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Bride dances with iPad on mannequin at wedding reception after groom misses the event
A bride was left with no choice but to dance with a "mannequin husband" at her wedding reception after her groom was hospitalized with food poisoning.
Taking to TikTok, the bride's wedding venue, the Victorian Youngsville in North Carolina, shared a now-viral video in which the bride, Christine Karmire, is seen dancing with a makeshift version of her new husband.
Indeed, this version of the groom is essentially a mannequin attached to an iPad displaying a photo of him.
It is explained in the video text that the newlyweds were set to have their wedding reception at the Victorian Youngsville, however, the groom started to feel sick at the dinner and was later rushed to hospital with food poisoning.
Not wanting to cancel the event, as it was already their "third attempt at a Covid wedding", the bride worked with the venue to come up with an emergency plan.
This plan saw the creation of the "mannequin" with a clothing steamer and an iPad. The portable steamer is seen donning a suit in the video, with the iPad as its "head".
As part of the TikTok caption, the venue wrote: "When the groom suddenly becomes sick and goes to the hospital on the wedding day."
The caption also confirmed: "He had severe food poisoning & is doing better now!"
Since it was posted to the platform nearly two weeks ago, the video has managed to rack up a staggering 908,000 views, more than 55,000 likes, and hundreds of comments at the time of writing.
One of the commenters joked: "'In sickness and in health' at its finest."
Another sympathized with the bride, writing: "Same thing happened on our wedding day! My husband suffered through in the bathroom most of the time. I tried to live it up with my gals."
However, one of the naysayers argued: "Could they not have just reschedule it why isn't she there at the hospital with him they've could've celebrated their wedding at the hospital. [sic]"
To this critic, a different commenter counter-argued: "People saying she should be with him at the hospital. A lot of hospitals don't let non patients come inside. No point."
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