Harry Jowsey is pushing back on claims that his Let’s Marry Harry wedding to Amber Mozo was simply staged for television, but his explanation still stops short of saying the two are legally married.
After questions surfaced about the lack of a public marriage record, Jowsey said in a new Instagram video that he and Mozo were taken back to the show’s house after their televised ceremony and signed paperwork there. According to Jowsey, production told them the documents could not be submitted until after the reunion because a public filing could spoil the show’s ending.
They exchanged vows and rings in the Aug. 12 finale, with Amanda Kloots officiating, but TMZ reported that it found no marriage record in locations connected with production. A production source told the outlet that the delay was intentional.
Jowsey said the paperwork still exists and teased that viewers will learn after the reunion whether it “gets submitted or if it gets torn up.”
Harry Says He and Amber Signed Paperwork After the Ceremony
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Jowsey said the televised ceremony itself played out much as viewers saw it. Friends and family gathered, he and Mozo exchanged vows, and the pair kissed after saying “I do.” Once the ceremony ended, however, Jowsey said production took him and Mozo back to the house.
“When we’re up there, that was when we were signing all the paper and all that stuff,” he explained. According to Jowsey, the couple was then told the documents could not immediately be submitted because doing so could create a public record revealing the outcome of the Netflix dating show before viewers saw the finale.
He argued that filing the paperwork during production could have undermined the time and money invested in keeping the show’s ending secret. “So to save the whole experience for all the girls, all the crew, obviously Netflix and everything like that, they held on to the paperwork,” Jowsey said.
His next sentence is what leaves the couple’s legal status unresolved. “It is out there,” he said. “But now you will see once the reunion is done and out there if it gets submitted or if it gets torn up.”
TMZ Found No Public Record of a Legal Marriage
Questions surrounding the wedding began after TMZ searched marriage records in locations connected with the production and reported that it could find no record of Jowsey and Mozo legally tying the knot.
Sources familiar with the production told the outlet that the delay was intentional and designed to prevent viewers from discovering the finale’s outcome through public records.
“We were preventing a Love Is Blind situation,” one source said, referring to fans searching marriage records before Netflix releases wedding episodes.
The Wedding Itself Was More Than a Casual TV Ceremony
Whatever its current legal status, the finale presented the ceremony as the culmination of Jowsey’s search for a wife. Jowsey entered the final episode choosing between Mozo, a travel photographer from Hawaii, and fellow finalist Dannelle Davidson after beginning the series with 20 potential partners.
He ultimately chose Mozo. Amanda Kloots, one of Jowsey’s confidantes throughout the series, officiated as the couple exchanged vows and rings in Los Angeles.
The ceremony also included a personal tribute to Jowsey’s late father. Jowsey wore his father’s glasses while standing at the altar and told Mozo that he wanted his dad to be able to see how beautiful she looked. Jowsey later told PEOPLE that his connection with Mozo and what he interpreted as signs from his father helped guide his final decision.
The Reunion Is Holding the Answer to What Happened Next
Netflix is deliberately keeping Jowsey and Mozo’s post-show status unresolved until the reunion. Its official reunion announcement asks whether Jowsey got his “happily ever after” with Mozo and promises answers to lingering questions about what happened after the wedding.
Jowsey, Mozo and his former fiancées will all appear during the special, which will be hosted by Haley Baylee. The Let’s Marry Harry reunion streams Aug. 26 at 9 p.m. ET and 6 p.m. PT on Netflix, when viewers are expected to learn whether Jowsey and Mozo moved forward with making their televised marriage legally official or walked away from it.