Oprah's crashing weddings???!!!

[goofy's friends]

Hmmmm, W.W.O.D?????

What WOULD Oprah do if one of these couples and say, 3 or 4 of their best buddies showed up at one of her stately dinner parties??? Complete with a video camera or two?

Filmed themselves getting kicked to the curb most likely!

No kidding!!!

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

I consider Oprah's actions to be very rude. What right has she to break wedding etiquette simply for her show. It's over the top. Too much already.

 

[lbgraves]

I sure hope that she didn't just show up during the ceremony. THAT would have been much worse than crashing the reception...which is what the article seems to describe. Interrupting something sacred like the marriage vows would have been beyond tacky...even for Oprah IMO. It sounds like she is more interested in people's reactions to her showing up. I watch her show sometimes but I wouldn't have cared for her just showing up to our reception.

 

[goofy's friends]

Here's a link to the local story: http://www.kotv.com/news/?105472

It looks like they just came to the reception--that is a lot better than going to the wedding, I think.

 

[mickeysgal]

Wow...just read the story. I just don't get it. I just don't see how this could be perceived as ok. No prior notification, no prior permission, nada. Is anyone allowed to do this to her? I can see what would have happened to me if I just decided to crash her Legend's Ball. I would have been hauled off and locked away. But maybe she would have let me stay since I make a mean covered dish. Simply unbelieveable.

 

[Nancy]

really honestly?
She just shows up at weddings with cameras to make them part of her show without any prior approval or notice? Sorry, I consider that incredibly obnoxious.

My wedding was nearly 18 years ago and I don't think I was a Bridezilla. But I certainly wouldn't have wanted our wedding day to be a part of The Oprah show.

Yep, I wouldn't want her at my wedding doing her "look at me, I'm Oprah" routine. And bringing a dish? How many people was it going to serve? Would it go with everything that was being served? And she gave a gift, big whoop...we all know she didn't pay for it, all her giveaways are paid for by someone else that she talks into it.

 

[sandramaac]

Oprah has a section on her web site called 'be on the show'. It is here where they ask folks to contact them regarding the different upcoming topics/episodes, and possibly appear as guest. If I recall a several months there was a listing that was asking perspective brides and grooms to contact her for a future show on weddings. So I am sure she didn't just 'show up". The brides may have been surprised that she did actually come, but I am almost 99.9% positivethat these folks had to submit their names before hand.

As I said before, and after chatting with a friend, Orprah back in October did indeed have several listings on her web site look for several wedding related topics, a few being couples looking for the 'perfect wedding', couples do a theme wedding, couples looking to pull off a big surprise at the wedding and couples who are marrying that have special needs (i.e. handicapped, hearing impaired). So she just didn't SHOW UP. These couples absolutely put their names in prior. Those couples had to at least been notified that they may be in the running to have Oprah show up and be ok with that. And if this couples or bride tells you otherwise then someone is fibbing.

 

[SandraVB79]

I wouldn't really like her to crash my wedding.

What kind of strikes me are many of the reactions on this thread. "It's all about the bride". Hmm, apparantly, the groom doesn't count. Wedding vows don't count. Nope, it's all about a dress and shoes and hair and make up. It's all about the bride...

Maybe I shouldn't even care that I don't have a boyfriend or fiancee, and just put on a dress and have my hair done and throw a party. No one will even notice there is no groom... Now that's an idea!

*stepping of soap box*

 

[Stitchfans]

really honestly?
She just shows up at weddings with cameras to make them part of her show without any prior approval or notice? Sorry, I consider that incredibly obnoxious.

My wedding was nearly 18 years ago and I don't think I was a Bridezilla. But I certainly wouldn't have wanted our wedding day to be a part of The Oprah show.

Thank you. I was hoping someone else was thinking the same thing as me. What makes her so special that she can interupt a woman's special day? It is all about the bride.

My dd is planning her wedding for July and I would be if Oprah crashed it. This is DDs day not to be taken over by Oprah. Nice gift or not that is wrong.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

As I said before, and after chatting with a friend, Orprah back in October did indeed have several listings on her web site look for several wedding related topics, a few being couples looking for the 'perfect wedding', couples do a theme wedding, couples looking to pull off a big surprise at the wedding and couples who are marrying that have special needs (i.e. handicapped, hearing impaired). So she just didn't SHOW UP. These couples absolutely put their names in prior. Those couples had to at least been notified that they may be in the running to have Oprah show up and be ok with that. And if this couples or bride tells you otherwise then someone is fibbing.

Some people need to READ THIS.

I like Oprah. Would I want Oprah showing up at my wedding? No, and I wouldn't put my name on anything that would make that happen.

My wedding wasn't all about me...it was about my mother, my MIL, my FIL, my sister, etc. From what I hear, my DDs' weddings will be all about "me".

 

[mickeysgal]

Maybe I shouldn't even care that I don't have a boyfriend or fiancee, and just put on a dress and have my hair done and throw a party. No one will even notice there is no groom... Now that's an idea!

Yeah, but think of all the gifts you'd get!

 

[mickeysgal]

Those couples had to at least been notified that they may be in the running to have Oprah show up and be ok with that. And if this couples or bride tells you otherwise then someone is fibbing.

I absolutely agree...there HAD to be some sort of inkling that this may happen. I just don't buy the showing-up-out-of-the-blue arrival story.

 

[Nancy]

Maybe a family member did it thinking "what a great surprise it would be having Oprah show up at her wedding" and the bride and groom had no idea it was going on.

I agree the wedding isn't all about the bride per se....but it is a big step and an imprtant one in a woman's life and that is why people say it is her day. I know in my case my DH did absolutely NONE of the planning, he was basically told where and when to show up, he did not care one bit about the whole day, except for getting married. He would have been happy to go to a bar for pizza, wings and beer after the church. I wanted the big she-bang, I knew I was only doing it once and I wanted it done up nice. He told me right from the start to just do what I wanted and let him know what was going on, but I shouldn't espect him to do any of the running around cause that wasn't going to happen.

 

[declansdad]

From the KOTV article:

Jeanette Johnson: "As she was walking away, I said, 'Oprah, I think you're so wonderful' and she looked at me and said, 'I think you are too.' She was real sweet."

Now that makes me . She is such a phony!!

Bride Bethany Francis told me Oprah said she was hitting 16 weddings, and just found the two in Tulsa on the Internet.

She did just show up and crash the wedding. All hail Queen Oprah.

 

[goofy's friends]

Maybe a family member did it thinking "what a great surprise it would be having Oprah show up at her wedding" and the bride and groom had no idea it was going on.

I agree the wedding isn't all about the bride per se....but it is a big step and an imprtant one in a woman's life and that is why people say it is her day. I know in my case my DH did absolutely NONE of the planning, he was basically told where and when to show up, he did not care one bit about the whole day, except for getting married. He would have been happy to go to a bar for pizza, wings and beer after the church. I wanted the big she-bang, I knew I was only doing it once and I wanted it done up nice. He told me right from the start to just do what I wanted and let him know what was going on, but I shouldn't espect him to do any of the running around cause that wasn't going to happen.

This is exactly what I think people mean by it's all about the bride. It isn't really, but the bride is the one that it is so important to and the one that did most, if not all, of the planning.

I really believe that she is showing up uninvited and unexpected. The first couple didn't know she was coming--the most warning that they had was Oprah shopping in a local mall eariier in the day was on the news. The sister of the groom made a comment while they were getting ready and said "wouldn't it be funny if she showed up at this wedding". Read the article, they were all shocked. The second couple were having their reception downtown across the street. She just stopped in. Neither couple was sure where she got their wedding information.