--- title: Michael Phelps And Nicole Johnson Married Secretly in June description: Michael Phelps has been secretly married to Nicole Johnson for months canonical: https://time.com/4547105/michael-phelps-secret-marriage/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-27T00:23:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:03.991Z og:title: Michael Phelps And Nicole Johnson Married Secretly in June: Report og:description: The couple kept the wedding under wraps og:url: https://time.com/4547105/michael-phelps-secret-marriage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61defad1dd19ac90/6988abc1656a3f9727bcd9e4/michael-phelps-nicole-johnson.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michael Phelps And Nicole Johnson Married Secretly in June: Report twitter:description: The couple kept the wedding under wraps twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61defad1dd19ac90/6988abc1656a3f9727bcd9e4/michael-phelps-nicole-johnson.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Michael Phelps And Nicole Johnson Married Secretly in June: Report > Sponsored content. 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Oct 27, 2016 12:23 AM UTC  Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson attend the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Arrivals at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson attend the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Arrivals at Madison Square Garden on August 28, 2016 in New York City. C Flanigan—FilmMagic by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 27, 2016 12:23 AM UTC [Michael Phelps](http://time.com/4537760/michael-phelps-call-of-duty-interview/) has been secretly married to Nicole Johnson for months. The [Olympic swimmer](http://time.com/4447445/why-olympic-swimmers-win-the-most-medals/) and his wife tied the knot during a June 13 ceremony in Paradise Valley, Arizona, _People_ [reports](http://people.com/sports/surprise-michael-phelps-and-nicole-johnson-have-been-secretly-married-for-months/) after obtaining a copy of the couple’s record of marriage. TMZ broke the news on Wednesday. Peter Carlisle, Phelps’ agent and friend, officiated the ceremony, _People_ reports. Phelps maintained that he was engaged during the [Rio Olympics](http://time.com/4461190/these-are-the-top-liked-instagrams-of-the-rio-olympics/) this summer, [telling _People_](http://people.com/sports/michael-phelps-on-his-post-olympic-life-with-baby-boomer/) in August that he was looking forward to getting married. “I really can’t wait to get married,” he said at the time. “It will be small destination wedding later this year. It’s the next big milestone I’m looking forward to.” The couple got [engaged](http://time.com/3717812/michael-phelps-engaged/) in February of 2015 and had a son, named [Boomer](http://time.com/4396589/michael-phelps-son-boomer-swimming/), in May. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4547105/michael-phelps-secret-marriage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4547105/michael-phelps-secret-marriage/"},"headline":"Michael Phelps And Nicole Johnson Married Secretly in June: Report","datePublished":"2016-10-27T00:23:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:03.991Z","description":"The couple kept the wedding under wraps","url":"https://time.com/4547105/michael-phelps-secret-marriage/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61defad1dd19ac90/6988abc1656a3f9727bcd9e4/michael-phelps-nicole-johnson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61defad1dd19ac90/6988abc1656a3f9727bcd9e4/michael-phelps-nicole-johnson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals","caption":"2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"C Flanigan—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4547105/michael-phelps-secret-marriage/","name":"Michael Phelps And Nicole Johnson Married Secretly in June: Report"}}]}] ```