Yahoo News Don't Tell the Bride groom wastes budget on his stag do
Don't Tell the Bride returned to E4 tonight (August 15), where we met Anna and her reluctant husband-to-be Lee.
Anna and Lee, who have two children together, had some very different ideas about what they wanted from their big day.
Anna, who describes herself as a romantic, was after something traditional. You know, in a nice church with her family.
But Lee seemed a little less romantic and admitted he had previously told Anna he would only marry her if they were in Las Vegas and he was drunk. Errr.
So, Lee's big idea was to bring a Vegas-style wedding to the UK, but only after he had gone there himself with his mates, to do 'research'.
Lee explained: "Anna's getting the wedding, I'm getting the stag do. I want to go to Vegas, and that's what it's going to be.
"All I want is a little blow-out with the boys, and then she can have the wedding and everything else she wants."
Only, Lee's 'little blow-out' in Las Vegas ended up lasting four days and costing around £3,000, which was almost a quarter of the entire budget.
Understandably, Lee received a king-sized roasting on Twitter for blowing his and Anna's wedding budget.
Warning: some NSFW tweets follow...
Lee: I’m never going to do anything more romantic than this for Anna and I’m taking a large chunk of our wedding budget on a holiday for just me and my friends and if she doesn’t like it she can lump it.
Nail him for child support & run, Anna. Like the wind.#DontTellTheBride- Niecy O'Keeffe (@NiecyOKeeffe) August 15, 2018
Why these women even want to marry such utter bellends in the first place is totally beyond me 😐 RUN GIRL RUN ITS NOT TOO LATE #donttellthebride #vegas pic.twitter.com/yLtWe4hBKE
- Alice ⚡ (@alicechristina) August 15, 2018
Five mins into #donttellthebride and I want to punch the groom.
How can he be so inconsiderate?!? pic.twitter.com/EvlUIbKGEX- The Beauty Addict Mama (@naybeautyaddict) August 15, 2018
I really hope this ends with Anna telling him to do one! Marry someone who actually cares about you! #donttellthebride
- Emma (@missbroons) August 15, 2018
a quater of the money on this Vegas trip, this is so ridiculous. i feel for Anna, she doesn't deserve this. she deserves the perfect wedding of her dreams #donttellthebride
- jodie portugal (@JodiePortugal) August 15, 2018
I’d be fuming if I was the bride @E4Tweets #donttellthebride 😩
- Alex Moss (@AlexMoss18) August 15, 2018
He's just spent more money on Vegas props than the dress. 😱#donttellthebride
- Merv Payne (@mervpayne) August 15, 2018
And if you think Lee eventually wised up and decided to give Anna the wedding she deserves, then you've clearly never seen the men on this show before.
Once back from Vegas, Lee ended up buying the couple's wedding bands and Anna's engagement ring off Gumtree and collecting them from a man at a bus stop.
He then got his mate to build a shed resembling the Little White Chapel and splashed out £1,000 on Vegas-style props (while Anna's dress only cost £749).
Well at least the shed will come in handy after the wedding when he permanently moves in there #DontTellTheBride
- ciara nash (@Kiks31) August 15, 2018
Anna: "I definitely feel like a bride..."
You wait til you see the chapel, love, you're going to feel like Alan bloody Titchmarsh.#donttellthebride- Merv Payne (@mervpayne) August 15, 2018
The bride as soon as she sees the shed she's getting married in #DontTellTheBride pic.twitter.com/fY5UZFMFz8
- Serena (@SerenaLip) August 15, 2018
I hope she makes this guy live in that shed when all of this is over. It’s what he deserves #donttellthebride
- Em 🌈 (@_EmilyLW) August 15, 2018
Lee also hired an Elvis impersonator who he auditioned on FaceTime.
And when it came to the big day, Mother Nature wasn't on Lee's side as the rain poured – playing havoc with the freshly-painted shed.
But despite all the warning signs, Anna married Lee and even said Elvis-themed vows.
Although, it's safe to say most viewers wouldn't have gone through with the nuptials.
He's blown the money on Vegas, gone to a strip club, bought the first dress he saw, and decided to get married in a garden shed. What. A. Prick. Girl you need to get out of there. How disrespectful can a guy get??? #donttellthebride
- Claudiaxxx (@BiAsHopexxx) August 15, 2018
I have milk with a better shelf life than that marriage. What is she doing?!! #donttellthebride
- Lynsay Smith (@Lynsay_Smith) August 15, 2018
If this episode doesn't end with the bride leaving him and getting a better man I don't know what I'll do #donttellthebride
- Claudiaxxx (@BiAsHopexxx) August 15, 2018
Oh no, I couldn’t even pretend to be happy if that was my day. He blatantly didn’t want to marry her 🙄#donttellthebride
- Charlotte Dodding (@Char_Dodding) August 15, 2018
He basically got married to go to Vegas . Save up n go like normal people u fucking moron #donttellthebride
- Gemma✌️ (@gstar2684) August 15, 2018
Don't Tell the Bride airs on Wednesday nights at 9pm on E4.
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