Jassi Rideaux and Darius Harris are gearing up for a spring wedding! The Real Housewives of Potomac star and three-time Super Bowl champion announced their engagement in August and are now deep in wedding plans.
The couple shared with PEOPLE that they’re looking at a May date and plan to tie the knot in Dallas. “I’m looking forward to just keeping my focus on my soon-to-be husband and just being grateful for where we are. Relationships are not easy, and we lived apart in different states for a majority of the beginning stages of our relationship,” Rideaux said.
“And so, I’m looking forward to just soaking it all in and looking absolutely stunning in my photos, but also just being able to fellowship with my friends and family and celebrate love. What better place to go to a party than to a wedding where people are celebrating love?”
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The two are planning a joint bachelor/bachelorette party to celebrate their upcoming nuptials.
“We won’t do everything together, but we are planning on having a joint, and the reason why is because, hey, my friends are better planners, and he’s going to be ticked if he misses out on the private jet we’re going to do and all of the other festivities,” Rideaux said. “I’m like, ‘Babe, come on. You can join us.’”
She added, “Darius and I were just considering our friend groups and how much fun we have together … And to be honest, I don’t want my man to miss out on any of the bachelorette and bachelor fun. I want to make sure that he really feels supported and feels like he has a great bachelor as well.”
Rideaux, who stars on season 9 of RHOP with Wendy Osefo, Karen Huger, Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, Mia Thornton, Stacey Rusch, Keiarna Stewart, and friend Jacqueline Blake, said her co-stars will join the celebration.
“Definitely the ladies are invited to my wedding. I mean, you think I’m going to miss a moment to not shine in front of these girls?” the Bravo star told PEOPLE. “There’ll be a select few invited to my bachelorette as well.”
Rideaux, CEO of Chateau Rideaux Inc. And Rideaux Hair, has a bridal beauty glam plan that’s “all hands on deck.”
“Number one, make sure that I get a test face for my makeup to look exactly how I want to look. I’m going to have my custom designer, whose name is Sheraz Pompey, who has designed a lot of my outfits. Within this season nine, you’ll get to see some of those as the season progresses. I’m going to have him all hands on deck with his sewing machine so that we have no mishaps.”
She revealed she will have “at least three dresses,” all directed by her style curator and dress designer.
“I am one of those girlies who just loves a custom designed dress,” Rideaux said. “I mean, I’m going to need a wedding gown, I’m going to need something for the reception, and you got to throw an extra wedding gown in there. I mean, just in case I want to change and go from a higher dress to a lower cut or things like that. I just want to really have my options available.”
“There’s going to be no room for any mishaps on my wedding day,” she said.
In August, Harris surprised Rideaux with a birthday celebration that concluded with a romantic marriage proposal, witnessed by close family and friends who flew in for the special moment.
“Just to walk in the room feeling that much love and that much importance to you on a special day, not only your birthday but a day that everyone knew that you were going to get proposed to, it’s just chef’s kiss,” Rideaux said. “Chef’s kiss. I couldn’t have asked for a better proposal.”
