Sometimes you just can’t invite éveryone to you wedding. You can, however, propose something ridiculously funny and see how it turns out. A guy named Erik didn’t make the cut, but got another proposition for him to join the party nonetheless. He tells his story in this Twitter thread.
1. Hey, at least it’s an option.
So Erik starts telling how this situation started to unfold to the hilarious reality.
2. Erik just wants to grant Marvin’s biggest wish.
(1) There’s not a lot of story to tell, but for anyone who wants some DRUNK CLOWN AT THE WEDDING backstory:
Marvin had a vision of a drunk clown crashing his wedding. It’s all he ever wanted. Laura was on board. That’s the kind of perfect-for-each-other weirdos they are. pic.twitter.com/sgsAtXuVdM
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
3. Gotta act casual at first.
(2) I arrived in a regular suit. I had the clown outfit, face paint, shavingg stuff (I had a full beard & needed to shave for the make-up) and two 40oz’s (Marvin asked for a drunk clown, so I was giving him a D*R*U*N*K clown) in a bag I hid in a bathroom next to the ceremony. pic.twitter.com/huijk6w9PF
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
4. Surprise!
(3) I only knew a handful of people at the wedding. Didn’t know Marvin or Laura’s families. More importantly, they didn’t know me. Which made me the perfect surprise drunk clown. pic.twitter.com/Y2S82Cqux3
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
5. You can’t judge his determination.
(4) I didn’t want them to recognize me when I showed up as a clown — the idea was to make it feel like an actual drunk clown had crashed the festivities — so I didn’t mingle much. pic.twitter.com/RiH7DmcXlv
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
6. Chug! Chug! Chug!
(5) As soon as the ceremony was over, people were directed to another area for a wine reception. I slipped away to the bathroom with @AimieRocks, who was helping with my make-up. I shaved off the beard, did my face, got into the clown suit, and pounded one of the 40oz’s. pic.twitter.com/Oj9G7ifbyL
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
7. Introducing: Very. Drunk. Clown.
Total lightweight here. I was hammered pretty quickly. I’m a method actor, so I drank half the other 40oz too. Then I stumbled over to the wine reception. pic.twitter.com/Cn1bgxoVsh
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
8. Someone, call the police!
(7) I barged in, marched over to Laura’s mom, grabbed her wine, downed it, then handed the empty glass back to her. CONFUSION. MILD CHAOS.
WHO IS THIS DRUNK CLOWN? pic.twitter.com/L59NUwIfX9
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
9. Worth losing your wine for.
(8) I accidentally shattered a few wine glasses, but I gotta say I brought a real JOVIAL DRUNK CLOWN vibe to the whole affair, so people embraced me pretty quickly, even though I kept drinking their wine.
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
10. That’s one hell of a checklist.
(9) Except for Laura’s dad, who called for security to escort me out. She had to tell him that I was AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE WEDDING PARTY.
Best Man ☑️
Maid of Honor ☑️
Drunk Clown ☑️— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
11. We’re so glad you made those pictures.
(10) At some point, we must have gone into the vineyard to take those photos in the original tweet up above, but honestly I was so drunk that I don’t remember taking them.
Anyway, I told you there wasn’t much backstory. It was an awesome wedding. <end>
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 17, 2018
12. Let’s sum this beautiful wedding up with this perfect picture. Clown on, friend.
ADDENDUM: just found this photo & it made me laugh. This is after security was called off, after everyone found out I wasn’t a DRUNK CLOWN STRANGER but a DRUNK CLOWN FRIEND. And everyone’s just…so…completely…CHILL. Just like, “whatevs,” as I drink more. pic.twitter.com/tUZnYyvP0w
— Erik Patterson (@erikpatterson) October 18, 2018
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