By Georgette Eva for Famously
Tennis player Serena Williams crashed a regular guy’s beach wedding in Malibu this weekend, and to show that she (kind of) cared, she posted a photo of herself and the seemingly surprised bride and groom on Instagram. Serena captioned the occasion, “Wedding crasher!! Congratulations!” under the photo, meaning she knew she had done something wrong and was congratulating herself. Well, okay, she really is congratulating the couple, but in pants or maybe not It would have been better to ruin her big day. Even better.
Why do famous people think this is OK? OK, I admit it was pretty cool when Bill Murray showed up at a bachelor party or when Taylor Swift blew up the bridal partyand apparently it was only so damn gracious the Ghost Hunters Actor giving a witty speech and pop star bringing the bride a KitchenAid mixer. But you know what? Those aren’t gifts. They don’t make up for the attention you took away from me. This is underhanded theft and good PR at my expense. You, celebrities, are stealing the show from me for personal viral marketing. You can’t enjoy your own secret wedding and use mine for advertising. You can’t have my wedding cake and your wedding cake and eat it too.
Because you see, celebs, just like you don’t want to be hassled by fans while you’re doing normal things like eating dinner, I don’t want to be hassled by your spotlight while I’m enjoying my big day – whatever that big day may be (e.g. wedding, first day at new job, getting tile 2048 after playing endless hours of 2048). It’s my time to shine. I get one day to feel special and beautiful and famous. You get the rest. That’s how the world works. You can’t take mine away from me, too, even if you’re pretty.
Because you’re pretty, celebs. You live in a world where every hair root on your shapely head is in its place. You have the right to skip lines at the club, and you have the right to secure your spot on the lifeboat because your name is trending on Twitter and you’ve been on the cover of magazines. Beautiful people like you do fun things like go to award shows and people crowd you to take photos. Of course, one perk of being so famous should be an all-access pass to some regular, non-famous person’s wedding (by forcing your way in the door), but that’s just not cool, celebs. As a regular person, I implore you to think twice before you do it.
You’re entitled to a lot of things, but not to my wedding, my bridal shower, or my party. I liked you better in this one. You know, when you were in that movie? thing with the scenes and the lines and the acting. Or when you played that sport or walked the red carpet at a film premiere. That’s where you belong.
You know what I didn’t like? That time when you rudely interrupted my wedding in your bathing suit, made a spectacle and stole the moment from me. We both could have done without that role.
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