Em Roberts married Cody John on July 25, 2026, at his family’s estate in Sun Valley, Idaho. It was a dry, hot summer day. It took about 45 minutes for the ceremony to end. It was a hot 95 degrees outside. People were seen fanning themselves to protect their eyes from the sun. In the middle of all that normal human discomfort, it looked like the kind of wedding Emma Roberts would choose: small, personal, and a little out of the ordinary for celebrities.
Roberts, who is 35 years old now, wore a white chiffon dress with a high slit and a headband that matched. In pictures, her son Rhodes holds her hand as she walks toward the wooden platform where the vows were said. Even though it’s small, it’s important. Rhodes hasn’t been in a lot of public attention since he was born. He will be six years old in December. As his mother walked to her own wedding, she held his hand. This shows that she doesn’t see her life as a show for everyone, but as something she’s quietly building around the people who matter to her.
John, who is 36 years old, was dressed in a brown suit. He didn’t wear the usual black tuxedo that grooms wear to formal events, which fits with how little people know about him. He’s been in Wu-Tang: An American Saga on Hulu and In the Dark on The CW. His career has some credibility, but he doesn’t have the kind of name recognition that comes with dating Hollywood royalty. When he posted a picture of himself kissing Roberts on Instagram in August 2022 with the caption “Sweet sweet,” it seemed like he was either sure of himself or didn’t care at all about the attention that would come after. It’s not quite clear which one yet.
Two years later, in July 2024, they got engaged in the most Emma Roberts-like way possible: with an Instagram picture of herself with a big round diamond and the words “putting this here before my mom tells everyone.” It was amusing. It knew what it was doing. It also seemed like she knew how these things go from bad to worse once they leave your hands. She told Cosmopolitan in 2019 that she liked keeping her relationships quiet because it’s hard enough to be with someone when no one is watching. Somehow she’s been able to stick to that, which is harder than it sounds in her world.
Julia Roberts was one of the guests, and she came with her husband Danny Moder. That one specific thing that sticks in your mind is that Julia wore a flowy polka-dot dress. Eric Roberts is Julia’s older brother and Emma’s father. In a way, this is a family reunion that looks like a wedding. Something deeply moving about the thought that all of the Roberts families showed up for one of their own, in the mountains on a hot Saturday, far from Los Angeles or New York.
In December 2020, Roberts had Rhodes with Garrett Hedlund. The next year, the two broke up. Most people say that after that, she was careful—careful about her relationship with John and careful about starting something new with her son before she was sure about it. That worry seems to have gone away somewhere along the way. Depending on how you look at it, the picture of Rhodes walking her down the aisle could be a small private moment or a strong statement about what this marriage means for her as a mother.
A full account of this wedding might never be made public—there won’t be an official Vogue cover or a carefully chosen spread with quotes about the flowers. The pictures that exist were taken from afar by paparazzi instead of being paid for by magazines. There’s something almost refreshing about that in a time when celebrity weddings usually come with brand partnerships and content strategies that go with them. The wedding felt like it belonged to the people who were there, whether that was on purpose or just because the venue was private and the guest list was small.
