My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding (2012) - full transcript

[ Cheering ]

Narrator: On "my big fat
American gypsy wedding"...

The wedding is off!
[Bleep] This wedding.

Told you he wasn't
[Bleep] marrying Bridget.

Well, I'm [bleep]
Doing it, Amber.

Narrator:
...Past relationships cause

havoc for bride-to-be nukkie...

I don't know what I want!

This is what she's
gonna have on.

Narrator: ...And a dress
creates a family war.

Get the [bleep] camera
out of my [bleep] face now!



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narrator: High in the mountain
state lives one of the most

notorious gypsy families
in America.

Nukkie: My name is nukkie.

I live in West Virginia
and I'm a gypsy.

My family
is old-tradition gypsy.

Gypsy women,
we are very hard workers.

We have to cook.
We have to clean.

We have to make sure
our house looks good.

We have to make sure everything
is done for our husband.

Narrator: Guiding her family
in the strict gypsy traditions

is nukkie's mom, nettie.

All right, y'all.
Start picking that mess up.

Can't let the grass grow
under your feet, girls.



My name is nettie Stanley.

I love that I had nine kids.

I would do anything in the world
for my family.

We have a lot of ups and downs,

but we also got one another's
back, no matter what.

Do you know if you'd listen to
me, you'd have a very good life?

That's how it works
in our world.

Do you understand anything
I'm saying?

- Hello?
- I'm listening!

Some people find our family
fascinating.

Some people find it tacky,
and really, to be honest,

none of us give a [bleep]
what the other one thinks.

[ Exhales slowly ]

[ Cows moo ]

Narrator: In just two weeks,
nukkie is getting married

to Jonas,
a non-gypsy, or gorger.

Oh, my god.
I do love this place.

Jonas and i's been together
about two months now.

I would have it right here,
just me and you.

We're both crazy
about each other.

I swear to god.

I never knew I could like
somebody that fast.

I love this old thingy.

I don't even know what it is.
I think it's for horses.

It's where you put the horse
on the back,

and then two
people get in there --

so that's like me
on the wedding day.

Yeah.

Jonas: I used to have attitudes
all the time.

I always used to be mad,

and then
when I started talking to her,

all that's changed.

I've just been calm, laid back.

These barn doors can close,
and then, like, ta-da.

Ta-da!

You know, like,
"the Princess is here."

Nukkie: I love him.

I love how his ways,
his actions.

I love her because...

You know how you get
that feeling sometimes?

It's, like, a weird
feeling in your gut.

I'm gonna get
a tattoo tomorrow.

I'm gonna make it about us.

It's gonna be a poem thing
on my forearm.

I'm so excited about
getting married

because it's to the man
of my dreams.

Narrator:
To help her with the wedding,

nukkie has enlisted big sister
Dallas as maid of honor.

That's a good dad right there.
Push him up the hill.

Narrator: Dallas lives with
her three kids and her

gypsy sweetheart, Jay.

Dallas: My name's Dallas.

I'm a romany girl
from West Virginia.

My day-to-day job, like, period,
is being a mom to three kids.

I love my gypsy lifestyle.

You used to be wild.

- Wild? What do you mean wild?
- Really wild.

I was not wild.

Adventurous.

Me and Jay has been together
for about seven years,

since I was 15.

We was, like, childhood
sweethearts and we clicked.

We gave each other some space
to see if it was true love,

and we came back and, you know,
everything is good now.

It's nice out here,
but it's windy.

- I'm cold.
- Yeah, I know.

Me and Jay are more
of a power couple.

We're stronger together.

She's the mother of my kids.
I love everything about Dallas.

Narrator:
But Dallas and Jay's romance

hasn't always fired
on all cylinders.

They originally got together
seven years ago,

but after
their first child together,

Jay left Dallas
and married her cousin, Annie.

During his marriage with Annie,

Dallas gave birth
to two more children,

which Dallas claims are Jay's.

Now Jay's left Annie
and gone back to Dallas.

This resulted in a bitter feud
between Dallas and Annie,

which came to a head
at nukkie's bridal shower.

There's a girl fight [bleep].

- Oh, no. Oh, no.
- What happened?

Amanda, don't jump!

Man: Calm down. Calm down.
Stop. Get her off.

- Get her off.
- No!

Man: Shut the door.
Shut the door.

They did.
Look at my eye, Mellie.

Hey, turn that off.

Narrator:
Now Annie's left town.

Dallas and Jay are happier
than ever,

and nukkie's wedding
can go ahead as planned.

Next on the list is ordering
the perfect gypsy dress,

and she has a line
to the best in the business.

- Hey, sondra.
- Hey! What's up?

I need you to make me a dress.

I made you a wedding dress.

There's another wedding.

Okay, didn't know
that didn't work out.

Narrator: Five years ago,

nukkie thought
she'd found true love

with a gypsy boy called pookie,
but her mother, nettie,

didn't approve, and the young
lovebirds ran away.

They married and later
had a son.

Me and pookie really, really
loved each other strongly,

but after I had my boy,

we went south from each other.

He wanted to go party
with the boys, never come home.

I was all by myself,
and one day, I just left.

My son is 2 years old,

and I don't see him.

Man:
Can you tell me about that?

I don't want to talk about that.

Man: Okay.

Boy, have I been out
of the loop.

- Oh, you sure have.
- So who's this?

How did you meet him?

His name is Jonas.
I met him through my sister.

It's country zing meets
gypsy bling.

- Okay.
- My dress --

I want it to be a half top,
and I want --

I'll have nothing
but rhinestones and glitter

all over it,
and I want it to be all white

with baby, baby pink diamonds,

and I want the back
of the train to be huge.

Okay, I'll drop the schedule
just for you, my love.

All right.
Thank you, sondra.

Bye-bye.

This dress -- I want
to outdo my last dress.

I want to make it 10 times
better, 10 times sexier,

because I got my dream guy,

and that better be
my dream dress.

Narrator:
The state of West Virginia

has long been home
to romanichal gypsies,

including another family
right across town,

and its modern gypsy mom, Jett.

Jett: I'm Jeanette small.
I'm a romanichal gypsy.

I was brought up
traditional gypsy ways.

We try to outdo everyone.

We've got to look better,
be better.

It's just our way.

Narrator:
Jett lives with her daughters,

Victoria and Scarlett,

two gypsy princesses
in the making.

They know everything that
there is to know

about a romanichal girl.

Victoria thinks
she's a full-blown woman.

She's the first one
to pose for the camera.

Your hair bow pretty.

Scarlett, she's a miracle baby.

She was premie.
She was born three months early.

I had to be in the hospital
with her a lot.

I'm very lucky
Scarlett's alive,

so I want to make
everyday special for her,

and her third birthday,
it's very important to me.

So I want to throw my Scarlett
the biggest third birthday party

you guys have ever seen.

You're not going
to get any better.

Yay!

Are you ready to go get
your nails done?

I want everything to be
blinged out for this party.

Bling is a must.
You got to have bling.

You see a romanichal,
you see bling.

All right. Here we go.

Narrator:
But there's one crucial item

that's more important
than anything else.

Is you gonna be a Princess?

I already know it.

My idea for her dress
at the moment,

I'm not sure if I want
to do pink or blue,

but we do want
a big fancy ball gown.

I want it to be wow.

I'd like for her to pull up
in her horse and carriage.

She definitely got to have
red carpet when she gets out.

She's just gonna be a Princess.

Narrator: Jett may have clear
visions on how she wants

Scarlett's dress to be,

but someone
in this family has other ideas.

Angie: I'm Angie.

I'm Jett's mom,
and I'm a romany gypsy.

Do you know, let me
tell you something,

gypsy tradition is the most
importantest thing in my life.

I mean, it's everything.
It's everything.

Scarlett is my granddaughter.

She is beautiful.

She is so attached to me
that it's unreal.

I will go through hell
to make sure that Scarlett

does grow up knowing that
she is what you call

a pure romany.

You ready to chow, mother?

Yes, I'm starved.

Let's go eat.

I just want to get my mom's
views for Scarlett's birthday

because her and Scarlett
are very close,

but at the end of the day,
my mother is a bitch.

She can have a little say
here and there,

but when it comes down to it,
it's my way or no way.

All right.
So have you picked out a dress

or how you're gonna
have it done, or what?

I've looked at some big
fluffy ones, pink.

I don't want --
I don't like pink.

I don't want pink
for her dress.

Well, we're doing cinderella
themed, so it's got to be pink.

I don't want cinderella theme.

I'm gonna tell you
that right now.

I want her to go as a romany,

and I want to her
to be dressed as a romany

that -- what she is.

She's not a grown woman.

She's gonna be dressed
like a little girl.

- Yes.
- No.

She's gonna have a white dress,

and it's gonna be silver,

and it's gonna be
full of bling.

- No, sorry, it's not.
- Yes. Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Narrator: Angie comes from
a group of romanies

who believe that girls must
wear white on their birthday

to signify their purity
until their coming of age at 16.

This is about Scarlett.

It's not about you, okay?

- This is about Scarlett --
- this is her religion.

...but I'm her mom, and I've
got to do what I've got to do.

So we need -- no.

We need to discuss it

because she's not being
raised like that.

I'm her grandmother.

I have just as much say
as you have with her.

- No, you don't.
- Oh, but I do.

Oh, but I do.

There's not too much
you can do about it.

You'll see.

There's gonna be a lot
I'm gonna do about it.

This is my granddaughter.

She's a gypsy, and it needs
to be done the romany way.

Get a white dress,
blinged out to the Max.

I just think she's gonna do
crazy colors with the dress.

That's not gonna happen.

I'm not gonna let it happen.

I'm Scarlett's mom.

I don't care how she likes it,

and I don't care
if she likes it,

but at the end of the day,
it's gonna be the way

I want it,
and that's just that.

My salad is...

[ Laughs ]

That didn't work.

Narrator: News of nukkie's
wedding has spread

throughout the gypsy community,

but not everybody is happy
about the upcoming nuptials.

Hello?

Mnh-mnh. Uh...

Narrator: Coming up...

Where did you stay last night?

Narrator: ...Nukkie is torn
between lovers...

I love Jonas and I love pookie.
I can't help it.

Are you [bleep] kidding me?

Narrator: ...And Jett sends
mom Angie over the edge.

[Bleep] You
and [bleep] that dress.

Narrator: Nukkie's wedding to
Jonas is just one week away,

but news travels fast
in the gypsy community,

and nukkie's ex-husband, pookie,
the father of her child,

is back in town.

So you know what this girl
has been doing, right?

Why she's --
you done got mixed emotions,

and pookie's been calling her.

Do you know she's thinking
about going back to pookie?

- No, I haven't. No.
- Then what was about -- no.

You're not understanding
anything, girl.

I will beat your brains out
like I did to Annie.

Do you understand that?
That's evil. That's ignorant.

Would you get dwarf
out of here,

telling somebody she's gonna
beat their brains out.

Mom, I'll beat your brains out.

You know what's wrong
with her head right now

is that pookie's back in town,
and she's got mixed emotions.

It's what happens when exes --
he needs to stay six hours away.

He's secretly manipulating her.

I don't want this filmed.

Well, too late.

It's reality.
This is a reality show.

- We got to talk about reality.
- I'm going to bed!

You know, I'd pick Jonas
over pookie any day.

- I'm sorry to tell you that.
- I would, too!

But I don't know what I want!

Do you want to come --

how about I have Jonas
and pookie right here,

the two together,
and see what you want.

No! I don't want
nobody out here.

Oh, god.

You shriek like
you're a [bleep] whale.

[Bleep] [Bleep], bitch.

No. Because you're really --
you're really [bleep] up.

I'm confused about what I want.

I love Jonas and I love pookie.
I can't help it.

If I go to pookie,
I get my son.

That's all that matters to me.

I don't care about my feelings.

I care just about my son.
That's it.

Pookie is a two-faced,
backstabbing,

manipulating person.

Pookie put her self-esteem
to the ground.

I know she has a child there.

He took custody, but being away
from your kid

and then saying that
that's the reason

why you're going back,

that don't work with me.

Come on, Scarlett.

You excited to get your dress?

Narrator: Across town, it's just
days until Jett throws daughter

Scarlett a third birthday party,
gypsy style,

but she's shopping
for a colorful Princess dress,

not a white one like
gypsy grandma Angie insisted on.

Wow, Scarlett. Look.

- Hi.
- Look at this dress.

Scarlett, she's been
through a lot,

and I just think she's special,
and she deserves to have a nice,

special, big party, you know?

She's a Princess.
She deserves it.

The dress, it's got
to be perfect, got to be pink.

It's got to be big.

It's got to have
a little bit of bling.

I just want
a big Princess gown.

So these right here
are really pretty.

- I like these. Scarlett.
- What?

Which one of these dresses
you like, ma?

- That one.
- You like that one?

A lot of beads on it.
Perfect for the party.

Scarlett, you like that one?

A Princess party, to me,
is fairy tale,

horse and carriage,
Princess cake, big fancy dress.

Why don't we go ahead
and get started trying on?

Jett: I'm so nervous.

I got to have the best dress,
the best look,

the best for Scarlett.

Here she is.

[ Gasps ] I love that!

- You can step off.
- You look gorgeous!

Let me see.

Wow!

Look at my gorgeous girl.

When they open the curtains,

and I see my Scarlett
for the first time

and her pink Princess dress,
my heart hit the floor.

She was so gorgeous.
I could've cried.

She was amazing.

I looked at her, and I'm like,
"man, I made that.

That's from me."

Now this is a Princess dress.

Yes, this is the one.

I love this.

My mother is going
to hate this dress...

Wow.

...but I don't care.

This is the dress for us.

So I'm walking across
the parking lot,

taking this dress,
gonna go hang it up,

and who pulls up behind me
but my mother, the crazy woman,

thinking she looks hot
in her Camaro.

Are you [bleep] kidding me?

That's Scarlett's dress?

- You don't like this, mom?
- Scarlett is not wearing that.

Scarlett is not wearing that
under no circumstances.

I will not [bleep] have it.

You're not gonna take
my granddaughter

around all my romany family
into this party

because I'm gonna tell you
what I'm gonna do.

So you can put her in it,
but I'm taking it off.

She -- I will not have it,
will not.

Don't bring that
any closer to me

because I will
throw it that way.

- What's wrong with it?
- It's ugly.

It's three or four
different colors.

It looks like it came from
a dollar store or something.

- You don't like this?
- No, I do not.

You shouldn't be making
decisions without my consent.

I have nothing left
to say to you.

I'm done.

That is ugly.
I will not have it.

I will take care
of Scarlett's dress.

[Bleep] You and [bleep]
that dress.

Okay.

That woman's crazy.

She's absolutely crazy.

I'm kind of worried
she's gonna come to the party

and throw a dramatic fit.

[ Tires squeal ]

Narrator: While Jett plows on
with her plans

for Scarlett's party,

wedding plans
in the Stanley household

take an unexpected turn.

Mom, nukkie didn't come
in last night.

- She's not in there?
- No.

- Yeah, no.
- She's not downstairs?

- No.
- Nope.

She doesn't listen.

I bet you she won't even
answer the phone

because she knows I'm calling.

Nukkie better have
a good explanation

why she wasn't home last night.

[ Line ringing ]

Hello?

Where are you at?

Getting out of the shower.

Where did you stay last night?

With pookie?

Mom, I'm 20 years old.

I don't need no lecture.

Oh, you're 20 years old.

I don't give a [bleep].

The point is you're not
even supposed to be

staying with pookie
when you're not even with him.

Are you out of your [bleep]
mind, nukkie?

Do you even know what you want?

I do know what I want, mom.
Leave me alone.

Your games have got to stop.

Well, leave me alone.

You mean to tell me
that you're gonna

dump your gorger boyfriend,

forget about the wedding
and go back to pookie

after everything
pookie's put you through?

Are you out of your mind?

[ Dial tone ]
- There you go.

I can't even understand
what would get into her mind,

to get herself back
in that situation.

I know she has a child there.

That's the only thing
I can think of

to know that she's there for.

But still, it just
completely blows my mind.

I like being with Jonas,

but since
pookie got back in town,

my mind has been going
crazy for him.

I want my family back.

It's gonna break Jonas' heart,
but the wedding is off.

Narrator: Coming up...

So I had a great idea.

Narrator: ...Drastic times call
for drastic measures...

Oh, my god, mother.

Narrator: ...And Scarlett's
party leads to all-out war.

- I will slap you with it.
- [ Bleep ].

Narrator:
Nukkie's ex-husband, pookie,

has returned to martinsburg,

and nukkie has made
a rash decision.

It's gonna break Jonas' heart,

but the wedding is off.

I've got something to tell you.

Are you okay?

No, I'm pretty pissed.

Nukkie left.

Left just like that?

Yeah, she wanted pookie.

And is this for real?

She does not deserve you.

To walk around and act like that
and just leave you to go

with the ex-husband, boom,
just like that --

- okay.
- ...That's not right.

It's all done.
I don't want to talk about it.

You don't want to
talk about it?

Leave me alone.

Susan: I'm absolutely furious
that this girl did this to him.

He adores her.

For her to just tear him
apart like this,

I'm furious, and now I never
want to see her again, ever.

Jonas:
It made me cry for days.

I cried for five days straight,

and I don't cry over no girl,
never have. I did her.

This is serious.
I really cannot believe nukkie.

She's gone back in the same boat
she was in.

It don't -- I just can't
make sense of it.

Maybe one day when you
grow up and get married,

you stay married
and marry the right man.

Nukkie is the most
selfish person

that I can think of right now.

This wedding has cost
thousands of dollars.

But you know what?

It's not nukkie's wedding
to cancel.

Dallas, it's your mom.
How are you?

I'm good.

You know, I've been thinking.

I have put so much time
and effort into this wedding,

and I don't want
to have to cancel it.

So I had a great idea.

Jay has been asking you
over and over to marry him,

so why don't you get married?

Really?

If you think we can get
this done

in this amount of short of time,

and you think that it's capable
of being the way

I like things and my type
of style, then we can do it.

You better have this wedding
being the best for me

and looking the best.

I'm excited.
I really want to do this.

Jay has been dying
to marry Dallas,

and now that Jay
and Annie's divorce is final,

there's nothing gonna stop
them from getting married now.

I'm excited to do this.

It's gonna be a blast,
and I can't wait.

All right, well, love you.

All right. Bye.

Solves that problem.

Narrator: Not only has Dallas
inherited her sister

nukkie's wedding,
she's also inherited her dress,

and with sondra flying in
from Boston to deliver it,

there's no time
like the present to try it on.

Sondra: I've never made Dallas
a wedding dress before,

but I've made one for nukkie.

Nukkie likes crazy,
funky colors.

Does Dallas? I don't know.

I'm a nervous wreck.

I'm just so afraid she's gonna
walk through that door

and absolutely hate it.

Hey!

Hi! How are you?

- I haven't seen you in a while.
- I know.

I have no idea what this dress
looks like

because my sister,
she has a child's mind.

I can't imagine you not loving
it because it's gorgeous.

- It's pretty.
- It's gorgeous.

It's not too big because,
you know, I'm little,

and I like everything small.

All right.
Well, let's go up and see it.

It's like two dresses in one,
so you'll see.

Okay.

Okay, take a deep breath.

Hang on. Three, two, one.

Oh, wow.

Oh, wow. Oh, oh. Wow, wow.

Have I ever seen anything
like this?

I don't even know what to say.

Why did my sister choose pink?

- I'm sorry.
- What is she thinking?

Oh, wow.

I hate pink.

The wedding is right
around the corner.

I don't wear hot pink like that.

I am not a Barbie.
I am not a toy.

What do I do with this dress?

Oh, my god.

Narrator:
It's the day of 3-year-old

Scarlett's birthday party,

and she's being transformed
into a gypsy Princess.

All right, look at mommy.

So today is the day
of the party. I'm very excited.

A lot to do,
but it's gonna be great.

All right, now look at me.

You're gonna be my little
gypsy Princess?

All right, let's do it.
Close your eye.

That looks beautiful.

Are you ready to put
your dress on?

You ready?

Ooh.

Turn around.

Gorgeous.

Narrator: Just down the street,

mom Angie is making her
own preparations for the party.

- Is that gorgeous?
- That is.

- Let me see this.
- That is beautiful.

Narrator: And she's bought
a traditional white

gypsy dress
for Scarlett to wear.

And this is what hers
is supposed to look like.

That's the romany way.

It is the romany way,

and that's what
she's gonna wear.

Hopefully I spot Scarlett
when I walk through that door,

and I just take her
by her little hand

and run right
into the bathroom --

- and you change her.
- ...And I throw that dress

on her, and I walk her
right back out the door.

Scarlett's gonna come out of
that bathroom

totally dressed different.

She should.

And that's the way
I want to do it.

Scarlett loves the bling.

When she sees the dress,

she's gonna want to take
the other one off right there.

Jett may not like it,
but surprise, surprise,

mama's stepping in.

You ready, Scarlett?

Narrator: Waiting to whisk
her away to the party

is Jett's fiancé, bubba.

There's my girl.

You ready to get on the horsey?

The horse and carriage,
you know,

that's romanichal tradition.

Horses go back in our culture
for a long, long time,

as far as people can remember.

Being in a carriage
is gonna make her day.

Bubba: Here we go.

You like it?

Wait for me, guys.

[ Horse whinnies ]

So we pull up to this venue.

It's amazing.
It looks gorgeous.

We've got a red carpet,
and I'm just ready to party.

Bubba: Come on.

You ready?

Holy jeez.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Whoa! Say hi!

Happy birthday!

Jett: Scarlett looks great.
The party looks great.

She's gonna have
the best birthday party ever.

You look so pretty.

- Thank you.
- It's crazy.

Jett: My mom was there.

She's looking at
Scarlett's dress.

She hates it,
but we're gonna have fun.

We're gonna turn this party out.

All eyes are on Scarlett.

We're having a blast.

Everything turned out the way
it should be.

This is the best
gypsy-Princess birthday ever.

This is ridiculous.

My granddaughter is wearing
crazy colors.

She should be wearing
white and big.

[Bleep], man. My daughter has
lost her [bleep] mind.

Somebody has got to step in,

and that somebody's gonna be me.

Narrator: Gypsy toddler
Scarlett's third birthday party

is in full swing,

but her colorful dress,
chosen by mom Jett,

goes against grandma Angie's
fiercely traditional ways,

and she plans to do
something about it.

I'm like, "[Bleep], this dress
is horrible looking."

To be honest with you,
I was complete dumbfounded,

and it's really shaming me.

- I need to talk to you.
- Okay.

Well, hold your --
hold on a minute.

Get up and come on.
I need to speak with you now.

This is a bunch of
[Bleep] to you.

What have you done
to this baby's party?

Well, it's not your party,

and it don't matter what
you want and what you like.

You look like a clown
walking up in here.

You look like a hypocrite.

For one thing, you don't even
look like a romany,

like a romany
should be dressed.

You've put yourself
in another religion somewhere.

You know what?
I'm down to earth.

My granddaughter is not
gonna look like that.

I'm down to earth. Bye.

I am not gonna have it.

- Get the hell out of here.
- That's under no circumstances.

This is what she's going
to have on.

- She's gonna have that on.
- No.

That's my granddaughter's dress.

Get off.

- It's hers.
- Do you know what?

- She's not wearing this.
- This is her party,

and she deserves
to be the romany that she is.

She is not wearing this!
She isn't wearing it.

Sorry. Nope.

Yep, rip it because
she isn't wearing it.

I will slap you with it.

She's not wearing that dress.

- I am not --
- she is not wearing --

she might not wear it now
because you done tore it up,

but I will get her one.

I promise you [bleep] that.

And you're [bleep].

[ Indistinct conversations ]

That woman's crazy.
Where is bubba?

My mother looked like
a complete clown,

but she wanted to tell me
how to dress Scarlett?

No, Scarlett looks like
a 3-year-old should look.

She doesn't look like she needs
to be put on a mermaid gown

and look like a flipping clown.

I'll have her another party
my [bleep] self,

and they will not be
invited to it!

I am [bleep] done!

Get the [bleep] camera
out of my [bleep] face now!

* happy birthday to you *

Jett: The drama's gone.
It's out the door.

I took care of her. She left.
This party is gonna go on.

* happy birthday to you *

yay!

One, two, three,

blow them!

Blow your candle.

- Yay!
- Whoo-hoo!

Yay!

This birthday party
turned out amazing,

except for the little incident
with mom,

but we took care of that,
got her out of here.

Scarlett loved it.

I know she truly felt
like a Princess.

I wanted to give my miracle baby
the best birthday party ever.

Just seeing her excited, I knew
I had done something right.

- Whoo-hoo!
- Yay!

Whoo!

Narrator:
Gypsy bride-to-be Dallas

is struggling to come to terms

with having to wear her sister's
hand-me-down wedding dress.

My man's gonna laugh at me.

He's gonna tell me
I look like a little

Dolly coming up in here.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]
...His wife.

Yeah.

I can fix it to fit, but I can't
change the color in 24 hours.

It's beautiful.
It's a beautiful dress.

I just wish it was white.

What are we gonna do?
[ Sighs ]

The skirt is removable.

You'll have a mini
for the rest of the day.

So why don't you
just try it on?

Maybe you'll like it.
Let's just see.

What have you got to lose?

If you don't like it,
you don't like it,

but at least you tried it on.

Yeah, let's try it on.

All right.
Laurie, get pins.

So this would all fit,
you know,

and we would make
this fit like this.

Give me the pins.
Let's make this skirt fit.

Okay.

So what do you think?

I think I'm in love with it
now that it's on, honestly.

I was a nervous wreck there
for a while.

I was, too.
Ooh, I'm going to fall in it.

I love it.
I think it's gorgeous.

I'm so glad you love it now.

Sondra, how am I
gonna twerk in this?

This was a complete turnaround,
unbelievable.

She puts this dress on
and she loves it.

I mean, now that it's on me,
it's, like,

I don't even want
to take it off.

Last week, I did not plan
to get married.

I did not want to.

But now that I see me
in this dress,

I'm bridal material, and I'm
ready to walk down the aisle.

It's a beautiful dress.

Pack me up and send me
away now to the altar.

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: Coming up...

Ah!

Narrator: ...Dallas' dream
wedding turns into a nightmare.

Your outfit
doesn't go with that.

I'm not allowed to be happy
by nobody!

I'm not allowed to be happy!

Narrator: It's the day of Dallas
and Jay's wedding,

and the Stanley household
is getting ready to celebrate.

I'm excited to doll myself up
and feel good for a day.

I'm gonna worry only
about myself and my kids

and, you know, how happy
I am, and enjoy myself.

- Turn that down.
- Mom, I am the bride.

I need to get ready.

All right, mom, move.
Let me get done.

I'll stick this right up you.

Come on. Try me.

Move, Demi. No.

You're gonna break it,
daughter.

- Mom.
- What?

You know where that
rue21 bag went?

Dallas, I am not looking
for a rue21 bag.

It's got my makeup brushes
I just bought.

[ Bleep ]

When you have a day
to get a wedding ready,

that's when your mind
goes crazy.

Ah!

Once I get the straps on,

we'll tighten you up,
so don't worry.

Sis, are you okay?
Do you like it?

Do you want it?

Want to wear this?

Whoo!

It looks great.

All right.
We take a picture now.

That looks really, really good.

- Right?
- That is absolutely amazing.

You need to change
your lipstick.

No. I don't want no pink.

Well, you need something else
then, maybe something like this.

I don't wear lip gloss.

Your outfit doesn't go
with that.

I didn't pick the outfit
out to go with me.

The outfit has got
to go with me.

- I don't go with the outfit.
- All right.

Well, you have to go
with the outfit right now, okay?

It's not about what she wants.
It was about what I want.

She isn't gonna ruin
this wedding for me.

I haven't even yelled at you.
I've let you get ready up there.

You have been upstairs
getting ready.

Bridezilla all day!

It's not bridezilla!

I'm not allowed to be happy!
I'm not by nobody!

I'm not allowed to be happy!

She's only tended to herself!

- Dallas --
- no!

You tell her to leave me alone,
and y'all leave me alone!

I'm going to kill somebody.

I will, and I am.

You need to leave.

- No.
- Goodnight. See you later.

[ Crying ]

Jay:
[ Humming the "wedding march" ]

[ Beatboxing ]

When is mommy coming, Richie?

When's mommy coming?

I have no idea
what's happening right now.

I'm just waiting on Dallas
to get here.

I don't know what's taking her
so long, and I started to drink.

This is classic Dallas.

She's never on time, never.

Oh, I can't get in here.
This skirt's too tight.

[ Grunts ]

[Bleep] My mother.
[Bleep] This car.

[Bleep] This cold weather.

This is [bleep].

This is [bleep] [bleep].
I do not want to deal with this.

Ben, I do not want that camera
in my face, please.

I need to drive, and I can
not take that light.

Ben: Okay. Let me --

I'm driving now,
so turn it off.

Ben: Let me just get
a quick shot of you --

- no, please.
- Okay, okay.

Dallas: I'm driving myself
to my own wedding.

I don't need no one's help.

It breaks my heart that my mom
is gonna argue with me

on my wedding day, you know?

I'm trying to, you know,
be happy for once.

I'm a woman now.

Now, respect me like one,
and act like I'm a --

you know, I'm a person to you,
like, I'm a daughter.

Great, I forgot my train.

Great.
Now I've got to walk right

straight into the wedding
like this.

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

It's that time of the month.

It's not that
time of the month.

Everybody just seems
to screw up everything,

that I'm trying to put right.

Mm.

I was so angry.

I walked myself down the aisle
just to show everyone

I did not need no one
by my side,

and I did not want
no one by my side.

- You look good.
- Thank you.

So do you.

Dallas:
When I got to the altar,

I just calmed myself down
and said, "let's do this."

Jay and Dallas, marriage is
the promise between two people

who wish to spend the rest
of their lives together.

Jay, please take Dallas'
hand and repeat after me.

- Dallas...
- Dallas...

- I take you as you are...
- I take you as you are...

I promise from this day
forward...

I promise from this
day forward...

To fill our life with adventure
and our home with laughter.

To fill our life with adventure
and our love with --

or home with happiness,
whatever he just said.

Dallas, would you
please repeat after me.

- Jay, I take you as you are...
- Jay, I take you as you are...

Loving you who you are now

and who you are yet to become.

Loving you now and who
are you are yet to become.

Jay, do you take Dallas
to be your wife?

I do.

Dallas, do you take Jay
to be your husband?

I do.

And by the power vested in me,

I now pronounce
you husband and wife.

You may now share your first
kiss as husband and wife.

[ Cheers and applause ]

Congratulations.

Now let's get out of here,
honey.

Narrator: After seven years of
twists and turns

in their relationship,

these two lovebirds
are finally married...

It feels good to be married
to Dallas,

and I wouldn't change a thing.

I'm extremely happy.

This may not have been
the wedding that I planned,

but seeing Jay at the altar
made it my best day of my life.

Narrator: And luckily for
the wedding guests,

bride and mom's tempers
have cooled.

Me and my mom have, like,
a hate-love relationship.

We could kill each other
one minute

and then love
each other the next.

We have a lot of ups and downs,

but we also have the love
that overcomes everything,

and always got one
another's back no matter what.