Bride heartbroken when no one turns up to her wedding denies she's a 'horrible person'

A bride who went for posting a clip of her and her groom making their big entrance to an empty after her guests failed to show has defended herself online.

Kalina Marie responded to cruel commenters who speculated she "must be such a horrible person" that no one showed up.

Marie and her husband Shane had expected crowds of beaming faces when they planned their wedding but the video, posted on , shows the doors opening and their

"POV: You planned the most beautiful entrance. Just to open the doors to an empty venue," she wrote on the TikTok video, which has earned more than 9 million views after it went viral earlier this week.

“FIVE PEOPLE SHOWED UP!!!!!!! Like, are you kidding me!?!?” Marie continued. “As you see in the video, we enter the venue. And no one is there. The invite said 1pm. My mum messaged me at 1:15pm that no one was there. My husband and I finally showed up at 2 o’clock, to five people, in a venue planned for 40.”

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Following the video making headlines around the , Marie posted an update, giving more info on the situation. She said the couple, who have been together for nine years and announced their wedding date in January. She explained invites had gone out and around 40 people had RSVPd and they did not understand why nobody showed up to the event.

"I checked in with everyone the week of, and at least 20 people had gotten back to me saying that they had an outfit and that they were coming," Marie explained.

She went on: "And the biggest question is why? And I don't know if I could answer that. I would tell you, but no, I haven't really received a lot of messages explaining why people weren't there or giving me excuses. And I'm kind of thankful for that," she said.

Now the newlywed has been forced to defend herself against cruel online trolls who have said that the fact nobody came to her wedding means that she “must be such a horrible person".

On Wednesday she shared a video of her in the gym with the caption: “Imagine hating on someone you don't even know because you're jealous of the attention they got for one of the most embarrassing moments of their life, yes I'm a real person," reports.

"Yes I have real feelings. And yes I'm still trying to work through everything. And I appreciate all the POSITIVE and ENCOURAGING words that have been shared," she added. "I will take them and keep them with me always, much love to you all."

Aside from the negative comments there has been an outpouring of support for the couple, with TikTok users calling for her to re-do the wedding with hundreds promising to attend this time.