A wedding TikToker shared the story of how Amber from 'Love is Blind' once helped save her own wedding in 2021, praising her character and generosity
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- A wedding TikToker shared a 2021 run-in with Amber Wilder from "Love is Blind" when she helped her prep for her wedding.
- According to the creator, Wilder was a mere stranger but had offered to help her build furniture and stuff welcome bags.
- The bride told Insider she felt "protective" over Wilder while watching the new season.
New York-based wedding creator Courtney Heywood (@matrimonyhomie) shared a chance encounter from 2021 with "Love is Blind" contestant Amber Wilder to illuminate her generous character. Heywood said Wilder was a stranger who helped pull her wedding together at the last hour.
The 35-year-old partnerships manager told Insider she wanted to highlight the moment because Wilder did not get picked on the show.
According to Heywood, she had planned her wedding in just three months due to COVID, which is why she still had a sizable to-do list the night before. Heywood and her partner, Robert Pierce III, were worried that the world would "shut down again" at any moment, she told Insider.
In 2021, Heywood arrived at the hotel at midnight before her wedding day to finish important details, like the seating chart, stuffing gift bags, and even constructing some furniture pieces.
As she was sitting on the floor, putting together a coat rack, two friendly flight attendants stopped to ask if she needed help. (Heywood said her suite had a view of the rooftop, and the pair could see into her room. They first struck up a conversation with her).
The two recruited more flight attendants to help — including Wilder and altogether they built the coat rack, assembled table numbers, and packed her welcome bags until 3 am.
"I let complete strangers in my room," Heywood commented under her viral video. "Moving solely off vibes."
"They were phenomenal," Heywood told viewers about Wilder and the crew of flight attendants. "Amber herself — a literal vibe, a mother effing queen, a true baddie. Me and her could grab a drink."
Wilder and her friends even brought Heywood champagne and left after exchanging Instagram handles. Heywood invited them to the wedding, but they had to fly out that morning.
Heywood said their contributions gave her valuable time back. "It would have gotten done when the bridal party arrived," Heywood said of the work, "but it was so helpful to be able to just give my bridal party a day that they can ease into and have more things set up for them. Otherwise, I would just have stayed up."
A year and a half later, Heywood saw Wilder post to her Instagram about being on "Love is Blind." Heywood, who's a fan of the series, was excited to watch.
However, once she realized the man Wilder was interested in, Paul Peden, ended his relationship with her in the pods, Heywood felt the need to stand up for Wilder.
The two haven't stayed in touch, but Heywood told Insider watching "Love is Blind" made her upset.
"I'm protective of her," Heywood said of Wilder. "She's such a girls' girl ... She's a ball of fucking joy."
Heywood tagged Wilder in her TikTok and spoke directly to her: "Amber, if you do end up seeing this, I'm sending all of the good vibes, shout-out to you for putting your heart out there again, and thank you, thank you, thank you for being part of my wedding day story."
"Oh my gosh, I absolutely LOVE this!! THANK YOU!" Wilder responded in a March 28 comment. "Honored to have been able to help out with your special day even just a little bit!"
Commenters praised Wilder for being so kind to a stranger, and quipped that Peden "fumbled." Some of Heywood's 41,600 followers remembered the story from when she'd first mentioned it in July of 2022 — saying they loved seeing it come full circle.
Now, Heywood and some commenters are manifesting Amber get another shot at love. "She probably should because she didn't deserve that," Heywood said of her latest Netflix appearance. "She also didn't deserve that guy."