{"id":947953,"date":"2026-10-31T20:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T20:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947953\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T20:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T20:08:12","slug":"groom-motorboats-bride-at-altar-in-viral-wedding-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947953\/","title":{"rendered":"Groom motorboats bride at altar in viral wedding video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video of a groom celebrating his \u2018I do\u2019s\u2019 by motorboating his bride at the altar has captured the internet, with an etiquette expert slamming the stunt as \u201chighly inappropriate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The moment unfolded during the ceremony of newlyweds Adelina and Riley at Southwood Estate in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Obsessed with viral moments? Download our <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/wpmth9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">new app <\/a>and never miss a headline<\/p>\n<p>In footage shared to TikTok by wedding officiant Nathan Grieve, the couple had already weathered unexpected rainfall before reaching their much-anticipated first kiss.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/52c1f41662514d38ee00d024d23bd8fb\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Bride nearly flies away after giant balloons catch wind\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>However, instead of a traditional embrace, Riley immediately buried his face into the bride\u2019s chest, shaking his head, essentially motorboating her strapless bridal gown before pumping his fists to the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Adelina burst into laughter at the brazen display, though not everyone watching was quite as amused.<\/p>\n<p>Officiant Nathan Grieve claimed he was caught completely off guard, captioning the post that he has \u201cnever seen\u201d that happen before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRiley immediately celebrated his new wife in a way that will absolutely be remembered at family gatherings for years to come,\u201d Mr Grieve captioned the <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nathangrieveweddings\/video\/7683699457090768136?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TikTok <\/a>video.<\/p>\n<p>To cap off the ceremony, the planned exit music failed to play as the newlyweds made their way back up the aisle, replaced instead by a blaring car alarm from the nearby parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerfect timing. Perfect chaos. Perfectly Riley &amp; Adelina,\u201d Mr Grieve added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the couple\u2019s good spirits, etiquette expert Jo Hayes gave the raunchy move a firm \u201cthumbs down\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile it appears to be consensual in this clip \u2014 the bride doesn\u2019t appear shocked or surprised, and doesn\u2019t appear to try and stop him \u2014 this is a wedding ceremony,\u201d Ms Hayes told news.com.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch sexually suggestive\/sexual innuendo-type behaviour isn\u2019t appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms Hayes pointed out that a wedding crowd is rarely an adults-only audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are likely children in the audience, for whom witnessing such behaviour would be highly inappropriate,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd even for adults, witnessing such behaviour can make people uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suggesting the groom may have taken inspiration from Hollywood, Ms Hayes offered some blunt advice: \u201cIt\u2019s highly likely he\u2019s a fan of Wedding Crashers and thought such a stunt would be funny \u2026 darling, it\u2019s really not\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSave it for the honeymoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video, which has amassed over 270,000 views, has since sparked plenty of chatter on social media, with many people saying the act would immediately instigate a divorce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is at the centre of a Venn diagram of things you shouldn\u2019t do at your wedding,\u201d one person wrote on <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"tiktok\" data-tgev-label=\"topics\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is such a red flag though. It shows a lack of respect for her and their families. My husband makes motor boating and other dirty jokes on a near-daily basis, but you will never ever catch him saying it in front of other people,\u201d a second user commented.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re definitely speechless,\u201d a third chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn front of the bride\u2019s mother and father?! Yuck,\u201d a fourth claimed<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait, is this real? How embarrassing and distasteful,\u201d another user echoed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A video of a groom celebrating his \u2018I do\u2019s\u2019 by motorboating his bride at the altar has captured&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[515465,470905,515452,515461,484598,515433,515458,472241,376746,444464,384430,515457,515435,404987,515448,509642,376733,515427,515463,376594,376637,515445,515467,22610,515424,515437,515456,382556,64,63,515419,377947,502,218679,515422,515460,515440,5588,515432,173833,75290,515459,515415,447182,380017,515439,382519,426197,1973,17527,221073,28315,515466,515443,515428,515450,406613,515418,381654,378770,37473,515426,185072,455202,75351,1861,515423,515451,46677,163920,121029,515444,515438,1314,515436,515434,85,515447,515449,515420,515446,141619,477876,431009,380250,515462,108043,378744,378219,378599,515416,481012,515425,35935,225862,515417,381162,515468,295305,515464,459653,515455,376738,515431,380350,515442,101,515469,360183,515429,515430,515454,515441,10650,515453,32388,515421],"class_list":["post-947953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-highly-inappropriate-act","tag-s-chest","tag-s-good-spirits","tag-s-wedding-stunt","tag-000-views","tag-515433","tag-a-blaring-car-alarm","tag-a-divorce","tag-a-fan","tag-a-firm","tag-a-fourth","tag-a-groom","tag-a-headlinein-footage","tag-a-lack","tag-a-near-daily-basis","tag-a-second-user","tag-a-third","tag-a-traditional-embrace","tag-a-venn-diagram","tag-a-video","tag-a-way","tag-a-wedding-ceremony","tag-a-wedding-crowd","tag-adults","tag-amused-officiant-nathan-grieve","tag-an-adults-only-audience","tag-an-etiquette-expert","tag-another-user","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-canada-obsessed","tag-chatter","tag-children","tag-darling","tag-distasteful","tag-etiquette-expert-jo-hayes","tag-family-gatherings","tag-front","tag-giant-balloons","tag-groom","tag-guard","tag-her-and-their-families","tag-her-strapless-bridal-gown","tag-his-bride","tag-his-face","tag-his-fists","tag-his-head","tag-his-new-wife","tag-hollywood","tag-inspiration","tag-laughter","tag-many-people","tag-motor-boating","tag-motorboating-bride","tag-mr-grieve","tag-ms-hayes","tag-my-husband","tag-newlyweds-adelina-and-riley","tag-news-com-au","tag-not-everyone","tag-one-person","tag-other-dirty-jokes","tag-other-people","tag-our-new-app","tag-outrage","tag-people","tag-perfect-chaos","tag-perfect-timing","tag-plenty","tag-respect","tag-riley","tag-riley-adelina","tag-sexual-wedding-act-shocks","tag-social-media","tag-some-blunt-advice","tag-southwood-estate","tag-sports","tag-such-a-red-flag","tag-such-a-stunt","tag-such-behaviour","tag-such-sexually-suggestive-sexual-innuendo-type-behaviour","tag-the-act","tag-the-aisle","tag-the-altar","tag-the-audience","tag-the-brazen-display","tag-the-bride","tag-the-centre","tag-the-ceremony","tag-the-couple","tag-the-crowd-adelina-burst","tag-the-groom","tag-the-honeymoon","tag-the-internet","tag-the-moment","tag-the-nearby-parking-lot","tag-the-newlyweds","tag-the-planned-exit-music","tag-the-post","tag-the-raunchy-move","tag-the-stunt","tag-the-tiktok-video-to-cap","tag-the-video","tag-their-much-anticipated-first-kiss-bride","tag-their-way","tag-this-clip","tag-tiktok","tag-unexpected-rainfall","tag-viral-moments","tag-wedding-altar","tag-wedding-crashers","tag-wedding-officiant-nathan-grieve","tag-wedding-photo-shoothowever","tag-wind","tag-witnessing-such-behaviour","tag-years","tag-your-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}