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Bride Slammed For Entering Wedding Reception Walking Groom On A Leash

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Published 10:24 23 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Bride Slammed For Entering Wedding Reception Walking Groom On A Leash

The groom has since assured there was a meaning behind the move

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

A newly married couple sparked controversy after footage shared online showed the groom entering the wedding reception on a lead held by the bride, but he's since assured there was a personal meaning to the move. You can watch what happened below:

TikTok user @tenneggee received a lot of critical comments after she shared the video from her wedding this month, with many drawing attention to issues of race as the bride, who is white, led her husband, who is Black, into the room on a leash before he dropped on all fours like a dog.

The pair circled the dance floor to the sound of George Clinton’s song 'Atomic Dog' while onlookers clapped, smiled and cheered from the sidelines before the bride dropped the lead to continue the dance.

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Tra’ Alexander, the groom in the video, appeared to be getting into the role of a dog as he panted at his bride and lifted his leg as if to wee on her white dress, but TikTok users made clear the video left them nothing but confused.

A bride received criticism for holding her husband on a lead.
@tenneggee/TikTok

One user wrote: "All kind of thoughts coming to mind this here isn't appropriate."

Another referenced civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. as they commented: "This wasn’t The Dream Martin was talking about."

The bride has since shared another video from the reception in response to 'all of the criticism' which showed Alexander and a woman identified as his sister both dancing around the floor on all fours.

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In an interview with the Daily Dot, Alexander explained that his dog-like dance was actually part of a tradition he has with his family.

He said his dad loves 'Atomic Dog' and had originated acting like a dog when the song played, prompting himself and his sisters to take on the dance for themselves.

“The song itself means something to me and my family,” he explained. “[My dad] made his own dance for it [a] long time ago. And ever since, it’s been passed down to my oldest sister and then me.”

The dance is a family tradition for the groom.
@tenneggee/TikTok

The groom explained the decision to perform the dance with his new bride was a humorous nod to the fact that his wife had managed to get him down the aisle after six years together, showing 'that she finally got' Alexander.

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"There was nothing like ‘Oh, well that’s my slave owner'," he assured.

Though the couple has received backlash from those who saw the video without context, Alexander is grateful it has received attention because the dance is so important to him and his family.

He explained: “This is [my] family song, you know, full of gratitude and heritage. So I don’t I don’t really care about the comments. They don’t know me. But I really do appreciate them letting me go viral.”

The TikTok video has been viewed more than 490,000 times at the time of writing (23 April).

Featured Image Credit: TikTok/@tenneggee

Topics: TikTok, Viral, US News

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is the Community Desk Lead at LADbible Group. Emily first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route. She went on to graduate with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University before contributing to The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Student Problems. She joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features, and now works as Community Desk Lead to commission and write human interest stories from across the globe.

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