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'The Sopranos' Star Steven Van Zandt Recalls Little Richard's Role in His Wedding: 'He Lied'

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Steven Van Zandt had Bruce Springsteen as his best man, Percy Sledge sing at his wedding, and Little Richard officiate the whole thing. The only problem? Little Richard apparently lied about having done it before.

During a November 3 appearance on Craig Melvin's Glass Half Full podcast , the Sopranos star joked that his 1982 wedding to his wife, Maureen, might not have been entirely legitimate, thanks to the rock-and-roll legend who presided over the ceremony.

"I got Little Richard to officiate because I know he had turned into a preacher for a minute," Van Zandt explained. "I don't care how legitimate it was, we're probably not married to this day."

The E Street Band guitarist said he specifically asked Richard whether he'd ever performed a wedding ceremony. The answer wasn't exactly truthful. "I said, 'Richard, you done it before?' He says, 'Oh yeah.' He hadn't," Van Zandt recalled. "He lied.…

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