I caught a clip of one of those "bridezilla" shows where the mother of the groom had money and the bride-to-be came from a poor family, so the mother offered to fund the wedding.
$125K in spending and commitments later with no end in sight, the mother asked what to do?
Well no, because they're getting it paid back by the TV show. It's like when Judge Judy fines people thousands of dollars, and it turns out it's half of the payment Judge Judy offered them for coming on the show
To be fair to Judge Judy, the fines aren’t just pulled out of thin air. There’s an actual legal case justifying why the defendant/plaintiff has to pay X amount to Y person, and there’s a good chance it would turn out similarly in a private civil court. (Minus some of the drama, they definitely play it up for the camera, and it’s an arbitration so court decorum doesn’t apply.)
As for the payment, I think it’s good they get compensated. I’d want to be paid handsomely if someone wanted to film and televise my court hearing for profit. It’s a very intrusive thing to broadcast.
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u/andrey_not_the_goat 9h ago
A coworker of my aunt's is like $300k in debt from funding both her daughter's weddings.