Couple Tracks Down 2 Women Who Crashed Their Wedding to Learn Their Story: 'We Think It's Hilarious'
Nine hours after the newlyweds' wedding photos went viral on TikTok, the crashers revealed themselves — and the four set up a Zoom call
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Wedding guests (stock image)With the help of TikTok, a bride and groom were able to track down two people who crashed their wedding.
Danny Steeno and his wife Daisy had a photo booth at their October wedding, and when they got back all the photos from the booth last week, they noticed something amiss — two women they didn't recognize.
Curious, the newlyweds asked TikTok users for help in identifying the "100% uninvited" guests. They posted a photo of the two women with guilty smiles and said, "If you know them, let us know." While laughing, they also emphasized that they were "not mad," and simply wanted to hear the crashers' story.
The video quickly went viral. Nine hours later, the two women, Valerie and Gracelyn, came forward and messaged Danny on TikTok, prompting a Zoom call between the four.
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A wedding (stock image)Danny and Daisy updated their followers that the strangers were "so nice," and posted several clips from their virtual conversation.
In the beginning of the call, Valerie explained that she had been visiting Gracelyn in Milwaukee at the time. With nothing to do, the duo came up with a wild idea.
"We had no plans, so we said, ‘Why don’t we try wedding crashing?' " Gracelyn told the newlyweds. “We looked up the most popular wedding venues in Milwaukee, and basically just hopped around town to each venue to see if there was a wedding happening. We stumbled across your venue and went inside. We followed the music, where it was coming from, and found your wedding."
The women admitted to not buying the couple a wedding gift. Gracelyn joked that their "presence" was the present. Valerie added that the decision to crash the wedding was very much "on a whim," so they didn't have time to prepare anything.
Gracelyn revealed that she still has the strip of pictures from the photo booth. But that's not the only thing that was taken from the wedding — the two crashers couldn't help but dive into the free chips and "really good" guacamole just before making their exit.
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Bride and groom (stock image)In early December, the women were shocked to be reminded of the wedding again when their phones suddenly started blowing up with Danny's video. Gracelyn's coworker had sent her the video, thinking it was doppelgänger. When more texts started coming in from other people, Gracelyn finally fessed up and filled Valerie in on the TikTok.
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“We’re genuinely not even mad, we think it’s hilarious,” Danny told the women, later adding, "I feel like we at least have to have the opportunity to crash each of your weddings in the future."
The women responded that there would be no need to crash because Danny and Daisy "will absolutely get an invite — or at least get hints and clues in the mail."
Danny then praised the women for being "really good wedding crashers."
"Nobody knew you were there," he said. "You guys just came and got a drink and peaced out, which was pretty cool."
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