One of my all-time favorite celebrity stories involves Keanu Reeves meeting a couple at a hotel bar in the UK. They were at the hotel for their wedding and invited him to the reception, which he ended up attending. Tom Hanks has also been known to do the same. He’s crashed at least two fan weddings. Queen Elizabeth surprised a couple by accepting an invitation to their wedding in Manchester. There’s just something about celebrities randomly deciding to mingle with us normies that is very endearing.
Camila Cabello has officially joined the Celebrity Wedding Crashers Club. While at a hotel bar in Iowa this past weekend, Camilla met a bride, Kelli, the night before the wedding. It was a chance encounter, but the bride told her that she was going to do her father-daughter dance to Camila’s song, “First Man.” Camila was so touched that she not only accepted an invitation to the wedding, but she also performed the song while Kelli and her dad did their dance.
Camila Cabello turned a chance fan encounter into an unforgettable wedding moment for a bride and her dad. The “Havana” singer, 28, met and chatted with Kelli Murray and her family at a hotel bar in Iowa on Friday night. Sept. 19, according to a pair of TikTok videos posted by Murray’s cousin. The bride told Cabello that she was planning to use her song “First Man” for her father-daughter dance, prompting the pop star to offer to come perform it live at the wedding on Saturday, Sept. 20.
One of the videos shows Cabello wearing a long black slip dress and holding a microphone at the wedding as she shared the story of how she came to be at Murray’s nuptials. She then noted, ” ‘First Man’ is a very special song to me. It’s a song that I wrote about my dad and about, you know, the moment that I get married.”
Cabello quickly added, “I have not been married yet,” joking, “I wonder if this will be my father-daughter dance [song].”
Continuing her story, Cabello said of her appearance at the wedding: “We kind of planned this, and it was kind of a little last-minute thing that we put together.”
She told Murray she was “really honored” to be a part of such a special moment.
“I’m such a daddy’s girl and I feel like your dad, if you’re lucky, is your first love, your first hero — the man that kind of sets the stage for the next man in your life,” she explained.
Cabello then said that she could tell from speaking with Murray and her dad, Mike, that he “loves the hell out of you.”
She ended her little speech by cheering, “To daddy’s girls!” before beginning her performance.
In the second video, Cabello can be seen singing as Murray and her dad swayed together on the dance floor. At one point, the Grammy nominee even worked the bride’s name into the lyrics of the song. Mike appeared visibly emotional, wiping away tears, as he danced with his daughter on her wedding day.
In the caption of the video, Murray’s cousin praised Cabello’s generous gesture, writing, “She was such a kind human and helped make pure magic last night.”
Cabello herself commented on the post, writing, “I’m honored I was a part of your family’s special day, u guys are precious 💕💕💕💕🥺😭.”
This really was super sweet of Camila to do for this family. I genuinely enjoy when famous people do random sh-t like this. It’s endearing, but it also gives us a glimpse of who they are as real people. Obviously, not every famous person has the luxury of randomly popping by fan weddings, but it’s a testament to their stage presence when they can pull off something like this. Every time I hear about one of these encounters, I wonder what I have to do or where I have to be in order to magically run into someone like Sir Paul McCartney or the patron saint of my hometown, Long Island, Billy Joel. Kudos to Camila for accepting their request and really rolling with it. She did a fantastic job, and gave this couple a gift that they will remember forever.
Photos credit: Franck Castel/Avalon, JW/Bang Showbiz/Avalon
I don’t know any of these people (including the celebrity) and here I am ugly crying at 7 am. Awww.
I needed this story today. I’m always a crying mess at weddings and when something like this happens, I feel that maybe the world is not ready to explode just yet.
Logically I know there are plenty of people out there doing nice things for other people just because they can but it’s great to be reminded about it from time to time.
What a lovely gesture.
Ahhh, this is the so sweet
Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance to sing the first dance song (probably not the song you are expecting) at a fan’s wedding back in I think 2016. Very worth a watch if you haven’t seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfpC6W7x2jE
That’s a Iowa Sky! … Thanks much for posting this sweet story. We sure need a little random love these days!