AnnaLynne McCord said "I do" this weekend — and then had to defend herself online almost immediately after. The "90210" and "Days of Our Lives" actress, 39, married former England rugby star Danny Cipriani, 38, in an outdoor ceremony at a private Los Angeles home on Saturday, capping off a relationship that began on the dating app Raya roughly a decade ago. But instead of a clean victory lap, McCord says the couple spent their engagement fielding vicious backlash — and even death threats — over how they chose to pay for it.

The controversy centers on Honeyfund, a crowdfunding-style wedding registry the couple set up asking guests to chip in anywhere from about $10 to several hundred dollars toward specific costs — the marriage license, flowers, the rehearsal dinner, even construction of the wedding venue itself. McCord told The Sun she believed the page was visible only to invited guests, not the general public, and was blindsided when it went viral for all the wrong reasons.

"People Actually Donated Ten Dollars ... to Write That We Were Disgusting"

Once screenshots of the registry spread online, critics piled on, accusing the couple — who reportedly have a combined net worth in the millions — of trying to guilt friends and family into bankrolling their nuptials. McCord didn't sugarcoat how bad it got.

"I was told I was despicable — and that I was trying to extort money from my wedding guests."

She added that the pile-on went beyond harsh comments, telling reporters that "people actually donated ten dollars towards the wedding so they could write on the site that Danny and I were disgusting," and that some messages crossed into outright threats against her safety. Reporting on the total raised put the figure at roughly $14,000 by the time the couple walked down the aisle, according to HELLO! magazine.

Despite the online storm, the wedding itself went ahead as planned. McCord wore an ivory, floral-embroidered gown with a long veil, walking through a backyard shielded by trees and flanked by twelve bridesmaids in shades of pink. Cipriani, a former Wasps, Sale Sharks and England fly-half who earned 16 caps for his country, wore a navy suit for the ceremony. In a video posted to Instagram and reported by RTÉ, McCord called the day "perfect," writing that she'd married "the love of my life" after years of "stolen glances" before the pair finally settled down together.

The Los Angeles ceremony is only the first of three the couple has planned. McCord and Cipriani — who reconnected in 2024 after an on-and-off relationship dating back roughly ten years, and got engaged on Christmas Day 2025 — are set to hold a second ceremony in London and a third at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, meaning the crowdfunding conversation may not be over yet.

For now, McCord appears unbothered by the criticism, framing the backlash as noise against the bigger picture. Neither she nor Cipriani has indicated the registry will be taken down ahead of their next two celebrations.