An Australian music lover was humiliated when his public proposal at a Brisbane music concert on the weekend was brutally rejected.
In footage shared to social media, a male fan brought his girlfriend up on stage at a concert for indie-rock band Bootleg Rascal so he could ask her to marry him.
‘My partner and I came to watch Bootleg Rascal about two, three years ago. Jamie, where are you? Can you come up on stage quickly?’ he begins in the clip.
She then joined him on stage as he got down on one knee.
However, things didn’t go according to plan when he popped the question, with his girlfriend seen shaking her head no, while trying to pull him up.
She then ran off stage as he sadly asked ‘No?’, before slumping over in disappointment.
An Australian music lover was humiliated over the weekend after his public proposal at a Brisbane music concert was brutally rejected
Bootleg Rascal vocalist Carlos Lara exclusively told Daily Mail the man had contacted them beforehand to arrange it, and were as shocked as the crowd by the outcome.
‘I don’t think I have ever felt more awkward on stage in my life. I had no idea what to do or say, I was just like, “The show must go on,”‘ Carlos said.
‘Our manager told us a fan wanted to do a proposal on stage and we were like, “Cool!” I almost spat my beer out [upon seeing the rejection], I was like, “Oh my gosh.”‘
He also denied suggestions the proposal was a ‘stunt’ to promote his band’s latest single.
‘In a world of fake news and AI, it does seem that way. But it was as real as can be; we had no idea what was going to happen with it,’ he said.
Carlos said the band felt terrible about what had happened and had reached out to the rejected man to offer him support.
‘We spoke to the guy and he was doing all right. He was definitely seeking some beers after the show.
‘We threw him a free T-shirt and said, “Hope you’re doing okay”, so he at least got something out of it, some free merch which is better than nothing,’ he said.
However, things didn’t go according to plan when he popped the question, with his girlfriend seen shaking her head no, while trying to pull him up
The band shared footage of the proposal to their social media
Carlos finished by saying the band still had a romantic streak and had no problems with other fans proposing at their future concerts – but hoped it would go better than this one.
‘I am not against it. If anyone else wants to do a Bootleg proposal, we would love for that to happen,’ he said.
‘We are all about love. If anyone else wants to do a proposal or anything else at our gigs, just hit us up!’
The band also shared footage of the awkward proposal to their social media.
‘First show off to a great start. Not sure we’ll be helping out with another public proposal for a while,’ they wrote in the caption.
Fans quickly took to the comments section to share their thoughts.
‘I don’t think I have ever felt that awkward on stage in my life!!!’ one person wrote.
‘Poor fella – anyone know if he’s okay?’ a second asked.
‘Damn. Bro didn’t even plan a speech other than, “We saw this same band two years ago so it’s probably the thing to do.” Romantic stuff,’ another sniped.
Meanwhile, others suggested it was a staged stunt to promote the band’s latest breakup single, called Reasons.
‘Amazing way to advertise the tour,’ one follower quipped.
