Patriots owner Robert Kraft, 81, marries Dana Blumberg, 47, at surprise star-studded NYC wedding

Robert Kraft, 81, and his girlfriend Dana Blumberg, 47, wed on Friday night in Manhattan

Billionaire NFL owner Robert Kraft has married his girlfriend in a surprise ceremony in Manhattan, with Elton John flying in to serenade the bride and groom.

Kraft, 81, tied the knot with ophthalmologist Dana Blumberg, 47, on Friday night at what guests were told was a ‘Kickoff and a Touchdown Party’.

The couple, who began dating in 2019, hired the lower Manhattan Hall des Lumières and told 250 friends and family members to dress festively, The New York Post reported.

The invitees – among them Jon Bon Jovi, country singer Kenny Chesney, film tycoon Ari Emanuel and Oscar-nominated film producer Brian Grazer – did not know the pair would wed. 

Tom Brady, former Patriots quarterback, turned up without his wife Gisele Bundchen, amid rumors of an impending divorce. 

Elton John, Ed Sheeran and Meek Mill performed at the show

The couple hired out the Hall des Lumieres in lower Manhattan for the party, with guests unaware it was to be a wedding

Sources told The Post that guests were shown a 10-minute video of the couple, before they were introduced to the crowd by the voice of NFL commentator Al Michaels as husband and wife.

The pair had coordinated especially with Elton John, after he volunteered in July to sing at their wedding. They gave him three weeks notice, and he found a spare date.

The Rocketman kicked off his hour-long performance with ‘Circle of Life,’ followed by ‘Tiny Dancer,’ ‘Philadelphia Freedom,’ ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,’ ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight,’ and more, the Post reported.

He also performed ‘Candle in the Wind’, as a duet with Ed Sheeran.

Kraft and Blumberg had a first dance as Sheeran played an acoustic number. 

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Tom Brady, who won the Super Bowl with Kraft’s team, arrived at the wedding solo amid rumors of a divorce from his wife Gisele Bundchen. Brady is pictured on October 9 playing for his current team, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The bride arrived in an Elie Saab jumpsuit she helped design, and then wore an ivory Naeem Khan wedding dress when the newlyweds were announced.

Rapper Meek Mill performed, and then Grandmaster Flash took to the turntables and DJ’d.

‘They wanted to get in a zone of sharing happiness with one another, and bringing people together,’ a friend of the couple told the paper.

Kraft was previously married to his college sweetheart and philanthropist Myra Kraft.

She died in 2011 from cancer at the age of 68.