Bride left mortified after friend shares old voicemail about her first views on the groom during wedding speech

A BRIDE was most certainly blushing after her friend played an incriminating voicemail she left after going on their first date during his wedding speech.

The bride played "hard to get" while dating her husband-to-be - only for her cheeky maid of honour to play the message in which she'd declared him "f***ing gorgeous".

Sabrina Flores, 23, admitted she tried to play it "cool" and coy when she met Brendon de Spain, 24, on dating app Bumble two years ago, but told her best friend John Martin her true feelings in a voice note after their first date.

However it was only when the 23-year-old was sat in front of 50 guests on her wedding day in December that "maid" of honour John, 26, stood up for his speech - before cheekily revealing there would be a "special guest".

The relationship coach began to sweat with panic as John announced revealed Sabrina herself would say a few words, before he hit play on an excited voice note she had sent him from her very first date with Brendon.

In a video shared on TikTok, mortified Sabrina can be seen burying her face in her hands as playful John lets the track run, with the excited former singleton declaring her date is "f***ing gorgeous" - as his elderly grandparents listen in.

In the excited voicemail, Sabrina said she had: "never connected with anyone like she did with this guy" and "it can't get any better".

Sabrina said: "My maid of honour, John, has been my best friend since college.

"We always used to jest that I was nervous for his speech, even back in 2017, because he's such a mischievous lad. He's British himself and embodies the philosophy of jest and just having a good laugh.

"I knew it wasn't going to be good, but I'd forgotten about it.

"When he said 'we're going to invite Sabrina up to say some special words... from the past', I was terrified.

"Of course, in true best friend fashion, he embarrassed the living daylight out of me, in front of my friends and family, [where I was] dropping the F-bombs all over the place and calling my husband incredibly sexy in front of his grandparents.

"I was hoping it wasn't too incriminating because I went into a lot of detail [back then]. I was sweating."

Sabrina admitted she tried to play hard-to-get for "months" when she first met Brandon, and even claimed she wasn't really looking for a relationship.

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But while she had mastered a cool exterior, her hilarious ramblings told a different story - which came as a surprise to her husband.

Sabrina said: "When I met my now husband, I was very much not looking for a relationship and very emotionally unavailable after ending a bad relationship.

"My husband lived two hours away from me at the time and we'd matched because he was driving through the area.

"My app radius was very small because in my mid-twenties I did not have a licence.

"When I saw that he was so far away, I thought 'how is that going to happen?' But I thought it'd be fun to have someone to talk to, I was feeling a little bit lonely and he was extremely good looking, so it couldn't hurt.

"We had been speaking for a couple of days with no intentions to meet up at all.

"He called me out of the blue one day, I didn't even have his number saved or anything and he just said 'I have a feeling you're really special.

"'I feel like dating apps normally fizzle out really quickly, but I found out I have a really long weekend. Can I drive up to meet you today?'

"It was about 10pm so I thought that was a bit dodgy, him getting there at midnight.

"I said I'd consult with my friends and get back to him. My friends said 'this is how people end up on cold case files - you don't know this person at all'.

"So I thought suggesting breakfast would be more appropriate and he said he'd pick me up the next morning."

The pair then spent a romantic weekend together, picnicking in the park and talking for hours and in time fell in love.

Sabrina's video has since been viewed more than 1.1million times, received more than 126,700 likes and 588 comments from followers on TikTok who she hopes are inspired.

Sabrina said: "To see folks finding hope, and hopefully getting ideas for their own best friend's weddings, was wonderful to see.

"On TikTok, there's not been one negative comment. As John said, it's one of those rare things on the internet that's just very innocent and sweet.

"A lot of people lose hope with romanticism and spontaneity. Often times, especially now with how complex the world is and how connected people are to psychologically and healing trauma, dating can be very rigid.

"People don't necessarily think these little stories can happen. It was nice to see this restoring hope.

"People have said this was their sign to get back on the dating apps. It was super beautiful.

"I couldn't have been happier with the reaction."