mrspowelson

Hey guys, I am the actual Bride from this episode. While I think that Whitney played it off pretty well and did not make me/us seem to be horrible people, it probably could have been handled a bit differently. Planning a beach wedding is enough to drive any bride-to-be crazy, especially doing it from completely across the country, having a celebrity attend and with all the cameras+extra people+filming involved, plus learning a dance routine THE DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING, it was WAY too much to handle. I had contact with Whitney and the producers during the months prior, and Whitney had planned to video-chat with me to do the dance routine prior. I was living in North Dakota at the time and having to remotely plan the entire thing, wedding included. Three days prior, we were down in OBX and getting everything ready. Frankly, I wasn't sure she was even on track to show up still until then. We had wanted to do the dance routine/practice at an off-location, but the TLC team wanted to have it done at the house. Which, by the way, was completely filled with my guests and bridal party. So, what you saw was our attempt at making it happen scant hours before the wedding. I quite literally couldn't handle it. However, the reason why I actually cancelled was the fact that my father had big plans that he couldn't tell me! On our wedding day, my father stepped in and actually gave us away, he had previously became an ordained minister in order to give me away at the "altar". He did not want to do this on live TV and was having a complete meltdown that this live-tv thing was happening (without telling me his plans). So, in order to calm him down, I texted Whitney, and the rest is history. To answer some questions, YES she was still invited and could have come to the wedding. She did not. Which I understand considering this situation.