These memories have to be flying high for quite some time.
Credit Abby Hart Hermida
Something borrowed, something blue and... something straight out of Vice City?
When Alexis Amechi and Donny Zinkin exchanged vows at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood Beach on Sunday, November 8, they had no idea an unexpected guest was cruising through the skies behind them. As the newlyweds stood beneath their chuppah during their oceanfront ceremony, a blimp advertising the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI floated directly into the backdrop.
Yes, a GTA 6 blimp photobombed an actual South Florida wedding. And the couple didn't even notice, initially.
"It was such a beautiful and emotional ceremony,” Alexis told Browardist exclusively. “We were so in the moment that we didn't see or hear anything else going on around us. It wasn't until the next day, when multiple friends and family members started sending us videos, that we realized the GTA 6 Vice City blimp had flown right behind us during our ceremony.”
The footage, captured by wedding guest Glen Primak, has since circulated on TikTok and Instagram, giving the newlyweds a growingly viral wedding memory that could only happen in South Florida.
"We couldn't stop laughing when we saw it," Alexis continued. "It was such a hilarious and uniquely South Florida moment. Nothing says South Florida quite like a November beach wedding with Vice City advertised in the background.”
For the uninitiated, Rockstar Games' GTA 6 takes players back to Vice City, its fictionalized Miami, with a broader setting inspired by Florida. The game's massive anticipation has made practically anything GTA-related a conversation starter across South Florida.
And as for whether the aerial cameo was a good omen for the marriage.
"We joked that Donny finally got married after all these years, even before GTA 6 came out, so it must be a sign of good luck!" Alexis said. "We already had the most incredible wedding day, and now we have this hilarious story to tell for years to come."
