A wedding photographer has shared the ‘worst’ best man speech he’s ever heard as he warns others against the awkward idea. In response to the Reddit thread, ‘Wedding planners of Reddit, who was the worst bridezilla/groomzilla that you’ve had to deal with?’, he shared how he was working a wedding where the groom has been married before – and asked his brother to be his best man.
However, much to his surprise, his brother didn’t hold back when giving his speech and thought it would be funny to welcome everybody back with an unforgettable opening and closing line. He said: “He began his speech with, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back! Same occasion, different lady.’ Which was bad enough. He ended with ‘Cheers, and I’ll see you all again at the next one!’ Bride and groom were both understandably p***ed and asked the best man to leave.”
But that’s not the only awkward moment he has seen on a couple’s big day as he shared how one maid-of-honour decided to ‘wing’ her speech entirely, saying it went just as well as you’d expect.
He said: “Another maid-of-honour didn’t write her speech beforehand because she was going to improvise, then got so trashed while getting ready and during cocktail hour that all she managed to slur was ‘John and Jane…. I love you so much.’ And started sobbing. The bride was pretty upset at her irresponsibility.”
Overall, he says the bride and groom are usually “incredible” to work with – but says it’s the groomsmen and bridesmaids who usually cause the most problems.
He ended his post adding: “All of the brides and grooms I’ve had the pleasure of working for have been incredible, but the groomsmen and bridesmaids have been some real pieces of work.
“One wedding the maid-of-honour wanted to control the formal portraits, told the main photographer how to do her job, freaked out at the caterers because the cake was late even though they weren’t connected to the bakery at all, told one of the other bridesmaids she should have lost weight to fit into her dress better, and was really just an all around b**** who stressed the bride out all day long.”
Commenting on his post, one user said: “That’s a standard joke at a second/third/forth wedding. Never goes down well.”
Another user added: “Unless the bride and groom have been joking about it themselves you don’t make that joke at the party.”
A third user said: “I can imagine the awkward silence after making that joke when his previous wife died.”
Another user added: “If I was the bride I’d laugh my ass off at the last one.”
One more user said: “Hahaha my dad did the welcome back speech, went down pretty well though.”
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