‘What’s the worst thing you’ve experienced that happened at a wedding?’ – 22 highly memorable nuptial disasters

12.

‘I have a friend whose best man did… well the reverse actually. Kept calling the bride by the ex’s name during the best man speech. My mate was correcting him every time but he didn’t catch it. Maybe he was too nervous to listen. The groom eventually had to grab his sleeve and PULL!’
–LeSchmol

13.

‘I once sang at a wedding where the bride fainted the moment she got to the altar. She was terribly thin and clearly very nervous and I imagine hadn’t eaten for a while.

It was touch and go whether the wedding would go ahead at all but eventually they got her a chair and the groom just said his vows kneeling down in front of her. It turned out to be the most romantic wedding I’ve sung at.’
–Familiar_Radish_6273

14.

‘Arrived at the evening session of a wedding to hear the ONLY thing the day guests were talking about was the father of the bride speech when he said far too much about remembering the childhood friends of his daughter in swimming costumes and bikinis as kids and how lovely they had grown up! Obviously they were in the room (some were bridesmaids). So glad we were only evening guests!’
–QuietBarbiePerson

15.

‘I once arrived at a wedding reception just after the police, they were getting out of their vehicles outside the venue as we arrived. Turns out there had been a robbery at a jewellers nearby and they were chasing the suspect.

When we were having drinks and nibbles on the terrace the suspect came running through the grounds with the police after him. They caught up, handcuffed him and led him back to their cars in front of all the wedding guests. Great entertainment!’
–hemlockheartfly

16.

‘I couldn’t make the day part of the wedding, due to work. But I went to the evening and saw the bride and groom and, while I didn’t say this, I thought it was odd he was in a suit and she was in a red (non wedding day vibe) dress. Whatever, I thought. Maybe she changed for the evening.

Turns out he had a few ‘for courage’ drinks in the morning and had thrown up on her during their vows. They laugh about it now, but not exactly at the time.’
–WillEatsRice

17.

‘Having to sit through an hour long speech from the groom. It was so painful.’
–cocoaqueen

18.

‘I wasn’t there, but when my parents were waiting for their turn at the registry office, a load of police ran in and arrested the groom from the wedding ahead of them, for bigamy.

The photographer had already been paid, so he said he’d shoot my folks’ wedding for free.’
–The-Sassy-Pickle

19.

‘Father of the bride’s trousers fell down as he was walking his daughter down the aisle. He laughed it off in the moment but asked me to cut that from the final film.’
–ChrisKellyPlays

20.

‘The bride and groom had ordered a fancy chocolate sculpture cake. Stunning if tacky, cherubs and hearts etc. Anyway, time comes to cut the cake and it will not cut. Bigger and bigger knives were brought in from the venue kitchen. In the end the hotel manager ended up smashing it open with a sledge hammer.’
–Hollyhop_Drive

21.

‘Not me but a friend of mine, many years ago. The best man stood up to do his speech and the mic cord hooked a full glass of red wine, which toppled over and splashed the bride. It looked like a scene from Carrie.’
–J8766557

22.

‘Bride was so hammered she couldn’t say her vows, then she fell asleep so wasn’t in any of the photos. Bride’s mum was pissed off and got in a fight with bride’s sister who punched her in the face in front of everyone. Bride comes back and all seems ok then she gets caught in a hotel room shagging the best man.

They are no longer married you’ll be shocked to hear.’
–Hashtagbarkeep

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