Brian Ariotti, Best Man & Co-Officiant

Brian is known to some as Ryan’s best friend, best man and co-officiant of Ryan & Gabby’s wedding, but he should best be known as Gabrielle’s favorite podcast co-host. (Side note: Gabrielle and Gabby are being used interchangeably, but they’re the same person and Ryan only ever calls her Gabrielle — we want that on the record.) Brian is an incredible, Emmy-award winning documentary producer, all around funny guy and a desperately average Madden player (that’s a joke, he always beats Ryan). While visiting Ryan last year, he participated in a tour of Vanderpump Rules-related restaurants — the photos from which received 84 likes on Instagram — and is generally a great guy.

Maddy Newquist, Maid of Honor & Co-Officiant

There are very few people on God’s green earth that Ryan can bare to spend any considerable amount of time with, but Maddy is one of them. She was a key figure in Ryan & Gabby’s relationship development, watching such terrible movies as Cats and The Heart Specialist (don’t look it up) with them during the early days of the pandemic. Maddy is an amazing friend to Gabrielle, and the two of them are as close as friends can be. When she’s not being a delightful and hilarious person or the most amazing librarian in Austin, Maddy can be found helping out with Gabrielle & Ryan’s annual cookie party every holiday season. They are very excited to have her in their life forever.