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May 15, 2025 14 mins

Fred went down the Reddit rabbit hole and found two different wedding day scenarios and asks the crew for their opinion. You won't want to miss this!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I got some I got wedding news. It's not my
wedding news. But no, sorry, my mom heard that and
berts up and sorry, no's not my it's not my
wedding news. I got two things. So, first of all,
when did it ever become a thing for someone to
propose at someone else's wedding? What? Like? When when did

(00:21):
that ever become something that that that anyone thought was
a good idea? Because at a recent Jacksonville wedding, a
guest named Alyssa her boyfriend Josh. I love how now
in these stories they put your full name, like, oh cool,
So now we can go to your LinkedIn find out
where you work and like harassed you there too, like
you know what I mean, Like that's not cool. But
then again, don't do this then you won't to have

(00:42):
the problem. So Josh, he's Alyssa's boyfriend. He dropped to
one knee and proposed right on the dance floor at
someone else's wedding without asking the bride or groom for permission.
The bride was caught off guard, where there was a
surprise and supportive no he didn't ask, but say yes
the mum wash here on TikTok where when viral, of course,
sparking a very heated debate. Critics slammed the moves disrespectful

(01:05):
and attention grabbing, with some labeling it hillbilly trailer parkish.
They argue that it overshadowed the couple. Special day supporters
saw it as spontaneous, an active love, knowing that weddings
are about celebrating unity. Yes, the unity of the person
who paid for the wedding, not you. You do not get
to use someone else's party as you're catering for your event.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
Right, that's kind of what it is.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
So I mean, like, what are people thinking, Like, in
what world has had a good idea? I'm honestly, I'm
prettylaid back guy. I'd be pissed. I'd be Wait a minute.
I waited for this day, We planned it, we invited everybody,
we paid for all the drinks, we paid for all
this entertainment and everything, and now you somehow trying to
make it about you, this about me today, Well, really

(01:54):
it's about you.

Speaker 4 (01:55):
Know whoever I'm marry, I know someone who shared their
engagement during the wedding weekend of someone else's and even
I think even that's like a little bit off, just
to just maybe another time, you know what I mean.
So the group of friends were there and they announced
it to everyone, but it takes the shine away from
the couple wasn't on the wedding day.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
But I guess if you show up with a ring
and people are like, what's that? But then again, your
friends don't know you got engaged until you all get
together for someone else's event. Like the least you could do, like,
let's say you get engaged on a Wednesday or even
a Saturday, and the following Saturday you're gonna see everybody.
The least you could do is let everybody know before
you see them, Hey I got engaged, yea, yayay, and
get some of that initial surprise and stuff out, because yeah,

(02:36):
you go to somebody else's wedding weekend and now everyone's like,
not that it has to be all about you, but like,
why would you do something to intentionally take the shine
away from the person whose events it is?

Speaker 5 (02:47):
Yeah, and I feel like I wouldn't even as somebody
who let's just say I'm the one getting proposed to
at someone's wedding. It's a weird s Stephen say, er thing,
but like I would feel like this isn't even about
me either, because we're literally at someone's dady, I'd say no,
So both sides.

Speaker 3 (03:00):
I'd be like, you're rude, I don't want to marry you. Yeah,
I feel like both really out the door for everybody.

Speaker 1 (03:06):
I mean, I'm curious quickly eight five, five, five, nine,
one one oh three five did anyone do anything at
anyone's wedding that either blew you away or it was
your wedding that made you mad? I think. I think
the number one thing I can remember if my sister's
wedding was and I God bless my parents, because they
paid for it, but they insisted on having certain people there,
and there were only certain number of spots. There was
a budget. It was you know, these are expensive. Weddings

(03:27):
are expensive, you know that, And there had to be
certain people there that my parents wanted because well, they
were paying for it. And then some of those people
didn't show up. Oh wow, and so and now granted
I don't remember if any of my sister's friends didn't
show up, but there were definitely people that my sister
wanted that there was there wasn't any room for and
so I'm not blaming it on my parents because they
were also upset because they you know, there were empty
seats at this thing. They paid for it either way,

(03:48):
so they weren't happy either. But I mean, if you're
going to RSVP yes to a wedding, then you you
should go. And if you're not going to go, it
should be very clear that you can't go, and it
better be a really good reason, a.

Speaker 3 (04:00):
Like emergency like your arm fell off.

Speaker 6 (04:02):
Yeah, your arm fell off, fell out of nowhere, you
got another arm.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
What about hooking up with.

Speaker 4 (04:08):
Someone in one of the wedding parties because that takes
the shine away from.

Speaker 3 (04:11):
The couple over a wedding weekend. Are we cool with that?

Speaker 1 (04:14):
Oh? It does.

Speaker 3 (04:16):
No, I don't know.

Speaker 4 (04:17):
I'm kidding, but it does make everybody talk the next morning,
you know what I mean. And it's not about the
bride and the groom, it's about who hooked up with
the grooms.

Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah. I've been on both sides of that one where
the breakfast, the Sunday morning brunch is a little awkward.
Oh yeah, either, because I was. Because if you're a
single person, and Camlin you probably know this. I don't know,
PAULI enough you experienced this. Kiki, of course is single,
but not really Yeah, and it doesn't happen so much.
I guess it would, but it was more like when
people's first marriages, So when I was like late twenties,
early thirties, where people were still very single, and so

(04:46):
you if you were single and someone else was going
to be single at the wedding then and you didn't
know the person, then you were getting teed up for this.
Like every wedding I went to when I was single
in my twenties and thirties, it was like, oh, so
and so is going to be there. You need to
meet so AND's so you neet so and so. You
need someone so all you guys are gonna love each other.
She lives in Denver, but you're gonna love her whatever, whatever, whatever.
And then you meet and then either you hit it

(05:08):
off or one or the other of you wants to
hooking up with someone else, right, and then the next
morning someone's bummed. It's either I'm the one who was like, oh,
I thought we were gonna mess around, but like there's
no guarantee. We never met, you know, it was just
a bride like you know, gassing it up, but she
was probably gassing it up times three to the other guys.
And then you know, or I'm the one who gets
you know, you know, we want to hooking up, but

(05:28):
some other guys like or girl or vice versa. So yeah,
the Sunday morning brunch could be a little awkward. Oh boy, Paul, Paul,
what have you done? What did you Paul?

Speaker 2 (05:39):
Well, good morning, love you, love your show.

Speaker 1 (05:41):
Thank you, love you too, well, I love you too,
But what's this story? What did you do?

Speaker 2 (05:45):
So I actually got engaged at my sister's wedding.

Speaker 1 (05:51):
You better have a good reason for this.

Speaker 2 (05:55):
I do, I do. I had planned it out with
my sister and her trouval and we everyone we loved
was there, her family was there, My family was there,
so we were surrounded by everybody we loved. My sister
thought it was a great idea as well, and it

(06:15):
was planned with DJ and so he gave me the
mic and the middle of the wedding after all the festivities,
and I pulled a chair out to the floor. I
requested Poll to come and sit in the chair and
got on one knee and proposed right then and there.

Speaker 7 (06:37):
Bro.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
I love you, Paul, but you went ahead and just
hijacked the whole moment, like you went and did a
whole thing with a chair and an empty dance floor
and a microphone. I mean you, straight up, we did
a ninety degree turn on someone else's wedding. Now, I
appreciate that you asked for permission, But do you truly believe, Paul,
that your sister was in a position to tell you no,

(06:59):
don't do that. She would have Okay, okay, all right.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
It was something that my sister and I are very close,
and her husband had been they were high school sweethearts.

Speaker 1 (07:13):
So I mean you asked. You asked. This person that
we're talking about in the story didn't ask, You did
get permission. So and I see the logic. Everybody's there,
you know, when are you going to get everybody else there?
Unless it's a holiday or something like that. So I see,
I see where you're going. And it was nice of
you to ask for permission. But I don't know that.
I think your sister's a very nice person because I
think there are some people out there that would have

(07:33):
said no, not today.

Speaker 2 (07:36):
You know, yes, absolutely, When I said I do agree
with that, I well, you asked, I did ask and
it wasn't like I said, hey, you know what can
I do this? It was a mutual conversation of sharing
and I talked about her about proposing and when and

(07:58):
bad idea came up totally supportive and then we you
know doctor her soon to be a husband at that time.
And I they all thought it was a good idea.

Speaker 1 (08:12):
All right, well you you ran you ran it by it.
It's good Paul. Hey, thanks for Sarah man. Have a
good day. H right you man? Oh this is good.
Hey Shaannie? Hello Shannie? What your mom did? What? This
is your wedding?

Speaker 7 (08:28):
Yes, so this is my wedding. My mom had been
having an affair and decided to tell her husband at
my wedding that she had been having the affair. And
not only that, but she invited her a fair partner
to my wed A fair.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
Partner is a very nice way of saying, you're a
fair partner in the affair. Wow, wow, this all happened.

Speaker 7 (08:52):
We ended up having to call the police because like
shoo flying Yeah, it was it was a whole It
was crazy.

Speaker 1 (09:01):
I heard.

Speaker 3 (09:01):
That's good luck though if that happens on your wedding day.

Speaker 1 (09:03):
So you're going wow, oh, no, have you forgiven your
mom for this?

Speaker 4 (09:07):
Like?

Speaker 1 (09:07):
Have you? Have you guys discussed it? Are you talking?
Are you over it? Like? How are you feeling? It's complicated? Yeah,
I would imagine I would have that story alone gives
me a snapshot about what that relationship might look like.
And and I you know, I hate to judge, Johnny,
but who who that relationship might be mostly about? I

(09:28):
feel like mom might be a person who's a lot
about mom. Is that is that accurate? Oh?

Speaker 3 (09:33):
She's very nurse?

Speaker 1 (09:34):
Ah, yes, the Yeah, you know, I'm not. I'm not
a licensed psychologist, but I can spot one when I
hear it. Thank you, Johnny, you have a good.

Speaker 3 (09:41):
Day you too, Thank you?

Speaker 1 (09:43):
Oh my god, that is amazing. What is wrong with you?

Speaker 3 (09:46):
And betrayal your own mom?

Speaker 1 (09:48):
Right? What is wrong with you? And then my second
wedding story in the segment I have questions about this too,
because honestly, I want to know who this really looks
worse on. But this was viral last week the last
week on TikTok. But during a wedding reception, a groom
shot guess by revealing that his bride had cheated on
him with his best man. Now, we find out this

(10:09):
is a bit. It still isn't whatever. But the father
of the bride concluded his speech. At the wedding, the
groom stood up and asked attendees to open envelopes placed
on their tables. Inside were photos exposing the affair that
this guy's wife was having with the best man. He
then announced he was leaving, dropped the mic, and his

(10:32):
entire family walked out with him. The bride's family, who
had funded the wedding, was left to deal with the aftermath.
This was shared on a UK podcast, The Unfiltered Bride
in a sense gone viral. Now here's my thing. Did
he marry her? So he went through with the actual
ceremony and then or did he do this in front
of everybody like on the altar? Because it was he

(10:52):
said the bride. The father of the bride had a
speech that usually happens after you get married. So he
went through with the ceremony. So he married her, and
then I guess you can get an annulment. But like
this was obviously you know, there was forethought here. This
was planned. I mean somebody went to FedEx Kinkos and
got everything printed out and put it all your envelopes

(11:12):
on the tables and stuff, and then and the family
talked about this. So my thing is, yeah, I mean,
of course, you have every right to be scorned and
angry that you're being cheated on with your presumably best
friend and your wife and this wedding who's happening in
the whole thing, But like, does it make you look
worse as the person who scorned to make everybody come
to this wedding and then plan this big production?

Speaker 7 (11:33):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (11:34):
I love this too, I think he this is chef's kiss.

Speaker 6 (11:37):
This is how you expose somebody and you build it
all up. You have this big ceremony, you go into
the reception and then boom, and then you drop the
mic and walk away.

Speaker 3 (11:46):
I think he did a phenomenal job.

Speaker 1 (11:48):
Now, except for the story that I would have had
for the show. I mean, if you'd made me fly
across the country for this, I'd have been pissed. Really Like,
so wait a minute, you knew a week ago when
you were at you know, at Kinko's copies of the
seven a thing anymore. It's the photoshop, but you know whatever,
you you were in there the copying stuff and making
envelopes of things, you knew that, and I still had
to fly across the country to Tuscaloosa, you know, to

(12:09):
go to your wedding, only for you to know this
wasn't gonna happen to be a big production walk out.
I mean, yeah, I guess if your team groom, then
you're gonna have a great night at the bar later. Yes,
and it's a good story, but I who does this
actually make look worse though? I mean, of course it's
the cheater, but then this is pretty like I don't know,
this is like, this is not the best. Look like

(12:30):
you look you look like mad, mad mad, like like.

Speaker 3 (12:34):
Like Penny mad.

Speaker 1 (12:36):
Yeah, but how about just cancel the wedding, keep the
money and then put on the wedding website these pictures
and then for the link to everybody. So it's it's
time saving, it's cost effective, and you're accomplishing the same thing.
Oh no, So you would have if this happened, and
God forbid, Big Tim were this guy, you would we'd
all go to your wedding. We'd have the flowers and
the you know, we'd have the whole thing and catering

(12:57):
and the bar and we'd have the DJ there, the
whole thing. Oh yes, and then you'd blow it up.

Speaker 6 (13:02):
I would blow it up. Yes, yes, because it just
makes it that more dramatic. Everybody's in the same room,
everybody's reacting at the same time.

Speaker 3 (13:12):
The bride is stunned, the.

Speaker 6 (13:14):
Best man is stunned, everybody that needs to be this
is this is phenomenal.

Speaker 3 (13:19):
I love it. So I did a slide show.

Speaker 8 (13:22):
I would have the power point PA, whatever you need.
Really yeah, yeah, because I like to embarrassed people that
deserve to be embarrassed. I really, I really enjoy that,
like thoroughly, especially if you hurt me in that way.

Speaker 3 (13:35):
I mean, I'm marrying you, and it's it's.

Speaker 5 (13:37):
My best friend and my husband right in my scenario,
like creeping around like yeah, that hurts, and we're both
gonna be hurt together. I know it's not great. My
therapist doesn't like, let I do that. But if I'm hurt,
you're gonna be hurt too.

Speaker 1 (13:47):
Oh neat, Well, okay, keep.

Speaker 3 (13:51):
Very pretty keep that I'm marking on it.

Speaker 1 (13:53):
Well, I guess you paid for everything, so like you know,
I mean, you're committed. I get I suppose, but again,
you know, if I had a flight of Dallas for
this right, you.

Speaker 3 (14:05):
Would love this. This was the best story ever, I guess.

Speaker 6 (14:08):
But I you know, I can't pay for this type
of entertainment, Like there's no movie that would entertain you
more than being at a wedding, opening up an envelope
and seeing the groom or the bride with somebody else.

Speaker 1 (14:19):
You're like, what, And I'm not saying it's right, but
sometimes I think the petty person winds up looking dumber,
looking a little foolish. Like so you you took all
that time and energy to come up with your with
your response. The best response probably would have been just
to embarrass them and then just bounce. But like you
thought about it, man, you stewed on it.

Speaker 3 (14:36):
Yes, you gotta. You cheated on me exactly.

Speaker 1 (14:39):
Yeah, well, I guess stories of the day next

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