This bridezilla wants her wedding photos airbrushed — starting with the bridesmaids.
A bridesmaid in London claims she was banned from the big-day photo lineup after the bride allegedly feared she’d “overshadow” her — all because of her tattoos.
The woman, who’s been friends with the bride for more than 20 years, shared her story on Reddit’s infamous “Am I the A–hole?” forum, writing, “Another girl from our friendship group mentioned … the bride was trying to find a way to keep me out of the photos as she was worried I would overshadow her.”
At first, she brushed it off as wedding gossip — “I didn’t think it would be true,” she admitted.
But then, before the UK nuptials, the bride herself texted the original poster with the bombshell request: “Would you mind staying out of the photos?” as she thought her ornate tattoos might “ruin” the pics.
The bridesmaid explained that she sports a full sleeve, which would be visible in the dress, though she noted, “all of the bridesmaids and the bride will also all have visible tattoos (mine are larger though).”
Despite her disappointment, she reluctantly agreed to the snub. “Ultimately, it’s her day, she’s paid for it and I don’t want to create any drama,” she wrote — though she admitted the unusual ask left her “quite upset.”
The jilted bridesmaid asked fellow Redditors in the thread the big question: “WIBTAH if I made an excuse to not go?”
Commenters were quick to rally behind the snubbed bridesmaid, with one blasting the bride’s demand as flat-out cruel: “Excluding a bridesmaid from wedding photos feels to me extremely disrespectful. I don’t think I’ve seen cases where the bridesmaids ‘outshone’ the bride.”
Another pointed out a simpler solution the bride apparently never considered: “NTA, if she felt this way, I wonder why she didn’t choose long sleeve dresses?”
And another tattooed Redditor couldn’t believe the bride’s poor planning: “She asked you to be a bridesmaid … but not be in the photos? … There were so many better ways she could have handled this.”
This isn’t the first time a bridezilla tried to keep the spotlight all to herself.
Earlier this spring, another bride-to-be was slammed online after allegedly picking “awkward” and “not photogenic” bridesmaids just so she’d look prettier in her wedding pictures.
Her own sister spilled the tea on Reddit’s AITA forum, saying she was initially “excited” to join the bridal party — until she realized none of the bride’s actual best friends had even been invited to stand beside her.
Instead, the lineup was stacked with women she’d “made fun of before.” But her sibling wasn’t buying it — vowing to skip the celebration altogether.
Reddit users applauded her decision, branding the bride “catty,” a “mean girl” and flat-out “ugly on the inside.”
Turns out both brides got their wish — no bridesmaids outshining them, just outshaming them online.
