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Joseph Maine posted a clip from his wedding to husband Jack McWilliams on TikTok and it quickly went viral with more than 25 million views.
"In Victoria Beckham's defense, this was my mom at our wedding," Joseph, 36, wrote in onscreen text over a clip of his mother, Julie Maine, 55, being carried and bounced up and down by the one of the groom's friends, Travis Kipp, 40, as a remix of Icona Pop and Charli xcx's "I Love It" played.
He added in the caption, "She asked our friend to pick her up Let moms live. They need to shake it sometimes too."
Underneath a shimmering disco ball, Julie threw both her hands into the air as fellow guests on the dance floor cheered her on. After a few seconds, Kipp set Julie down and they continued to party.
The video has amassed more than 25.8 million views, 1.6 million likes, 136,000 shares, 56,000 saves and 18,000 comments since being posted on Jan. 23.
Exclusively speaking to PEOPLE, Joseph explains that the explosive dancing took place on the third day of his four-day wedding celebration in June at Valle De Guadalupe in Mexico. After seeing people go wild online about the Beckham family wedding drama, Joseph thought social media users would get a kick out of his mother's high-energy dance too.
"There has been so much discourse online and pearl clutching about a single sentence written about Victoria Beckham at her son’s wedding with zero context or evidence," Joseph says. "I knew if people could be that rocked by something they’ve never seen, this would really have them shaking in their boots."
What Joseph never expected was just how many people would watch his video — and how cruel they could be.
"I’ve never been so uncomfortable," one of the top comments with 610,000 likes reads.
Another TikTok user wrote, "Why the hell were you all okay with this???."
"I just never imagined people would not be able to see the humor, not understand the text on screen was a joke or that people would not read the caption and think I was the one holding her," Joseph tells PEOPLE. "There's so many expectations for how a mom is 'supposed to act.' Had this not been my mom and a friend who was 15 years younger, the reaction would have been dismal in comparison."
Although Joseph and Julie have been nonstop laughing at how viral the slow-motion clip has gone, Julie also can't help but notice the negativity.
"My mom mentioned how disappointing it is to see that the most judgmental people in the comments are other women and mothers," Joseph says. "She hopes that they can let go of their internal shame and not be so quick to jump to conclusions as many of the comments were more vulgar than anything happening in the video. She loved seeing the women that enjoyed it and saw themselves in her. She recognizes that there’s also a group online that understands the importance for mothers to be able to celebrate in their own way after successfully raising children."
Julie Maine dancing with Travis Kipp
Jack & Joseph/TikTok
Despite the online haters, Joseph says in his 60 guests in real life "absolutely loved" the "spur of the moment" dance routine.
"People know my mom loves to have a good time," Joseph shares. "My friends are really grounded non-judgmental people which creates a free environment for expression and laughs without guilt or shame. The entire moment of my mom in the air was less than 15 seconds, my husband and l loved it too."
Joseph was especially happy to see his mother having so much fun because her boyfriend of eight years died one year before the wedding.
"She had a rough year leading up to the wedding, losing her partner and my grandmother both, so I was just happy to see her smiling and having fun," he says. "We were laughing about it for weeks. All those crazy moments over a four-day wedding are the stories we will retell for years to come. Life’s too short to be boring."
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Julie "had the time of her life."
"I was happy she was able to have a couple main character moments at our wedding," Joseph says. "I know she felt free and comfortable around all of the guests. What people didn’t see was that she was saying 'put me down!' at the end. Afterward, she came running up to me to ask if she had embarrassed me and apologized if she had gotten carried away but there was no need for an apology."
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Groom's Mom's Wild Wedding Dance Goes Viral with Over 25 Million Views amid Beckham Family Drama (Exclusive)
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NEED TO KNOW
- Brooklyn Beckham recently claimed that his mother, Victoria Beckham, "danced very inappropriately" at his wedding
- Amid this drama, TikToker Joseph Maine posted a video of his mother, Julie Maine, dancing at his June nuptials with one of the couple's longtime friends
- The clip has gone viral with more than 25 million views
Joseph Maine posted a clip from his wedding to husband Jack McWilliams on TikTok and it quickly went viral with more than 25 million views.
"In Victoria Beckham's defense, this was my mom at our wedding," Joseph, 36, wrote in onscreen text over a clip of his mother, Julie Maine, 55, being carried and bounced up and down by the one of the groom's friends, Travis Kipp, 40, as a remix of Icona Pop and Charli xcx's "I Love It" played.
He added in the caption, "She asked our friend to pick her up Let moms live. They need to shake it sometimes too."
Underneath a shimmering disco ball, Julie threw both her hands into the air as fellow guests on the dance floor cheered her on. After a few seconds, Kipp set Julie down and they continued to party.
The video has amassed more than 25.8 million views, 1.6 million likes, 136,000 shares, 56,000 saves and 18,000 comments since being posted on Jan. 23.
Exclusively speaking to PEOPLE, Joseph explains that the explosive dancing took place on the third day of his four-day wedding celebration in June at Valle De Guadalupe in Mexico. After seeing people go wild online about the Beckham family wedding drama, Joseph thought social media users would get a kick out of his mother's high-energy dance too.
"There has been so much discourse online and pearl clutching about a single sentence written about Victoria Beckham at her son’s wedding with zero context or evidence," Joseph says. "I knew if people could be that rocked by something they’ve never seen, this would really have them shaking in their boots."
What Joseph never expected was just how many people would watch his video — and how cruel they could be.
"I’ve never been so uncomfortable," one of the top comments with 610,000 likes reads.
Another TikTok user wrote, "Why the hell were you all okay with this???."
"I just never imagined people would not be able to see the humor, not understand the text on screen was a joke or that people would not read the caption and think I was the one holding her," Joseph tells PEOPLE. "There's so many expectations for how a mom is 'supposed to act.' Had this not been my mom and a friend who was 15 years younger, the reaction would have been dismal in comparison."
Although Joseph and Julie have been nonstop laughing at how viral the slow-motion clip has gone, Julie also can't help but notice the negativity.
"My mom mentioned how disappointing it is to see that the most judgmental people in the comments are other women and mothers," Joseph says. "She hopes that they can let go of their internal shame and not be so quick to jump to conclusions as many of the comments were more vulgar than anything happening in the video. She loved seeing the women that enjoyed it and saw themselves in her. She recognizes that there’s also a group online that understands the importance for mothers to be able to celebrate in their own way after successfully raising children."
Julie Maine dancing with Travis Kipp
Jack & Joseph/TikTok
Despite the online haters, Joseph says in his 60 guests in real life "absolutely loved" the "spur of the moment" dance routine.
"People know my mom loves to have a good time," Joseph shares. "My friends are really grounded non-judgmental people which creates a free environment for expression and laughs without guilt or shame. The entire moment of my mom in the air was less than 15 seconds, my husband and l loved it too."
Joseph was especially happy to see his mother having so much fun because her boyfriend of eight years died one year before the wedding.
"She had a rough year leading up to the wedding, losing her partner and my grandmother both, so I was just happy to see her smiling and having fun," he says. "We were laughing about it for weeks. All those crazy moments over a four-day wedding are the stories we will retell for years to come. Life’s too short to be boring."
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Julie "had the time of her life."
"I was happy she was able to have a couple main character moments at our wedding," Joseph says. "I know she felt free and comfortable around all of the guests. What people didn’t see was that she was saying 'put me down!' at the end. Afterward, she came running up to me to ask if she had embarrassed me and apologized if she had gotten carried away but there was no need for an apology."
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