Insecure actor Jay Ellis finally married his long-time girlfriend and Serbian model Nina Senicar.
Ellis married Senicar in an extravagant ceremony on July 9 in Tuscany, per Vogue Magazine, which covered the event. The couple finally wed after being in a five-year relationship. For the big day, the 40-year-old actor donned a custom Dolce & Gabbana tuxedo in bordeaux– to match their earth-toned color palette. The bride also rocked a stunning white Dolce & Gabbana wedding gown. Their 2-year-old daughter, Nora Grace, was the flower girl.
Ellis proposed to Senicar in Bali in January 2019. The sunset Tuscan wedding ceremony was to have initially occurred on the same day in 2020, but the pandemic affected the planning.
“At the time, Italy was one of the hardest hit areas in the world, on a strict lockdown and closed to tourists,” the Top Gun: Maverick star recalled. “Like everyone else in the world, we weren’t sure how widespread it would be or how long any of it would last, so we had to cancel everything.”
Ellis posted his wedding photo on Instagram and preemptively turned off the comments– as not to allow naysayers to detract from the couple’s special day in Tuscany.
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Fans quickly observed the change to Ellis’ account and took to Twitter to discuss it. Some fans shared their dismay about the actor’s white wife– again, while others said people needed to get over it.
I know y’all ain’t shocked by Jay Ellis being with a WW. He definitely gave off that energy in everything I’ve ever seen him in, including insecure
— Yall Sound Crazy (@queenveej) July 19, 2022
Even the music at Jay Ellis wedding was wonder bread
— •👣 on the 🌙• (@LuvDMarie) July 20, 2022
Do y’all remember when Jay Ellis did that TikTok video rating the men of Insecure as women and was giving all the dark skin men low scores and passing them , that nigga will forever be on my shit list 😂
— HM (@yurwrongb) July 18, 2022
Jay Ellis posted that white lady and knew to close them comments the fuck up LMAOOO
— 202natt (@202NATALIEE) July 18, 2022
not Jay Ellis finally posting his white wife after Insecure ended💀💀
— END ANGLOPHONE CRISIS (@taatertotz) July 18, 2022
I need some of you to separate a character & a real person. The fact that Jay Ellis had to turn off his comments is just sad. Just because he married a WW doesn’t mean he’s anti BW. Leave that man alone & go address that hurt in therapy beloveds.
— Kathia Woods 🇧🇷 (@kathia_woods) July 20, 2022
Jay Ellis is married to Nina Senicar… Get over it. Y’all get up in arms every six months over this shit. There’s nothing to see here. pic.twitter.com/TuqvJGS3i5
— Keka Araújo (@KAraujoNWT) July 19, 2022
I respect Jay Ellis turning off his comments. Bro proactively closed off a channel of disrespect that could be aimed at him, his wife and his happiness. Protect your peace.
— Him (@TheRealDBlair) July 19, 2022
Jay Ellis’ wife is so beautiful. It sucks that he had to turn off comments cause people are haters
— Queenoftheskies (@PureJoy747) July 18, 2022
Folks are upset that Jay Ellis turned his comments off on his wedding day photo b/c they wanted to hate on his white wife and that is CRAZY.
— Raa Shaad (@JRthaNomad) July 18, 2022
Although the actor and his model bride had been together since 2015, ever so often, Black Twitter would be up in arms at the “rediscovery” of Ellis’ vanilla bae. It’s time to move forward and let Ellis live his best life. Black women expressed feeling betrayed by another successful Black man’s expansion of his dating pool. Many fans, however, weren’t surprised that Ellis was down with the swirl.
In a 2017 interview with The Breakfast Club, Ellis spoke about his relationship with Senicar without mentioning her name.
“I am in a relationship. I’m in a very happy relationship, and that’s where I leave it. I don’t really worry about anything else, and that’s it. I think for me, we give so much of ourselves in what we do no matter what side of the industry we’re on, so for me…a relationship for me is probably the most important thing that I think two people can have.”
We wish Ellis and Senicar the best!
