Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner phoned her mother to tell her she was getting married to Joe Jonas just moments before their ‘quickie’ Las Vegas wedding, Mail Online can reveal.
The 23-year-old actress made the breathless transatlantic call before tying the knot in a ceremony officiated by and Elvis Presley impersonator.
Sophie’s mother Sally told Mail Online: ‘Sophie did call me before. She said, ‘mum, I’m getting married in Vegas.’
With a big smile on he face, she added: ‘I am absolutely delighted and so is my husband Andrew.’
Sally, 62, said she has not spoken since the wedding to her daughter who plays Sensa Stark in the hit TV series.
‘The time difference makes it difficult,’ she added.
Sally, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, said she has not seen any other wedding photos other than those posted to an instagram account.
She refused to be drawn on what she said to her daughter when she received the telephone call, but hinted the marriage was not such a surprise.
There had been reports that the couple, who have been together for three years, were planning to wed in the summer in Europe.
But Sally said: ‘Don’t believe everything you read.’
She declined to say when she would next be seeing her daughter who has a pivotal role in the last three episodes of the global phenomenon of Game of Thrones.
Out of nowhere! Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner have tied the knot in a surprise Las Vegas ceremony
Making a splash: DJ Diplo took to his Instagram Story to share videos from the nuptials just hours after the 2019 Billboard Music Awards were held in the same city
Dressed for the occasion: Sophie wore a white jumpsuit and long veil while Joe had on a suit with a white rose in the buttonhole
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jonas: Photos of the newlyweds posing on the hood of the pink Caddy wearing pink tinted glasses were shared via social media
Sophie’s mother Sally (pictured right with the couple at a basketball match in the US) revealed how her daughter phoned her just moments before she walked down the aisle to tell her she was getting married
The actress’s mother spoke after it was revealed Sophie and Joe wed in a surprise ceremony which cost just $600 at the world famous A Little White Chapel in the Downtown stretch of the Las Vegas Strip.
DJ Diplo, 40, took to his Instagram Story to share videos of the nuptials which took place hours after the 2019 Billboard Music Awards were held in the same city and saw the Jonas brothers perform.
In the clips, Joe, 29, is seen waiting at the altar before Sophie enters and walks down the aisle in a white veil and jumpsuit and gold Gucci mules.
In one clip, Sophie repeats the words: ‘I thee wed…. and I love you… and I thank God He gave me you.’
Then the couple, at Elvis’s direction, repeated to each other in unison: ‘I promise you, I will never leave you. I will love and trust you all the days of my life.’
Elvis then instructed Sophie to kiss the ring, but as it was a candy ring, she decided to give it a big lick, which amused Joe immensely.
Elvis then told Joe: ‘You may kiss the bride’, which he did as the guests whooped and hollered.
Country stars Dan and Shay played their hit Speechless during the ceremony, singing the lyrics: ‘It started when you said hello/Just did something to me/And I’ve been in a daze/Ever since the day that we met.
You take the breath out of my lungs/Can’t even fight it/And all of the words out of my mouth without even trying.’
Diplo played tunes from his deck and he filmed Sophie as she walked into the venue, then he took a sneaky snap of her as she was walking down the aisle.
Much to the delight of fans, he filmed the moment that Joe saw Sophie walk down the aisle for the first time and he had a beaming smile on his face.
The acclaimed DJ wore a white T-shirt tucked into jeans with a country-style belt, earlier protesting why he himself hadn’t found love, writing on social media: ‘How do I look this good and yet I am still single?’
Splash: The couple headed straight to their hotel jacuzzi after their wedding, jumping in in their wedding outfits
Going for it: The couple’s choice of wedding shows their carefree sense of personality
The couple were first pictured together at the MTV EMAs in 2016, where the couple were pictured sitting in the audience with their arms around one another.
Sophie confirmed she was dating Joe in January 2017, when she shared an Instagram picture of the Camp Rock star smoking a cigar while on a boat.
In May 2017, the couple both attended the Met Gala together, but arrived separately and were not pictured together at any point.
In March of this year, Sophie joined the other Jonas wives when they all appeared on the boys’ comeback single, Sucker.
Sophie briefly discussed how she and Joe first got together in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar.
She said: ‘We had a lot of mutual friends, and they’d been trying to introduce us for a long time. We were following each other on Instagram and he direct-messaged me one fine day, out of the blue.’
Meanwhile, Game Of Thrones actress Sophie spoke of her love for Joe during an interview with Glamour magazine back in March.
She said: ‘A lot of [my happiness now] is to do with being with a person I’ve fallen in love with, who loves me more than he loves himself, and who wants to see me find my own happiness.
‘That was probably the biggest thing that pushed me to find who I am – and find my happiness in things other than acting.’
Love me tender: The ceremony in the Vegas chapel was presided over by an Elvis impersonator
Vows: In one clip, Sophie repeats the words: ‘I thee wed…. and I love you… and I thank God He gave me you’
Heartfelt: Then the couple, at Elvis’s direction, repeated to each other in unison: ‘I promise you, I will never leave you. I will love and trust you all the days of my life
Newlyweds: Elvis then told Joe: ‘You may kiss the bride’
They did it! The guests whooped and hollered as Sophie and Joe celebrated
Sophie also spoke to Rolling Stone about how she felt ready to become engaged to Joe when she was just 21 years of age.
She told the publication: ‘I was fully preparing myself to be single for the rest of my life. I think once you’ve found the right person, you just know.
‘I feel like I’m much older a soul than I am in age. I feel like I’ve lived enough life to know.’
Sophie also spoke about her engagement with Marie Clare and said that while it’s ‘lovely’ to be engaged, she considers her career to be her greatest achievement.
She said last year: ‘There’s this weird misconception that being married is the greatest thing that’ll ever happen to you.
‘But I’ve always found that my career is something I work for, and when I achieve something, there’s a sense that this is the greatest thing I’ll do in my life.’
The couple’s quickie wedding is in stark contrast to the four-day extravaganza in India last December when Joe’s brother Nick, 26, tied the knot with Priyanka Chopra, 36.
However, Joe and Sophie have always maintained they wanted a more low-key intimate affair.
Priyanka, who has become close friends with the British actress, served as maid of honor at the wedding and the two were seen hugging each other right after Joe kissed his bride.
Joe had said that he and Sophie had learned a lesson from Nick and Priyanka’s wedding in that despite the lavish nuptials, they had run out of beer.
He told the Zach Sang Show: ‘I mean, we are getting married in France, so a lot of Coors Light is necessary. Not hard, really, to get that, but we needed to make sure that was going to happen.’
Nick concurred: ‘We learned a lesson from my wedding. Our friends drink a lot of beer, specifically, and we ran out of beer at the wedding, at my wedding, which was a big issue.’
Sisters-in-law: Priyanka Chopra, who wed Joe’s brother Nick last December in a four-day extravaganza in India, served as Sophie’s maid of honor
BFFs: Priyanka has become close friends with the British actress and the two were seen hugging each other right after Joe kissed his bride
The moment he saw her: Joe looked overwhelmed as Sophie walked into the room
This is her moment: Diplo shared this clip of Sophie as she was pictured walking into the ceremony in her stylish jumpsuit and gold mules
Venue: Joe and Sophie said their ‘I do’s’ at the famous A Little White Chapel located in the Downtown stretch of the Las Vegas Strip
All you need is a license: The venue is famous for its 24-hour Tunnel of Love drive-thru weddings and its pink Cadillac
Joe and Sophie said their ‘I do’s’ at the famous A Little White Chapel located in the Downtown stretch of the Las Vegas Strip.
Famous for its 24-hour Tunnel of Love drive-thru weddings and its pink Cadillac, the couple opted for a ceremony in the Chapel L’Amour with a package deal that runs around $600.
Later, photos of the newlyweds posing on the hood of the pink Caddy were shared via social media.
Other notable couples who have eloped at the same Vegas venue include Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow, Paul Newman & JoAnn Woodward and Rita Hayworth & Dick Haymes.
Still single: Just hours before getting hitched, Joe and Sophie were snapped sitting next to each other at the MGM Grand Garden Arena where the Billboard Music Awards were held
On fire: The Jonas Brothers did their first awards show live performance in 10 years during the show that aired live on NBC
It had already been a momentous night for Joe who, with brothers Nick and Kevin, had performed for the first time in 10 years as the Jonas Brothers at a live awards show.
The trio performed a medley of hits including their recent Billboard Hot 100 number one Sucker to the delight of the crowd.
They were cheered on by their ladies – Sophie, who wore a stunning colourful metallic jumpsuit by Louis Vuitton, as well as Priyanka and Kevin’s wife Danielle.
The band are due to perform at London’s Capital Summertime Ball at London’s Wembley stadium on June 8.
Nick said last month that he was delighted at how well the ladies all get along with one another and said that it gives him a ‘great feeling.’
He told Entertainment Tonight: ‘It’s kind of the dream where, as close as we are as brothers, that our wives [and then Joe’s fiancée] are so connected, as well.
‘It’s obviously a huge adjustment for everybody, talking about us getting back together as a band and then working together so much again.
‘These incredible women have handled it so well and for each of us, individually and as a group. To get to share that with them is a really amazing thing.
‘And the family’s just getting bigger and bigger, and that’s a beautiful thing. We love including our loved ones, our family, in everything we do … our house is for everyone, our doors are always open. That is, in my opinion, how it should be.’
Hours earlier, the musicians had announced their first tour in a decade together in support of a new album Happy Beginnings that will drop on June 7.
The 40-date North American tour kicks off August 7 in Miami, Florida, and wraps up October 20 at the Hollywood Bowl in LA.
Fan fave: The Jonas Brothers wowed the audience at the Billboard music Awards with a medley of hits including their most recent Billboard Hot 100 number one Sucker
Fans: Sophie was seen cheering on her man alongside Priyanka and Kevin Jonas’s wife Danielle
Loving life: Sophie appeared extremely animated as she called out to support her man from the audience
Close: It’s fair to say that Sophie, Danielle (left) and Priyanka (right) have built up a strong friendship