Yeah I think it was Andrew Castle. Is he an ex tennis player or something? And did Strictly a few years ago?
The mentioned MN, they showed in writing the title of the thread, they mentioned the Ritz and the Harrods gift list. And the fact that it was £500 being asked for.
They linked a FB reply where someone said they could afford to pay for everyone's food so they invited guests to pay for themselves to come for a meal after the wedding.
The general consensus by all on the show was that it was cheeky and not right. Host took delight in mentioning the wedding was at the Ritz and the gift list at Harrods, because that further proved that said people could afford to pay for flights themselves. Only one person mentioned anything in favour of it, some guy on the panel who said it made sense to ask the more "affluent" guests to help the less so.
They said it would be fair enough if they had asked for donations, but giving a specific amount is rude. But it seemed like the general opinion was that gift lists aren't a good idea anyway.
The also interviewed a woman in the audience who is getting married soon, and she said they were keeping it small and intimate as they don't think it's worth paying through the nose. "Weddings are over-commercialised now". Host said this was a very mature way to look at it.
Some other woman rang up and said her friend got married and asked her to be maid of honour. She also secretly had another maid of honour too. And then bride demanded phone woman pay for her own dress as the other maid of honour said "that's the thing to do". Everyone scoffed and said they wouldn't be friends with her anymore.
I honestly think if I was getting married at the Ritz in the summer and saw that, I'd know it was about me. Similarly if I had a friend getting married at the Ritz, I'd question whether it was them and depending on how close they were to me, tell them about it.
They didn't mention OP's location, but they did give the exact title of the thread so it would be easy to come and look into it.
I think it's possible this thread isn't all that genuine as we haven't heard from OP for a while. And you would have thought she'd have had the thread removed, or at least have something to say about her AIBU being famous.