00:00 - Oh! - Her booty is popping in that one.
00:02 - Oh! - Look at that one.
00:04 - My dad's in the 40s, I haven't got a bald spot ever.
00:07 (laughing)
00:08 - I'm Kayleigh, I was the bride,
00:10 and these are my best friend and sister,
00:14 Katie and Jodie, who were my maid of honours
00:16 on my wedding day.
00:17 I had a call off his mum, who had informed me
00:20 that the groom had gone at two o'clock in the morning
00:23 for a walk, which I didn't see as anything different.
00:27 He hadn't come back at that point,
00:29 but normally he tends to go on walks
00:31 if he ever feels anxious or stressed.
00:34 I was not crying at all, I was hopeful.
00:36 I said he will be there, 'cause hand on heart,
00:38 I believed that he would be there.
00:40 When I was getting my makeup done,
00:41 I had a couple of calls from his dad,
00:43 as to which then he said to the girls that he'd gone,
00:48 and he wasn't coming back, which he told his dad
00:51 that he wouldn't be, 'cause he was about four hours away
00:53 from the actual venue, and we had an hour to get married.
00:56 And that's when I knew, when his dad told me,
01:01 because his dad was quite frank.
01:03 We asked her what she wanted to do then,
01:05 and Katie said, "Look, all my family and all my friends
01:07 "have come from all over, they spent so much money
01:10 "on my day, I spent so much money on my day,
01:13 "I still wanna have it, whether he's gonna be there or not."
01:16 So, like a trooper, she decided to go ahead
01:19 with the day anyway.
01:20 I arrived with my brother, and I saw these two girls
01:24 outside with some of the groomsmen.
01:27 - The wedding arrangers of Oz as well.
01:28 - Yeah, and the registrars were there,
01:31 and they were crying too, and that's when I knew
01:35 that he wasn't there.
01:36 And then, I didn't wanna go into the ceremony room,
01:40 'cause I didn't wanna see what I was meant to get married.
01:43 I haven't seen it to this day, and the girls got
01:46 the bridesmaids and all the groomsmen to go in,
01:49 and I asked them to announce what had happened.
01:52 I kinda was a bit like, I don't like this,
01:54 I wanna get going, I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me,
01:58 I don't want pity, I just wanna carry on.
01:59 - So, the staff literally bought you a shot of tequila,
02:03 whatever time it was, and you told your chintrap up,
02:07 and off we went.
02:08 - Yeah, and then they asked what we wanted to do
02:11 for the entrance, if we still wanted to do one,
02:14 and I thought, why not?
02:16 I got the groomsmen to get involved with it,
02:18 because they stayed, and I wanted--
02:20 - Supported you. - Yeah, they supported me,
02:21 so I wanted to thank them and show them
02:23 it was their day as much as mine,
02:25 and we all entered the venue to Lizzo, feeling good as hell,
02:29 and then, rather than being my groom sitting at the table,
02:33 I had all my girls sit with me,
02:34 which was actually probably one of the best things
02:37 that I'd done. - Yeah, it was.
02:38 - My maid of honour decided at the time, Jodie did.
02:41 - I didn't put your eyes in--
02:42 - So, maybe it's a Katy baby, well, I got--
02:44 - Yeah, 'cause it was in--
02:46 - Aww. - Aww.
02:47 - That's-- - Your carotid.
02:48 - That's what I wanted, though, I wanted--
02:49 - I know. - Yeah.
02:50 - That was a professional-- - You might have watched
02:51 Tom Tobs in it. - I know.
02:53 - I did watch that. - Very professional, though.
02:54 - We had speeches, I was never gonna make a speech,
02:56 but I wanted to thank people for being there, because--
02:59 - For staying, yeah. - Yeah, 'cause it's
03:01 a very strange situation, and I would have understood
03:03 if anybody went, I wasn't expecting anybody to stay,
03:06 and the fact that loads of people stayed,
03:09 it was unbelievable. - And all of the guests,
03:11 I don't think one goes there.
03:12 - Yeah, apart from the groom's side.
03:14 - I knew she was strong, but I didn't know
03:15 she was that strong, and I said that if there's one thing
03:17 I wish for my daughter when she grows up,
03:19 is that she has half of Kayleigh's strength,
03:21 because how she did it, I don't know.
03:23 - They asked if I wanted to do a first dance,
03:26 and I've always dreamed of dancing with my dad,
03:28 because he's older than what your average dad
03:32 tends to be at this age.
03:34 He's not gonna-- - Necessarily be there.
03:36 - Be there. - Yeah, yeah.
03:37 - So it's always something I've dreamed about,
03:39 having a dance with my dad, and just to celebrate
03:42 the groom's men and my brothers, 'cause my brothers
03:44 were there for me throughout the day.
03:45 I had my first dance with them, and then,
03:48 I kinda went to sleep with Jodie and my best friend
03:51 at the time.
03:52 - They stayed in the room with her.
03:53 That was obviously gonna be their room for the night,
03:56 so they kept her company.
03:58 - Yeah, I had plenty of alcohol throughout the day
04:00 to keep me company as well, so yeah,
04:02 other than that, I think that's the day.
04:04 As you can see from this occasion,
04:06 I haven't been left alone at one point,
04:08 so that's made me feel 10 times better,
04:11 the fact that I haven't been alone,
04:13 which I thought, at that point, when I found out
04:15 he was gonna be there, I thought I was gonna be alone,
04:18 but then I turned and saw these guys straight away crying,
04:21 and I knew I wasn't alone then.
04:23 (group chatter)
04:25 (group laughter)
04:28 (group laughter)
04:31 You're welcome.
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