"It's not the time for jokes": Bride humiliated by groom's prank at the altar
A thoughtless groom has been slammed online for "humiliating" his bride with a "cheap" prank as they exchanged vows on their big day.
A video of the painful "joke" was captured by a wedding guest and shared to TikTok, where thousands of people have flocked to the comments to condemn the groom's actions.
The video shows a happy couple standing on the altar, as the groom is instructed to read his vows to his bride.
He explains he has written them on a piece of paper as he reaches inside his jacket, while the bride beams with excitement.
However, her face quickly dropped as her groom pulled out a piece of paper with the words "HELP ME!" written, in what he explained was supposed to be a joke.
His bride was furious however, as she hit him with her flower bouquet, as the groom said, "I'm only kidding, it's a joke."
"It's not funny," she began to respond before the video cut off.
The woman who shared the video, a life coach named Shawnda, said she has "no respect" for the "kind of man" who would "humiliate" his bride on her special day to try to "get a cheap laugh".
"I have no respect for the kind of man that takes that day, that opportunity, to get themselves a cheap laugh," she said.
"It's not the time for jokes. A 'help me' sign like she's holding you hostage? The crowd was dry."
"It wasn't even worth it, the juice wasn't even worth the squeeze. You humiliated this woman for what? So the one woman holding the camera could give a little laugh?"
The video has been viewed over 800,000 times, with countless people flocking to the comments to slam the groom's callous actions on the couple's big day.
One person wrote, "Her face... She was crushed," while another added, "She was so excited to hear those vows too."
"The way the bride is genuinely excited to hear what he has to say until she realises," someone else said alongside a crying emoji.
"I would've walked out," a fourth comment read, while a fifth added, "Why do these people beg for a girl to go out with them, cry if she tries to leave, propose to her, spend a tons of money on a wedding then do this?"
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