Nine years into their relationship, Marty Lauter and Kyle Samuel have a new word for each other: husband.

Lauter, known to RuPaul’s Drag Race fans as Marcia Marcia Marcia, married Samuel on October 4 at Marty’s childhood home on Long Island. And their dog Poppy had a special place in the celebration as ring bearer.

In a new People exclusive, the couple share their wedding and the partnership behind it. They first met while performing in Newsies in 2017. Samuel, whose own background includes theater, now works as a registered nurse.

For their wedding, the couple embraced beautifully tailored suits and vintage-inspired guest outfits. The setting gave the occasion another personal connection: a place from Marty’s childhood became the place where they celebrated their marriage.

There is something particularly moving about that. A wedding brings a couple’s future into focus, but it can also gather up the years that brought them there. Here, nine years of shared life were part of the celebration before the rings were exchanged.

For readers who have built a life with another man, that may be the most recognizable part of the story. The wedding photographs mark one day. The relationship is made of all the days around it: ordinary evenings, changing plans, shared decisions and learning how to be there for each other.

Marriage can give that familiar life a new occasion for joy. A chance for the people who love you to celebrate what you already know about the person beside you.

And a chance, apparently, to give your dog a promotion.

Poppy’s role is a delightful detail, but the couple remain the heart of this wedding. After nine years together, Marty and Kyle have celebrated their commitment in a place that already meant home.

Congratulations to the newlyweds—and to the four-legged member of the wedding party.

📷 Cailin Curtis / People

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For Ugly Betty fans, a boy inviting his boyfriend onto a wedding dance floor remains one of the show’s most tender memories. Now Mark Indelicato, the actor who played Justin Suarez, has celebrated a wedding dance of his own.

Wedding footage shared on October 11 by Hannah Einbinder shows Indelicato exchanging vows and kissing his groom, with their Hacks co-star Jean Smart officiating. The clips also show the newlyweds dancing together.

The connection to Ugly Betty is especially sweet. In a 2010 episode, Justin danced with his boyfriend Austin at his mother’s wedding, letting his family see their relationship. It was a coming-out moment built around affection and the simple decision to take someone’s hand.

For viewers who recognized themselves in Justin, that scene could carry a great deal. A young gay character was allowed tenderness, a boyfriend and a family moment that belonged within the larger story of the people he loved.

Indelicato has since spoken about how playing Justin overlapped with understanding his own sexuality. In a 2024 conversation covered by Queerty, he reflected on both the encouragement the character gave him and the difficulty of facing public scrutiny while still a teenager.

His real relationship also had a place in a 2025 Queerty interview. Indelicato showed his engagement ring and described a fiancé who reassured him when he felt insecure about his appearance.

Now that relationship has reached a new milestone, with familiar faces from his working life helping celebrate it.

Justin and Austin’s romance was fiction. This wedding belongs to Mark and his husband. Still, for those who watched him grow up on television, seeing him dance with the man he has married makes for a particularly moving connection.

Sixteen years after that memorable television scene, there is another dance to celebrate. Congratulations to the newlyweds.

📷 @hannaheinbinder / @MarkIndelicato / ABC

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