Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are married

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are officially married as they confirmed the news on Friday in a statement, following days of mounting speculation about their nuptials.

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel said their I dos in a rustic Italian ceremony in front of close friends and family.

Their statement to People.com read: “It’s great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends.”

The Hollywood couple even kept their guests in the dark about exactly when the wedding would take place after flying them out to Southern Italy.

Justin Timberlake, 31, and Jessica Biel, 30, had been dating for five years.

He proposed in Big Sky Montana with a custom-designed ring in December last year.