The Bert Show (Pionaire Podcasting)

Episode: Vault: How Did The Maid Of Honor Ruin Your Wedding?

Date: December 18, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show dives into the wild, awkward, and even shocking ways maids of honor have derailed weddings—sometimes with jaw-dropping drama. The hosts and listeners share true stories ranging from unreliable best friends to outright wedding sabotage, with a mix of humor, disbelief, and empathy. Instead of the perfect support system, some brides find their maid of honor turned “maid of dishonor,” giving listeners a chance to vent, connect, and laugh at the chaos that can come with tying the knot.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What Makes a (Dis)Honorable Maid of Honor?

• Melissa Carter opens the topic by sharing how a maid of honor is supposed to be a "safety net," sometimes saving the legal side of a wedding.
  • "The quintessential example of how a maid of honor can be your safety net." (01:03)
• But what happens when the maid of honor becomes a liability—and how bad can it get?

2. Listener Stories of Maids of Dishonor

A. Drug Use in the Bridal Party

• Caller 1 shares a second-hand story:
  • Maid of honor caught preparing to use heroin in the backseat on the way to a concert, just three weeks before the wedding.
    • "She turns around and actually sees her getting ready to take a heroin kind of shot thing..." (02:00)
  • Bride cuts the maid of honor from the wedding completely.
  • Hosts react with disbelief:
    • Melissa Carter: "That's dishonorable." (02:40)
    • Radio Host Dan: "You don't want to be toying with a syringe in a moving car." (02:21)

B. The No-Show Best Friend

• Caller 2 (Erica) recounts her once-best friend’s lack of responsibility:
  • Didn’t attend bridal shower or bachelorette party, didn’t help plan, and was unreliable even up to the last minute.
  • Erica (bride) had to do her maid of honor’s hair the morning of her own wedding:
    • "I had to do her hair before my wedding." (03:00)
  • Hosts question why she was chosen:
    • Melissa Carter: "You're the bride, right?" (03:24)
    • Radio Host Dan: "Well, if she's your best friend, you must have known that she was pretty irresponsible." (03:25)
  • Eventually, the bride accepted having fun without her, highlighting a friendship breakdown:
    • "Screw this. I'm gonna have fun without her." (03:31)
  • Ultimate no-show for key events.

C. Crashing the Ceremony—Literally

• Charity (through her husband’s story) shares about a maid of honor who skipped the ceremony start while searching for a bra, only to interrupt halfway through—bra in hand.
  • "She went to look for a bra to wear with the dress and never showed up for the wedding until the middle of the ceremony and just barged in, in the middle of the ceremony with her bra hanging in her hand..." (04:10)
  • Hosts laugh at the lack of details a man brings home about wedding drama:
    • Melissa Carter: "Your husband comes home from that and he's like, 'Oh yeah, the maid of honor shows up in the middle of ceremony with a bra in her hand or something.'" (04:45)

3. The Ultimate Maid of Dishonor: A Shocking Betrayal

Erica’s Story (The “Winner”)

• Erica tells the show-stopping story of her Malibu wedding:
  • Lifelong best friend (maid of honor) caught having sex with Erica’s father the night before the wedding, discovered by the bride’s mother. (06:12)
  • Erica immediately removed her from the wedding:
    • "I fired her... you're out of the bridal party. I don't even want you at the wedding. Just, like, disappear." (06:35)
  • She kept the drama from most of the bridal party, but told her fiancé.
  • Emotional impact:
    • The walk down the aisle became “the longest walk of my life” with her father (09:27)
    • "As you're arm in arm with your father... it takes your head out of the whole wedding, you know, and that's not fair." — Jen (07:35)
    • Despite everything, her parents “worked it out,” and her mom was “a real trooper.”
    • Hosts stunned: “Gold medal for maid of dishonor.” (09:50)
    • Callers and hosts agree: every other story pales in comparison, with phone lines dropping after Erica’s reveal:
      • Radio Host Dan: "All the phone lines were lit up with stories... and then you came on and everybody hung up because they must have been going like, 'I can't beat that.'" (08:03)
      • "That's an Academy Award right there." (09:35)

4. The Demanding Bride vs. Maid of Honor Dynamics

• Charity calls to suggest sometimes brides are to blame, being overly demanding, leading maids of honor to act out:
  • "I think half the time the maid of honors act the way they do because the brides are horrible." (10:11)
• Hosts debate whether the pressure is part of the job, or if it’s reason to walk away:
  • Melissa Carter: "You have to... As a maid of honor, you have to suck it up and take it." (10:31)
  • Talking about the importance of understanding what the role entails and the right to decline if it’s too much:
    • "...if you're gonna complain about it and it's gonna ruin your friendship, I think you should turn it down." (11:10) — Jen

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "That's dishonorable." – Melissa Carter (02:40)
• "I had to do her hair before my wedding." – Erica (03:00)
• "She showed up in the middle of the ceremony with a bra hanging in her hand..." – Charity (04:10)
• "My mom came and found me and... she found this maid of honor and my dad hooking up." – Erica (06:12)
• (on walking down the aisle after the betrayal):
  "Yeah, it was kind of the longest walk of my life. I think probably for him too." – Erica (09:27)
• "You want to look back at the memories of your wedding as though it was the most precious day of your life. You've got this..." – Radio Host Dan (09:35)
• "She wins the gold medal for maid of dishonor." – Melissa Carter (09:50)
• "If you're gonna complain about it and it's gonna ruin your friendship, I think you should turn it down." – Jen (11:10)

Timestamps of Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment Description | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:03 | Defining the maid of honor’s role ("safety net" story) | | 02:00 | Heroin use by maid of honor (Caller 1) | | 03:00 | Irresponsible/no-show best friend (Caller 2 - Erica) | | 04:10 | Maid of honor disrupts ceremony for a bra (Charity) | | 06:12 | Ultimate betrayal: maid of honor caught with bride’s dad | | 08:03 | Segment peaks: No more calls, Erica’s story “wins” | | 09:27 | Emotional fallout: walking down the aisle after betrayal | | 10:11 | Discussion: Are demanding brides to blame? | | 11:10 | Advice: Decline the role if you can’t handle it |

Tone & Style Notes

The episode maintains The Bert Show’s signature blend of candid, real talk and comedy, allowing listeners to share dark or outrageous wedding stories in a nonjudgmental, sometimes uproarious environment. The hosts’ empathy, playful ribbing, and occasional astonishment keep things light even amid seriously awkward tales.

Perfect For Audiences Who:

• Love outrageous wedding stories
• Enjoy group discussions with listener call-ins
• Are seeking cathartic laughs and real-talk about friendship, weddings, or human drama

Note:
Skip to [06:12] onward for the episode’s most shocking story—the ultimate “maid of dishonor!”