"No Slim Friends at My Wedding"... Bizarre Bride Tells Best Friend to Gain 54 Kg

Demanded Twice-Weekly Skincare and Dress Costs
"A Character Straight Out of a Movie Turned Out to Be Real"

A story about a woman in the U.S. who is preparing for her wedding and allegedly asked her best friend to gain weight so she would not look slimmer than the bride has sparked controversy. There are also claims that she tried to make the friend, whom she had invited to be a bridesmaid, pay for skincare treatments and her outfit.

According to local media outlets including the New York Post and The Daily Dot on November 14, a TikTok user named Jackie recently posted an account of her friend’s behavior ahead of her wedding. Jackie claimed that Nikki, a friend she had been close to since high school, invited her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding this December, but later imposed several conditions related to her appearance.

According to Jackie, Nikki first asked her to get skincare treatments twice a week to manage her acne. The reason, she said, was that Nikki did not want to spend extra money retouching the bridesmaids’ skin in the wedding photos. Nikki also told Jackie to buy her own bridesmaid outfit. Jackie said, “Nikki told me that if I wouldn’t agree, I didn’t have to attend the wedding.”

A woman in the U.S. who is about to get married reportedly asked her best friend to gain weight so she wouldn't look slimmer than the bride. Screenshot from TikTok.

The biggest disagreement was over weight. Jackie claimed that Nikki told her, “You can’t outshine me,” and asked her to gain about 120 pounds (about 54 kg) by the wedding day. The reason, Jackie said, was that Nikki wanted to be the slimmest woman at the wedding. When Jackie suggested ways for Nikki to lose weight, Nikki reportedly burst into tears and accused her of trying to ruin her wedding.

Jackie claimed that Nikki made the same demand of her own younger sister and removed her from the wedding guest list when she refused. “She also told me to hunch over on the wedding stage so I wouldn’t look taller,” Jackie added.

The conflict between the two reached a peak during an incident at a restaurant. When Jackie said Nikki’s demands were excessive, Nikki allegedly threw spaghetti from her plate at Jackie and called her “a single loser who’s jealous of me.” Jackie said she paid for both of their meals and then left.

Jackie said, “A ‘bridezilla’ straight out of a movie turned out to be real,” and said she would never attend another wedding. “Bridezilla” is a portmanteau of “bride” and “Godzilla,” the monster from the movie. It is a mocking term for a bride who acts excessively demanding and domineering while planning her wedding or makes unreasonable demands of those around her.

Jackie’s video quickly spread online and sparked controversy. Most reactions said it was excessive control to ask a friend to change her weight just to make the bride’s own appearance stand out. Others said the facts should be verified, since the specific details rely on the account of one of the people involved.

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