Coronavirus: Celebrity hairstylist Joh Bailey may be forced to postpone his wedding

Celebrity hairstylist Joh Bailey may be forced to postpone or downsize his wedding this weekend by at least 100 people.

On Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison banned all non-essential gatherings of more than 100 people to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The 57-year-old businessman had planned a ‘big fat gay wedding’ for 200 guests with his long-term partner, Michael Christie.

The guest list included the likes of broadcaster Alan Jones, TV legend Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Real Housewives of Sydney star Nicole Gazal.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the wedding was scheduled to be held at Joh’s ‘Wideacre’ estate in the NSW Southern Highlands. 

‘It’s my big fat gay wedding,’ he told the publication last week. 

He added: ‘I never really thought I would ever get married, but when it became legal [in 2017] we decided that if we could, we should.’

Joh had envisioned a glamourous affair reminiscent of ‘the Hamptons or the Cotswolds’, but his priority was simply to make his decade-long relationship legally binding.

‘Really this is just to make it official, in front of the people who are in our lives, family and friends,’ he said. 

With this in mind, it seems likely that Joh will scale down the event rather than cancel it completely.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Joh Bailey for comment. 

Over the past 35 years, Joh’s clientele has included Olivia Newtown-John, Kylie Minogue, Eva Longoria, Elle Macpherson and most notably Princess Diana.  

This week, the Australian government banned all non-essential gatherings of more than 100 people to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

COVID-19 was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December and has since spread to more than 200,000 people worldwide, and killed almost 10,000.

As of Friday morning, there are 756 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia and seven deaths.