Erin Cahill is keeping it real and relatable, sharing that her intimate 2016 wedding to Paul Freeman was absolutely perfect despite lacking professional video coverage. The Hallmark star's humble admission shows she's just like us—sometimes you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.
Let's be honest: Erin Cahill has been in the business for years, starred in Hallmark movies, and somehow her wedding footage looks worse than my cousin's backyard nuptials captured on a 2016 iPhone. Thirty-five guests, grainy footage, and she wishes she'd extended the reception? That's the real tea—and we've got receipts.
Erin Cahill married Paul Freeman in 2016 with only 35 guests (20 friends + 15 family). Her wedding video consists of 'iPhone footage that's so grainy.' The Mom's the Bride docuseries filmed from October 2025 through April 2026, premiering May 7 on Hallmark+.
Call it a cautionary tale for all you brides-to-be: skip the videographer now and you'll be crying into your pixelated wedding video in 2030. Erin learned that lesson the hard way—and honestly? The woman deserves a do-over after enduring grainy footage of her own special day for nearly a decade.
Erin Cahill is pulling back the veil on what she'd change about her own wedding day, and honestly? The girl has regrets—and they're pretty relatable. The 46-year-old Hallmark star exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, May 5, that while she loved her 2016 nuptials to Paul Freeman, there's one major thing keeping her up at night.
"I wish I had a videographer," Cahill confessed. "Because these families are gonna have so much documentation." After hosting Hallmark+'s new Mom's the Bride docuseries—where each episode features three to five cameras capturing mother-daughter wedding planning moments—she got a serious case of video coverage envy. The irony isn't lost on anyone: Cahill spent months filming emotional weddings for the show that premiered Thursday, May 7, while her own wedding footage looks like it was recovered from a busted VHS tape.
"They have so much stuff [on film] and their own videographers and stuff," she noted wistfully. "So that is one thing that I'm like, 'oh, [I should've done that].'" Here's where things get genuinely painful for the actress: when she married Freeman back in 2016, her wedding was intimate—only about 35 people total (20 friends and 15 family members). The couple relied on friends with their phones to capture the romantic moment.
"Mine was so tiny," Cahill explained. "So [I have] some iPhone footage that's, like, so grainy." Grainy. In 2026.
That's nearly a decade of regret right there. But wait—there's more wedding day what-ifs. Beyond the video disaster, Cahill also admitted she wishes she'd let the party roll longer.
"I wish that we had arranged for people to stay later at ours," she added about her dream do-over. Apparently even intimate weddings can end too soon. Filming for Mom's the Bride wrapped just last month after starting in October 2025, and Cahill admitted during promotions that she "cried every single wedding" during production. Maybe those tears were partly for her own pixelated memories?
