Groom slammed for pulling highly inappropriate stunt at the altar

A video of a groom celebrating his ‘I do’s’ by motorboating his bride at the altar has captured the internet, with an etiquette expert slamming the stunt as “highly inappropriate.”The moment unfolded during the ceremony of newlyweds Adelina and Riley at Southwood Estate in Canada.In footage shared to TikTok by wedding officiant Nathan Grieve, the couple had already weathered unexpected rainfall before reaching their much-anticipated first kiss.However, instead of a traditional embrace, Riley immediately buried his face into the bride’s chest, shaking his head, essentially motorboating her strapless bridal gown before pumping his fists to the crowd.Adelina burst into laughter at the brazen display, though not everyone watching was quite as amused.Officiant Nathan Grieve claimed he was caught completely off guard, captioning the post that he has “never seen” that happen before.“Riley immediately celebrated his new wife in a way that will absolutely be remembered at family gatherings for years to come,” Mr Grieve captioned the TikTok video.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.“Perfect timing.Perfect chaos.
Perfectly Riley & Adelina,” Mr Grieve added.Despite the couple’s good spirits, etiquette expert Jo Hayes gave the raunchy move a firm “thumbs down”.“While it appears to be consensual in this clip — the bride doesn’t appear shocked or surprised, and doesn’t appear to try and stop him — this is a wedding ceremony,” Ms Hayes told news.com.au.“Such sexually suggestive/sexual innuendo-type behaviour isn’t appropriate.”Ms Hayes pointed out that a wedding crowd is rarely an adults-only audience.“There are likely children in the audience, for whom witnessing such behaviour would be highly inappropriate,” she explained. “And even for adults, witnessing such behaviour can m...