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Guy Decided To Send Wedding Invitations To Celebrities Shares What They Responded
Who wouldn't love to have a well-known person showing up at their wedding ceremony? But we all know, that if you not very well-connected or at least very lucky, you probably won't be seeing your favorite celebrity there no matter how hard you try to invite them. But that doesn't mean you cannot try! Who knows, maybe they'll even respond to you. That's something Louis Bam, a 37-year-old man from Cape Town, South Africa, decided to try out. Back in 2012, he sent out hundreds of wedding invitations to his and his wife's favorite celebrities and politicians and many of them took the time to respond!
It turns out, that there's a very good reason why Louis did this. Apparently, he came up with this idea to surprise his wife Estelle with well wishes from some of the famous people they both look up to. "I try my best to come up with things that my wife will appreciate in life. I try to do one special thing for her every day. Sometimes just buying a chocolate. Other times planning takes a bit more time. So for our wedding day, I wanted to make sure there are a lot of little surprises for her throughout the day. This was one of them," he told Bored Panda.
After googling their addresses, Louis put those invitations in the mail. "There are plenty of websites dedicated to listing celeb addresses for fanmail. My sister Yvette helped me with the admin as well as physically mailing everyone," Louis said. Soon, responses started flowing but, as expected, none of them actually agreed to come to the wedding. At least many of them took the time to wish the couple a beautiful ceremony. Despite what you might think, Louis wasn't disappointed. "I didn't want any of them showing up. It would have been pretty awkward if someone did pitch. I was just hoping for an album with letters from celebs saying congrats on the wedding to present to my wife as a gift. One South African DJ I invited did discuss coming to the wedding on radio and nearly spoiled the surprise. My wife's cousin called us and said they're talking about your wedding on the radio. I just lied and said I have no idea what they're talking about."
The man told us that he received around 50 responses from celebrities most of which were written by their staff. "I went through the album while doing my speech and no one was impressed. Everyone thought I was lying and making names up so it was a bit of a flop. It was only when I was seated at the table that people wanted to see the album that they noticed that it was for real. Haha, my wife wasn’t too impressed. A lot happens on your wedding day so it was just one of a thousand things that happened on the day. I think the fact that it still makes the news every once in a while is more special than it was on the day."
The dedication to this lovely idea clearly shows how much Loius cares about his wif, so does his words. When asked if there's anything else he wants to add, Louis took the moment to say how much he loves Estelle.
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George W. Bush
John Travolta
Prince Willim And Prince Harry
Elizabeth II
Um, I would just be happy that the queen considered the fact she got invited to my wedding
Nelson Mandela
Gordon Ramsay
You can tell he didn't dictate this from the absence of swear words!
Prince Charles
Heidi Klum
Bill Clinton
Ian Botham
Ewan Mcgregor
Nicolas Sarkozy
Google Translate: “ Mademoiselle, Monsieur, You have invited the President of the French Republic to your wedding ceremony on March 12, 2011. He entrusted me with the task of thanking you for your kind invitation to which his agenda does not allow to respond favorably. He expresses his regrets to you but wishes to send you all his congratulations. Please accept, Madam and Sir, the expression of my best wishes.”
Judi Dench
At least she doesn't lie and say her schedule doesn't permit it. She's like I just can't make it.
George W. Bush
It's pretty awesome that he also sent a more personal, and very kind, response. Never been a Bush fan, but credit where credit is due.
David Cameron
"Terribly sorry, but I'm going to be paid £30,000 for making a speech on that day."
Fidel Castro
According to my boy Google Translate: “The best of culture and knowledge must be universalized and national identities, art, customs, habits, beliefs, including the dialects of the smallest community, all fruits of the talent and hard work of each people, have to preserve themselves as the most valuable treasures of humanity”
Damon Kalvari
Jacob Zuma
Roman Abramovich
John Terry would have gone! That dude celebrates anything he's not a part of!
Gareth Cliff
at least the actual celeb/world leader etc. responded, not some random person from their staff
Jamie Oliver
David Walliams
Lance Armstrong
Shane Warne
Keanu would have attended, brought a lovely gift, and caught the bouquet.
Load More Replies...He already kneeled to propose to his girlfriend, he's not gonna kneel before you as well.
Load More Replies...This was done in 2012? Jeez, if he was that bored before Covid he must be straight jacket material now.
If you look at the dates you can tell that he sent the invites out in 2010 and most responses were in 2011.
Load More Replies...everyone like have their own template to respond this kind of invitations.. but not Travolta!..
Did any of these celebrities actually show up, or at least send a gift?
I wondered the same thing. However, speaking in general, apparently some of them do give it a thought every now and then, and it makes the news on sites like this, or Buzzfeed, and other "viral news" sites. You've got to be lucky, though.
Load More Replies...How much trouble would he have been in if all those people had said yes!?
I'm impressed at how many RSVPed. Better than a lot of people I know.
Ok, now I want to send a slew of these to peoples upcoming weddings. Write them like I assumed I was invited and I'm turning it down. To complete strangers. This could be fun. Give them a good headscratch,
Next time I'm invited to something (probably drink Cafe with a friend I will decline using one of this letters and done like someone else is declining on my behalf.
I don't get the point. This is the paper versio of getting a bunch of prerecorded voicemails. None of those people ever even knew about the invitation.
Interesting concept, but they are all lame form letters. Also, some of those names on that list are pretty awful.
It’s nice, but hardly any of the actual celebrities replied and I highly doubt they even know about the invite.
I found it very interesting to see that the majority of celebrities wrote a very short and impersonal answer while the world leaders (or their secretaries) were so polite and included well wishes.
Kind of cool to get all those responses but I cannot help wondering what would this couple have done had someone said yes. What do you do when the Queen of England comes to your wedding?
To be honest I think it is rather impolite to make assistants have to excuse their bosses. If any of these VIPs actually knew about the invitation (excl. Travolta) I think it's rude and selfish to ask for their time and attention. VIPs get enough requests and beg messages already. And yes, of course I realise that's what they have assistants for. But come on, how is it even nice to receive all these rejections from assistants?
So.. what would have happened if one of them had actually accepted the invitation and showed up at the wedding? If all he wanted was well wishes it would have made sense to ask for that directly instead of sending them an invitation.. Maybe he would have gotten more responses that way to.. 🤷🏼♀️
Such a random mix of people lol. It's a great idea though. I might do it inviting them to my 40th 😄
I was waiting for the plot twist where a couple show up. A- would not marry again.
Reminds me the idea of having a birthday party with my favourite famous dj's like Marshmello
Well ... Collecting a lot of rejection letters (obviously expecting them) does not seem to me such a wonderful gift for a wedding. Indeed, it emphasizes even more the social differences and the desire to deal with socially higher people. In any case, if they are happy ...
LOL - here honey... I got you a book full of people who don't want to be with you.
Load More Replies...This is insane! Wish I had thought of this! I would never think to get a reply back, though.
So you got a c**p tonne of responses from Personal Assistants and Ladies in Waiting. Super.
Keanu would have attended, brought a lovely gift, and caught the bouquet.
Load More Replies...He already kneeled to propose to his girlfriend, he's not gonna kneel before you as well.
Load More Replies...This was done in 2012? Jeez, if he was that bored before Covid he must be straight jacket material now.
If you look at the dates you can tell that he sent the invites out in 2010 and most responses were in 2011.
Load More Replies...everyone like have their own template to respond this kind of invitations.. but not Travolta!..
Did any of these celebrities actually show up, or at least send a gift?
I wondered the same thing. However, speaking in general, apparently some of them do give it a thought every now and then, and it makes the news on sites like this, or Buzzfeed, and other "viral news" sites. You've got to be lucky, though.
Load More Replies...How much trouble would he have been in if all those people had said yes!?
I'm impressed at how many RSVPed. Better than a lot of people I know.
Ok, now I want to send a slew of these to peoples upcoming weddings. Write them like I assumed I was invited and I'm turning it down. To complete strangers. This could be fun. Give them a good headscratch,
Next time I'm invited to something (probably drink Cafe with a friend I will decline using one of this letters and done like someone else is declining on my behalf.
I don't get the point. This is the paper versio of getting a bunch of prerecorded voicemails. None of those people ever even knew about the invitation.
Interesting concept, but they are all lame form letters. Also, some of those names on that list are pretty awful.
It’s nice, but hardly any of the actual celebrities replied and I highly doubt they even know about the invite.
I found it very interesting to see that the majority of celebrities wrote a very short and impersonal answer while the world leaders (or their secretaries) were so polite and included well wishes.
Kind of cool to get all those responses but I cannot help wondering what would this couple have done had someone said yes. What do you do when the Queen of England comes to your wedding?
To be honest I think it is rather impolite to make assistants have to excuse their bosses. If any of these VIPs actually knew about the invitation (excl. Travolta) I think it's rude and selfish to ask for their time and attention. VIPs get enough requests and beg messages already. And yes, of course I realise that's what they have assistants for. But come on, how is it even nice to receive all these rejections from assistants?
So.. what would have happened if one of them had actually accepted the invitation and showed up at the wedding? If all he wanted was well wishes it would have made sense to ask for that directly instead of sending them an invitation.. Maybe he would have gotten more responses that way to.. 🤷🏼♀️
Such a random mix of people lol. It's a great idea though. I might do it inviting them to my 40th 😄
I was waiting for the plot twist where a couple show up. A- would not marry again.
Reminds me the idea of having a birthday party with my favourite famous dj's like Marshmello
Well ... Collecting a lot of rejection letters (obviously expecting them) does not seem to me such a wonderful gift for a wedding. Indeed, it emphasizes even more the social differences and the desire to deal with socially higher people. In any case, if they are happy ...
LOL - here honey... I got you a book full of people who don't want to be with you.
Load More Replies...This is insane! Wish I had thought of this! I would never think to get a reply back, though.
So you got a c**p tonne of responses from Personal Assistants and Ladies in Waiting. Super.