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Ca oli e
Powell
Whe
Ca oli e
Coady
Powell,
26,
picked
he
lifelo g
best
f ie d
A a
Coope ,
25,
as
the
maid
of
ho ou ,
she
eve
thought
it
would
u fold
i to
somethi g
the
wo ld
would
obsess
ove !
O
he
f ie d’s
big
day,
A a
was
supposed
to
delive
a
emotio al
toast,
telli g
the
ewlyweds
how
pe fect
they
a e
as
a
couple.
I stead,
she
played
a
old
voice
memo
that
left
the
b ide
speechless!
The
weddi g
toast
that
b oke
the
i te et
The
mome t
A a
p essed
play
o
he
pho e
du i g
he
maid
of
ho ou
speech,
she
k ew
she
was
about
to
dest oy
he
lifelo g
f ie d
i
the
best
possible
way!
The
45-seco d
audio
clip
was
a
co de sed
ve sio
of
somethi g
the
b ide
had
eco ded
yea s
ago.
She
had
fo gotte
it
eve
existed,
so
she
eve
saw
it
comi g.
The
whole
thi g
was
captu ed
a d
late
posted
o
TikTok,
whe e
it
has
aked
i
ove
20
millio
views.So,
what
was
i
the
voice
memo?
It
was
the
eco di g
Ca oli e
se t
to
A a
hou s
afte
she
met
the
ma
she
would
eve tually
ma y!
Ca oli e
was
talki g
to
he
best
f ie d
about
someo e
she
had
just
met
a d
thought
was
ice.
This
was
lo g
befo e
she
k ew
she
would
eve tually
ma y
him.‘Hea i g
it
agai
felt
i c edibly
sweet
a d
su eal.
I’m
so
g ateful
to
have
that
mome t
p ese ved,
a d
eve
mo e
g ateful
that
A a
t usted
he
i tuitio
to
i clude
it
i
he
speech,’
the
b ide
told
People.
Best
f ie ds
fo
life
Ca oli e
a d
A a
have
bee
i
each
othe ’s
lives
si ce
2004,
whe
the
latte ’s
family
moved
i to
a
Nashville
eighbou hood.
Soo ,
the
eighbou s’
kids
became
close
f ie ds.
Two
kids
o ly
a
yea
apa t
i
age
te d
to
do
that.
Ove
the
ext
two
decades,
thei
co ectio
became
the
ki d
of
f ie dship
that
su vives
college,
ca ee s,
a d
dista ce,
the
ki d
you
actually
wo k
to
keep
alive!Thei
voice
memos
a e
epic,
some
eve
the
le gth
of
‘podcast
episodes’,
whe e
they’d
ve t,
laugh,
a d
decomp ess
about
whateve
was
happe i g
i
thei
lives
at
that
mome t.
A d
o e
of
them
was
se t
by
Ca oli e
o
Septembe
17,
2023,
whe
she
atte ded
a
weddi g
whe e
she
met
he
futu e
husba d,
Colto
Powell.
She
had
hea d
about
him
ea lie
th ough
mutual
f ie ds
but
had
eve
actually
met
him,
mostly
because
he’d
bee
away
at
law
school
i
Califo ia.He
almost
did ’t
make
it
to
the
weddi g
that
day.
If
his
schedule
had
bee
diffe e t,
if
he’d
decided
diffe e tly
about
that
last-mi ute
t ip,
Ca oli e
would ’t
have
walked
up
to
him
at
the
ehea sal
di e .“I
was
a
b idesmaid,
a d
we
e ded
up
meeti g
at
the
ehea sal
di e .
It’s
c azy
to
thi k
that
if
he
had ’t
made
that
last-mi ute
decisio ,
we
may
eve
have
met,”
Ca oli e
said.
Afte
etu i g
f om
the
weddi g,
Ca oli e
told
A a
all
about
Powell.“I
was
slap-happy
a d
so
giddy,
so
atu ally
I
se t
a
seve -mi ute
voice
memo
to
A a.
I
defi itely
do
ot
emembe
it
bei g
seve
mi utes
lo g,
but
I’m
ot
shocked
by
that
at
all,”
Ca oli e
ecalled.But
she
eve
thought
A a
would
save
that
eco di g.“I
the
full
seve -mi ute
eco di g,
it
was
so
obvious
[Ca oli e]
was
completely
smitte
with
Colto .
I
al eady
k ew
who
he
was,
I
k ew
he
was
a
g eat
guy,
a d
I
k ew
they’d
met
i
such
a
o ga ic
way
th ough
mutual
f ie ds,
so
I
felt
like
the e
was
eal
pote tial
the e,”
A a
said.So,
whe
the
couple
we e
getti g
ma ied,
A a
k ew
what
should
be
i
he
weddi g
toast.
She
wa ted
to
make
a
mea i gful
gestu e
fo
the
couple,
a d
this
voice
memo
was
too
pe fect
to
disca d.
She
edited
out
some
pa ts
a d
kept
the
pe fect
o es
fo
the
toast.“I
was
eally
i te tio al
about
what
I
i cluded,
a d
I
k ow
Ca oli e
well
e ough
to
k ow
she’d
love
it.
I
k ow
he
family
well
e ough
to
k ow
they’d
love
it
too,
a d
I
k ew
Colto
would
love
hea i g
what
she
had
to
say
about
him
just
24
hou s
afte
they
met.
If
I’d
had
a y
doubt
that
it
was ’t
the
ight
thi g
to
do,
I
eve
would’ve
played
it,”
A a
said.The
b ide
had
‘absolutely
o
idea’,
but
o ce
she
hea d
it,
she
was
i
tea s,
a d
so
we e
the
atte dees.
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