- Videos of wedding guests wearing white and potentially upstaging the bride have blown up on TikTok.
- In response, a TikToker jokingly suggested she could be hired to show up and spill red wine on them.
Videos of wedding guests wearing white dresses have caused a stir on TikTok in recent months, prompting one creator to jokingly propose a messy solution that would solve the problem once and for all.
On June 6, a TikToker who goes by Rachel Dean, who has over 687,000 and regularly posts comedic responses to popular videos, uploaded a presumably satirical video in which she suggested she had a new business venture aimed at the wedding market.
The clip started by stitching a mega-viral upload posted by TikTok user @isabellasg3 back in April which received 57 million views, and appeared to show a guest wearing a white, floral dress to someone else's wedding.
@the.dean.dome #stitch with @Isabella Santos Giha BUSINESS IDEA PLEASE BOOK ME FOR YOUR WEDDING #comedy #foryoupage #foryou #weddingtiktok #justgirlythings #fyp ♬ original sound - Rachel Dean
Dean, who could then be seen addressing the camera while holding an empty glass, suggested she could be the "problem solver" of this issue, and offered her services as a wedding guest who would then spill red wine on anyone she saw wearing an outfit that was too similar to the bride's.
"I'll pick my targets, I'll be there looking for white dresses that aren't yours," she said in the video, then acted out a scene in which she pretended to compliment a hypothetical guest before splashing her drink on them.
The upload received over 11.5 million views and appeared to resonate with over 10,300 comments who joined in on the joke by telling Dean she was hired, asked if she would be free for the specific dates of their wedding, and wrote they would reward her generously for the service.
"You will have unlimited drinks and food at my wedding," one viewer wrote in a top comment that received over 46,600 likes.
Others appeared to agree with the concept of tarnishing any white dresses they spotted at either their own or someone else's wedding, and suggested increasingly outlandish alternatives to red wine, which included chalk that would cling to the outfit, or a water gun filled with paint.
Videos of guests appearing, or simply planning, to wear bridal colors at someone else's wedding event consistently generate a similar response on TikTok, with viewers calling out attendees for being inconsiderate of the tradition. Last week, TikToker Angela Pham blew up before the big day had even arrived, as some viewers dissuaded her from wearing a gown to a friend's wedding, as they felt it could risk upstaging the bride.
Wedding etiquette in general is a popular and often contentious area of interest on the app, as TikTokers share tips, rules, and advice on what to do, including advice for bridesmaids and how much to spend on a wedding gift.
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