A North Carolina woman is getting a lot of attention online for her post-divorce photoshoot.
Lauren Brooke is going viral on TikTok for a video that shows her setting her wedding dress on fire. It’s racked up 6 million views, but not everyone is cheering for her.
“I’ve been called a narcissist and attention-seeking, and people are saying I was the problem,” Brooke says. “The photo shoot wasn’t celebrating the divorce itself – it was celebrating the fact that I survived it.”
She and her now ex-husband fell in love when they went to the same Baptist church growing up and they tied the knot in 2012. He was in the military and Brooke says that was one reason their marriage deteriorated. Their divorce was finalized in January 2023 and she decided to burn the dress her professional photographer mom was behind the camera documenting it. “What else was I going to do with my wedding dress? It couldn’t be returned and I wouldn’t want to give it to my daughter – not after the way it ended,” she says. “So why not burn it?”
Source: NY Post