Dolores Catania’s ex-husband, Frank Catania, revealed he secretly married his fiancée, Brittany Mattessich, after having to postpone their wedding last year.
Frank announced the news in Thursday’s episode of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Melissa Gorga’s PodcastOne show, “On Display,” after she asked when he and Mattessich were tying the knot.
“We are married, but we’re married off the chart,” he said in a hushed voice.
Gorga, 45, squealed with excitement and admitted she had no idea.
Frank, 60, explained that he and Mattessich, 35, quietly wed “back in November” 2024 but are still planning on having a bigger ceremony in the foreseeable future.
“We don’t have a date, but we’re doing it up here,” he said of New Jersey. “We’re not doing a destination wedding. We had enough of the weather.”
Frank was referring to his and Mattessich’s original plan to say “I do” in Florida before they had to delay their wedding over Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastating the state last September and October.
“We’re going to have it up here now,” he reiterated. “I can’t put Brittany through it again.”
The real estate developer dropped another major bombshell when he admitted his ex-wife Dolores’ former boyfriend David Principe officiated his and Mattessich’s union.
“You know who married us? David,” he divulged.
Dolores, 54, and Principe, 60, dated for nearly five years before breaking up in 2021. However, Frank and Principe continued being friends — and even lived together — after the doctor’s split.
Frank and Mattessich were originally scheduled to tie the knot on Nov. 9, 2024, but they postponed their weddings after the hurricanes’ devastation.
“Hurricane Helene first came through and brought so much sand onto the island that the pools were filled with sand, and the golf course and areas where the ceremony and the reception were to be held were also damaged by water,” the groom-to-be told People last October.
“Even though there was a possibility that the venue could have possibly been repaired for our wedding on Nov. 9, no work commenced because Hurricane Milton was coming the following week,” he explained.
The couple originally rescheduled their wedding for March 29, 2025, at the same Florida resort before changing their minds and opting to stay local.
Frank proposed to Mattessich in October 2023. They had been friends for 10 years before things turned romantic.
Prior to his relationship with Mattessich, Frank was married to Dolores from 1994 to 1998, and they share 29-year-old daughter Gabby and 26-year-old son Frankie Jr., who also just got engaged.
