Tasteful Friends: The Classiest Gay Wedding of the Century

“No gay wedding would be complete without a Real Housewife," Eric says. Luckily, the author Carole Radziwill (in a Chiara Boni dress) is a close family friend and shared stories of the couple, ending with words of wisdom borrowed from her late husband’s family: “May Heaven’s choicest blessings be showered upon you always.”

The night was later capped off with silver trays stacked with McDonald's cheeseburgers and fries, fulfilling Eric’s childhood dream of serving fast food at his wedding.

[quote]May Heaven’s choicest blessings be showered upon you always.

Thanks, but we don't bless fags.

Warning, Will Robinson! The first thread on this topic was deleted.

Roger, Wilco

R4 that had their names in title. Obviously Muriel and their “counsel” that likely contacted her, don’t realize these are famous international superstars with blue checkmarks and tens of thousands of followers. Everyone around the world is awestruck at these beautiful photos.

Bump

All weddings are so retarded and cringey!

I can't believe the rush to ape this heteronormative silliness is still so popular. It's such a waste of money and so dopey! I hope I never get asked to attend another wedding as long as I live, even my own, heaven forbid!

Goldie was cute in his Invisiligne infomercials.

Every gay wedding in society pages in recent years is between two exhausting, pushy, Best Little Boys In the World.

[quote] The night was later capped off with silver trays stacked with McDonald's cheeseburgers and fries, fulfilling Eric’s childhood dream of serving fast food at his wedding.

God, they really did serve McD's cheeseburgers & fries. Some childhood dreams should be left unfulfilled.

Carole Radziwill, the Princess, was there?!?!?

They were served at the end of the night to spare the guests a drunken post-nuptial run to White Castle. Very apropos I say.

What would Greg recommend for a late night drinking nosh?

They were served at the end of the night to spare the guests a drunken post-nuptial run to White Castle. Very apropos I say.

What would Greg recommend for a late night drinking nosh?

Classist attack of the clones, but of course I wish them well.

[quote] Jeremy proposed at Merriman's in Maui on a cliff overlooking the Pacific—he had secretly arranged for Eric’s family to be at the restaurant to film the entire scene.

Sure, Jan. That picture looks like a family snapshot from the restaurant on a cliff.

Can the Supreme Court revoke gay marriage already?

It doesn't seem anymore precious than any other high end wedding announcement but any pretense of actual class went out the window at Carole Radziwill, a tacky, grasping wanna be if there ever was one.

They look utterly wearisome. I give it a year.

Lol if someone proposed to me on a cliff overlooking the ocean I'd feel a bit of pressure to agree..

You mean ten days, R19.

The only way those fries were decent is if they were served fresh out of the fryer. Who the hell wants old McDonald’s fries? If they sit for 10 minutes, I’m ready to throw them away.

Didn't even change suits between the ceremony and the reception

And the McDonalds thing is so clearly them seeing the In n Out burgers served at the Oscar party

Well, good for them.

It's too hetero-normative and assimilated for my taste, but whatevs. It's a free country.

Trying to think of something nice to say as I burn with envy… I DO like the invitations.

" A Rolex Day-Date substituted for a diamond ring,"

Eye-rolling, but I suppose more practical.

Is an engagement ring meant to be worn every day like a wedding ring?

It would have been a hell of a lot cheaper if they just eloped.

A pair of dirt pimps.

Isn’t it technically a breach of etiquette to wear tuxedos before 5pm? Hoot! Hoot!

I didn’t realize those big bow ties from the 70s were in again.

Repulsive.

But tasteless, vulgar weddings are what one expects from anyone working on the petty theft/used car sales/realty spectrum.

Why do people wear formal shoes with no socks? It’s utterly disgusting. The rest I can stomach but not that.

It’s not tasteless. It’s ostentatious.

McDonald's is tasteless.

Not as a midnight snack.

I'm trying to figure out if (1) they have already decided on an open marriage (2) they had anal their wedding night after eating all that greasy fast food (3) they know that the princess puts them on the same level as her chihuahuas (4) if they don't have an open relationship which will cheat first and after how many months/years and (4) anyone hete knows the gay divorce rate?

I don’t get the shoes-without-socks look, either. It looks feminine to me as I grew up seeing women in narrow slacks and flats with no socks or skin-colored nylons. It’s supposed to be fashionable but I don’t know who thought it up or why.

I was being kind r21

R37, they scheduled the sex. They wait for perfect time, place, and Apple Watch fitness stats.

It will be more meaningful, more Insta-able, more life affirming than any sex we experience.

Life’s not fair. No, I’m not wishing a meth habit on anyone. That’s nasty. Maybe Xanex?

They’ve been together 6 years, you know.

Shoes without socks is pretentious. It’s trying to look “cool”. It’s keenly so with elder gays.

Oh look. How convenient that the family invited to Maui included a professional photographer

Ugh. When the poors start lopping off the heads of the rich, these two poseurs will be among them (well, the whole wedding, really).

I pity that poor wedding planner who no doubt had to deal with two screeching groomzillas for months on end.

No socks just looks so tacky.

A six-year "courtship"? Bet the marriage doesn't last half that long, but not before they order the requisite baby from the upper class's preferred stable of brooders.

If it were me, the outfits and the presence of a professional photographer would take the surprise out of a proposal. I think it’s just swell that it was still shocked and they managed to capture the moment in all its genuine emotion.

Since this happened a year ago, I figured that the update was these two insufferable, pretentious queens were divorcing or died in a murder suicide.

Brooders

I am trying to be happy for them and not jealous. I’m such a better bitter queen than some on this thread.

[quote] Not as a midnight snack.

"Not as a midnight snack for fat whores."

Fixed it for you.

No fat whores were invited. They’d spoil the pictures.

R13, I would offer miniature chocolate frappes with a small selection of adult add-ins like Tia Maria and a few chocolate liqueurs.

They do look tiresome. Squinty eyed shriekers, not a shred of aesthetic authenticity between the two of them.

But they have a family farm! That’s authentic. Isn’t it?

They’re *almost* good looking.

When you spend so much time, effort, energy and money on planning the wedding, afterwards the marriage itself can appear to be anti-climatic.

What an EXHAUSTING production for all involved!

The Hollywood gay couple BFFs with Kardashians, in Vogue, are better looking and maybe more fun.

R51, Greg, what about hot soft pretzels and a cart with chocolate or coconut gelato? That was what they gave everyone at departure at the best wedding I’ve been to.

[Quote]I am trying to be happy for them and not jealous. I’m such a better bitter queen than some on this thread.

I don't think it's jealousy as it is exasperation at a couple of pretentious twats who act like theirs is a love story for the ages while making sure to detail exactly how consumerist their wedding was.

These are tragic downmarket fags. Gross!

Feels more Jewy than WASPY. I know they are going for that landed gentry thing. But that Chuppah. Yikes.

They’re hardly downmarket.

“Jeremy proposed at Merriman's in Maui on a cliff overlooking the Pacific—he had secretly arranged for Eric’s family to be at the restaurant to film the entire scene.”

Fuckin YIKES.

R22 has stated her McDonald’s fries boundaries!

I’m happy for them even though I would not have been thrilled to be served fast food were I there. I hope they’re happy together.

I was thinking about the fries. They must know someone who owns franchises or a distributor to get the large restaurant bags frozen. They are *connected* after all.

Wrong thread ^^

(Although, it may fit here. Which one's the bottom? The one who got proposed to?)

[quote] When you spend so much time, effort, energy and money on planning the wedding, afterwards the marriage itself can appear to be anti-climatic.

It's anti-climactic.

There are so many better options for a midnight snack like food trucks with light bites. McDonald’s doesn’t belong at a wedding outside of FL.

It was a CHILDHOOD DREAM, you monster!

McDonalds was an irreverent gesture to "high and low". You're supposed to be amused. Did you get and still are not amused? Well, you're NOK! No fun! You don't get "high an low"? That means you're an insecure arriviste.

I assume that the bridesmaids were Bunny Bixler and Muriel Puce

As a gayling I dreamed of doing Salome's Dance of the Seven Veils at my wedding. Never mind the symbolism, it was all about the chiffon scarves. Doesn't mean I would subject my childhood dream on my wedding guests today.

[quote]coconut gelato

What an awful thing to do to gelato.

R71 I’ve never heard of “high and low” being a wedding requirement. Please tell us more.

R73, if I ever get married you are more than welcome to perform that dance at my nuptials.

You'd be a huge hit with my family and friends!

It's not a wedding requirement. But that was the gesture here. We're so confident in our class and taste we will purposefully flaunt trash taste and isn't this delightful and amusing. ARENT YOU DELIGHTED?!!!

[quote]But that Chuppah. Yikes.

What? You don't care for that unique, asymmetrical floral arrangement festooning said Chuppah? Well, no fast-food cheeseburger for YOU, R61!

Jeremy's Link-In:

A native of Baltimore, Jeremy is a graduate of Gilman School and Johns Hopkins University. He then earned his law degree at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Upon admission to the Maryland Bar, Jeremy joined his family’s law firm, Batoff Associates, P.A. Pursuing his passion for real estate, Jeremy continued his education at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, earning a Master’s Degree in Real Estate and Infrastructure. Jeremy earned his Associate Broker designation in 2018 and joined the Hubble Bisbee Group.

In addition to real estate, Jeremy dedicates much of his time to non-profit organizations. In concert with his brother, Justin Batoff, Jeremy founded the Old Line Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes social engagement and fundraising efforts among young professionals in support of Baltimore area charitable organizations and the arts. Furthermore, Jeremy has held leadership roles in supporting other non-profits such as The Walters Art Museum, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Art Place, The Valleys Planning Council, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The New York Botanical Gardens. Additionally, Jeremy is a member of the Alumni Association Board of Governors at Gilman School, as well as a Trustee of Ladew Topiary Gardens.

A steeplechase enthusiast, Jeremy campaigns race horses in the Maryland timber racing circuit, including four-time Maryland Hunt Cup runner Prospector’s Strike, ridden by his amateur jockey brother, Justin. The brothers reside on their Greenspring Valley horse farm with their SPCA rescue, Pippa. When not in Maryland, Jeremy regularly spends time in the Soho neighborhood of downtown Manhattan, further extending his broad and unique knowledge of the real estate market.

Sheesh! So fancy. And not a single Ivy League degree.

[quote] In concert with his brother, Justin Batoff, Jeremy founded the Old Line Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes social engagement and fundraising efforts among young professionals in support of Baltimore area charitable organizations and the arts.

Oh, my! The Salem chapter of the Daughters of Fine Lineage will need to sponsor a joint function with the Old Line Society, STAT! Phoebe and I just loooove younger men!

He has a rescue horse, so shaddap, already.

The University of Baltimore Law School is a Tier III law school last I checked. These guys are something out of a John Waters movies and not characters for which you root.

[quote]Upon admission to the Maryland Bar, Jeremy joined his family’s law firm, Batoff Associates, P.A. Pursuing his passion for real estate, Jeremy continued his education at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School, earning a Master’s Degree in Real Estate and Infrastructure. Jeremy earned his Associate Broker designation in 2018 and joined the Hubble Bisbee Group.

Just how much of a fuckwit do you need to be to fuck up a nepo job at your family's firm so badly that you have to become an assistant realtor?

[quote]The brothers reside on their Greenspring Valley horse farm with their SPCA rescue, Pippa

Where's that 'brothers who fuck' thread when you need it?

Eric seems of more modest background, with a career in second tier media, including working for Carole Radziwill as her assistant. Also a realtor. And his early career he no doubt fucked his way to all those "assistant for" type jobs....

The lovely couple enjoying pretending that DoorDash was home cooked....

R86. Did you see that cheap ass kitchen with reduced-sized appliances….and the tacky hallway carpet? They pulled the wool over some folks’ eyes with that NYT wedding crap 🤢

That video was just painful

What a resume for Goldie: assistant to a Real HW, six months as an SNL gopher, a People.com flunky and a jr. real estate agent. Mom & Dad really got their $’s worth from the U of Miami?!

And that Door Dash shill made more money for him (one thousand dollahs!) than he could make in a year on Only Fans.

The article is a year old.

Are they still together?

From Jeremy's blog: " we tend to hold on to our homes lately more than to our life partners." Just the kinda fella to marry....

Ciao! Enid here from R81's post!

I'm getting a bit senile as I enter my 90s...forgive me, but I have no affiliation whatever with the Salem chapter--if any!--of the Daughters of Fine Lineage. Of course, women and gays of breeding know my home chapter is the Pine Valley one!

So far as I can tell, brother Justin Batoff (age 38) is single. He fancies himself a jockey on a second tier horse circuit. Big squash and polo player. Who can snag him?

Check of the federal campaign contributions database indicates none of this Batoff family has ever given anything to congressional candidates. Not a dime.

Do either of them look good in a jockstrap? Asking for a friend.

I guess they’re “egg shopping” in Radcliffe College.

R50, this chick already spoiled the pictures. Check out this drunk woman devouring her Mickey D fries. Or was she eating the container? Did they not serve enough food?

Carole Radziwell must be thrilled any time she’s called a real princess.

So… which one is the “woman”?

They look like a couple of waiters.

Realtors have no barrier of entry and are usually dumb as a bag of rocks and their initial financial success is tied into how many wealthy people they know who they can badger / guilt trip into allowing them to handle their listings.

Mid-Atlantic people are the worst. All the blind ambition of New Yorkers (but without owning it like New Yorkers do) combined with the phony sincerity of southerners.

I can’t even look at this photo without fantasizing about sending them a bag of shit in a Tiffany box.

R101 by that measure they will be fantastically successful…their entire lives are based on ass-kissing wealthier friends and family. Who starts a 501c3 in order to drum up new business, under the guise of their love for Baltimore(!)…THEY DID!

PS. Goldie the influencer needs to get someone to edit his blog stat…he also needs a copy of string & White for his musings.

Strunk**

I’ll show myself out..

I really believed that we gays would not go down the tacky road with weddings, like the straights do. But I've been proven wrong time and time again. I could overlook the eye-rolling pretentiousness if they just knew how to throw a wedding that didn't look like a Barbie Dream Wedding.

Ms. Goldfinger has 150k+ followers but if you look at her posts she hides the likes number, but she only has maybe 120 likes per post max. She bought bot followers. LMAO

Goldfinger is trying to be an influencista with her 100-like posts by shilling Bic razors. Hashtag Target partner

Back off bitch!

Goldie must have a PR friend who is hooking her up with all these promos and fooling these “partners” who are paying her, because her real numbers don’t justify it. Allegedly

Every other 100 like post is a #ad

How?!?

Has anyone been able to find a single POC in a picture with either of them?

I will not being serving McDonalds as a midnight snack. Not in a 'I really like this' way, not in an ironic way, not in any way. It was interesting to me and a rare "treat" at age 8 but I cured myself of it a long time ago.

This person is pulling private jet sponsorships with POSTS WITH ONE HUNDRED LIKES.

WTF?!?

Who is this dewey young co-ed?

And what is she doing at a wedding with all of these old people?

^ and why is she wearing a sofa slipcover?

R113 She looks like a male, 60-something Jewish dermatologist who decided she was female a few years ago. Probably not the look she was going for.

I guess.

Is Goldfinger royalty too?

You had a fun comment ready R115, but then you had to add in Jewish. No, not good. -5 points

R118 oh god, the woke police are here.

Go be an anti-Semite somewhere else asshole R119

Who the heck is this Princess! I never heard of her!

R118 She does look Jewish...just like some people look black and some people look gay and you probably look like an idiot.

Lizzo? Cancel this couple NOW.

Such a pussy—go back to your children’s version of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Let the adults in the room continue to bash the annoying grooms.

They were just in THE Water Mill flanking Candy Bushnell...what a time to be alive with such elite company!

OMG so famous!!! They’re superstars!!!

Why do they dress like they're 70-year old retirees from Boca?

Social climbers on the rise!

I have my eye on these two!

Palm Beach, not Boca. Maryland’s daddy has real $. 🤮

They both look and seem pretentious and exhausting.

The modern Chuppah was adorned with the couple’s favorite flowers: white Tibet roses, white hydrangeas, and flowing orchids, all spun into a chic asymmetrically architectural design.

Caroline Radziwill writes like a 12 year old. It almost reads like a parody.

[quote] Jeremy proposed at Merriman's in Maui

They make the best Mai Tai.

Hisssssssss, R122. But very funny.

[quote] Caroline Radziwill

Oh, dear.

Time for some Xanax.

I read the thread before reading the article, and I though you all were harsh.

Then I read the article. Carry on.

‘ Mid-Atlantic people are the worst. All the blind ambition of New Yorkers (but without owning it like New Yorkers do) combined with the phony sincerity of southerners. ‘

I hereby grant you a joint degree in sociology and geography, with highest honors. Well done.

Old Line does not have a 990 online at Guidestar which means it either: Is delinquent and didn't file anything; or it's gross revenues are less than $50K a year and it can file the postcard form which doesn't get posted.

Hmmm.

I love their Chuppah.

I love their Chuppah and the setting.

[quote] Jeremy is a graduate of Gilman School

𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.

Well we never said we bat a thousand.

I get the McDonalds thing. I went to a wedding a hour out of the city that had a food trucks serving cheese toasties pull up at midnight. I thought it was too cutesy by half by damn if they didn’t hit the spot. And prevented us from having to go and get McDonalds on the drive home.

No need to drag out a reception til midnight. Just another sign of self-indulging, crass behavior.

[quote] No need to drag out a reception til midnight

Don't be such a square. Midnight is traditionally when the clothes come off and the vegetable oil gets spread on the tarp

R146 is the reason one side of my family has webbed toes.

How is that mummified slag Carole Radziwill a princess, when neither Poland nor Austria recognize any nobiliary titles? Also, Stanislaw Radziwill was the third son of the Radziwill Princes and, as such, he would have never inherited the main title, but would have been called a "prince" out of courtesy.

The wedding screams Pretentious Nouveau-Riche Wannabes in the worst possible way. Also, who on earth serves McDonald's at a wedding? The only people I've ever seen do that are chavs.

r144 Yeah, but cheese toasties can be prepared on site. Somehow I doubt there's a nearby McDonalds, so at best those are reheated burgers and fries, as opposed to just having the caterers make sliders or something. And why? Just so they could make some snobby jokes?

Which guys in the wedding party topped the grooms after the reception?

I think they were cold burgers and fries, r149.

What they should have done is have a FatBurger stand on site. They’re fabulous for parties where people wear white.