she said.