Orry, India’s Ultimate Wedding Guest, on Why He Secretly Hates Weddings

While India's most famous "liver" is often front row at the country's most extravagant nuptials and centre stage at all the wedding functions, hand-in-hand with some of the country's most elite names, Orry, the ultimate wedding guest, actually hates weddings. In under a year, he’s travelled across continents to attend 88 wedding functions, donned countless designer ensembles, posed for thousands of photos and videos, and collected enough gossip to fuel a Netflix docuseries—only to develop a deep disdain for weddings. Fresh off a dizzying circuit, the Internet’s most omnipresent wedding guest breaks down why he has such a begrudging dislike for weddings. He spills the tea on his hacks to survive and often even escape a wedding or a wedding function.

Orry Spills The Tea

Manifest: Which was the longest wedding that you had to endure?

Orry: "The longest wedding I had to endure was… Radhika and Anant Ambani’s wedding, and it ended too quickly if you ask me!"

M: What is your go-to dance move for weddings?

O: “My signature dance move is… the Trump step.”

M: Do you have a late-night snack that could be given the cult status to?

O: “One late-night snack that deserves cult status is… Maggi, minus the masala.

M: What does your wedding survival kit look like?

O: “My wedding survival kit includes…mints, and panty liners for my sweat pits.”

M: Have you ever had to lie to get out of a wedding function? What excuse did you make?

O: “The most elaborate lie I’ve ever told to get out of attending a bachelor party… was that I am getting period cramps. People feel extremely awkward telling me I can’t actually have those."

M: Which song, according to you, is the most overplayed at Indian weddings?

O: “The most overplayed wedding song is… Raanjhan from the film Do Patti"

M: What is the most expensive gift that you have ever bought for a wedding?

O: “The most expensive gift I’ve ever bought for a wedding was… um, my presence is the present.”

M: If you could invent a wedding-themed Olympic sport, which sport would it be?

O: “If I could invent a wedding-themed Olympic sport… it would be obstacle course, and the gold medal move would be to trip everyone else.”