A Tennessee interracial bride and groom are facing backlash on social media after a controversial clip from their wedding shows the seemingly white bride escorting the groom, an apparent black man, into their reception on a dog leash.
The now-viral video which was shared by a TikTok user @Tennegee, has garnered more than 300k views on the video sharing platform.
In an interview with the New York Post, the TikToker said the couple, Trizzy Tra and Markenzie Alexander, hosted their wild wedding in Gallatin, Tennessee, on April 2.
The video shows the newlyweds making their grand entrance into a small celebration hall to funk icon George Clinton’s 1982 party track “Atomic Dog.”
As the couple saunter into the center of the cheering wedding guests, the harnessed groom gets down on his knees and hands and begins to crawl on the floor like a canine.
Per the footage, the groom goes on to sit back on his haunches and stick out his tongue, imitating a panting dog in heat. He then repositions himself like a dog on his hand and knees and plants his face into his blushing bride’s pelvic region and mimes urinating on her leg.
Online audiences are not buying the couple’s puzzling production.
“There are children there smh. I’m mad at everyone,” wrote an outraged reviewer, emphasizing her disdain with several fiery-red furious emojis. “This would have been the PERFECT time to say, ‘no children at the reception,’” another agreed.
“Not one person there had nothing to say about this bs?,” exclaimed another cross critic. “Everyone just happy and clapping along … Ain’t no way!!”
“SMDH … set us back 100 years,” barked one commenter, comparing the couple’s questionable stunt to the unsettling image of white plantation owners dragging chained African Americans around by iron leashes during slavery. “I find this very offensive, in every way,” howled another.
“Not yall offended about what this couple wanted to do for THEIR wedding,” rebuked a cyber supporter. “I’m sure it was his idea just as much it was hers.”
