Kyle Viljoen Shares an Update on His Health and His Wedding Plans
The Below Deck Mediterranean stew teased that three Real Housewives will be in attendance when he ties the knot.
Kyle Viljoen may be the self-identified service queen on Below Deck Mediterranean Season 8, but the stew is now preparing for a different kind of service altogether: a wedding service.
The South Africa native got engaged to New York City-based physical therapist Dr. Zachary Riley in the fall of 2022, and Kyle opened up about their wedding plans — including their Bravolebrity-studded guest list — during an appearance on the October 16 episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
Find out what Kyle revealed about his special day (and what he shared about his recent health struggles) by scrolling below.
Kyle Viljoen's Wedding Plans
Kyle's wedding date
The second stew will say "I do" to his fiancé of about a year in 2024. "Yes, our wedding officially will be fall this time next year," Kyle told host Andy Cohen and fellow guest/Below Deck Med fourth stew Jessika Asai on WWHL.
Kyle's Bravolebrity guest list
After appearing on two seasons of Below Deck Med, it's no surprise that Kyle will be inviting a few familiar faces from Bravo to his fall nuptials.
"We have three Housewives attending," Kyle teased on the WWHL After Show, which you can check out by watching the video at the top of this post. "We have Braunwyn [Windham-Burke] from [RHOC] coming through. We have Jackie [Goldschneider from RHONJ], and we also have one that I don't want to release just yet."
In addition to the Real Housewives on the guest list, Kyle also confirmed that one Below Deck Mediterranean alum will be in attendance as well — and he's also going to have a very special role in her own upcoming wedding.
"Yeah, we have some Below Deck [guests] coming through," he said. "I am officiating Natasha [Webb's] wedding, actually, so she's coming as a guest to mine."
Though Kyle was happily gushing about his wedding plans on WWHL, just a few weeks earlier, he had a "traumatic" experience in the hospital.
Kyle Viljoen's Shares a Health Update on Instagram
On October 1, Kyle took to Instagram to share that he was in the hospital, and that he had just been diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
Following his release from the hospital days later, Kyle took to his Instagram Stories to reveal that he had a "long recovery road ahead," but that his vision and the use of his hands and his feet had returned.
"I still cannot speak well or move my mouth functionally," he added. "And re-growing my skin and tissue on my body and within [my] mouth will take some time."
After WWHL aired, Kyle offered his followers another update on his recovery.
"I am so thankful my recovery from [SJS] is happening in the time that it is so I was ultimately able to be back where it makes me the happiest — Camera ready and a part of a huge happy party!" he wrote in the caption of his Instagram post. "I cannot thank my beloved followers for the texts, calls, gifts, love, [and] laughs! You are the reason I love my job so much [and] able to return it all."
See more from Kyle by tuning in to new episodes of Below Deck Mediterranean on Mondays at 9/8c on Bravo. Stream episodes the next day on Peacock.
