A newlywed walking down the aisle among his guests at church, glancing at his phone while his new wife thanked family and friends, drew the ire of netizens, many of whom complained about the lack of cried out in respect.
“Nothing. Absolutely nothing is that important. Who even texts a groom or bride to celebrate their day? “There’s no defense for that,” the re-shared video tweeted after the first footage was more than It had reached 40.8 million views on TikTok before it was deleted, the report said, The New York Post reported on Monday.
Nothing. Absolutely nothing is that important. Who texts a groom, bride or celebrant on their big day anyway? There is no defense for that. https://t.co/uEb2bUKfqN
— Daughter of Vivian (@taynement) June 3, 2023
In the video, the newlyweds can be seen walking down the altar hand in hand after saying “yes” at the altar. But while the bride smiles at her guests and thanks them, the man keeps his eyes on his cell phone and even texts outside of the church.
“It’s absolutely insane… disrespectful and condescending.” Completely unjustified,” tweeted a second netizen, according to American media.
Towards the end, the wife can be seen presumably trying to ask him to pick up the phone only to see the new husband looking upset before turning back to his text messages.
“Have the marriage annulled NOW!!” Several others responded, while some quipped, saying, “This is what getting married in 2023 is like.”