Influencer Mikayla Nogueira says her wedding wasn't sponsored and that she 'obviously' had an accent on her big day
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- Mikayla Nogueira addressed questions surrounding her wedding in TikTok videos on Tuesday.
- She said her big day wasn't sponsored and that she didn't reject family to invite more influencers.
- Nogueira also said she was sad to see people criticize her wedding before she could speak about it.
Mikayla Nogueira has set the record straight about her wedding day.
The beauty influencer posted a series of TikTok videos on Tuesday talking about her time away from the social-media platform and how she feels after being married for one month.
She described July 1 as "the best day" of her life but also noted that she woke up to "a bunch of text messages" the morning after her wedding that warned her not to look at social media.
"I haven't seen a single video about my wedding or any news or anything," she said in her second video. "But I have been told what has been said, so I'm gonna answer some of these questions."
The biggest rumor surrounding her wedding, according to Nogueira, is that her nuptials were sponsored by e.l.f. Cosmetics, a brand that she previously worked with to create a wedding-inspired lipstick kit.
"No, my wedding wasn't sponsored! None of it," the influencer said. "But I'll show you why people are saying that."
Showing photos from her reception, Nogueira explained that she had a white kissing booth emblazoned with the e.l.f. Cosmetics logo as a nod to their collaboration. She also said she gave the lipstick kit to her guests as party favors.
But Nogueira said she paid for the activity and it "had nothing to do with" the beauty brand.
"I actually had to ask e.l.f. permission to put their logo on the kissing booth," she said. "I don't think you understand how much it means to me that I got to work with e.l.f., so of course I wanted to include them in my big day. And none of it was sponsored."
Nogueira also addressed rumors that she uninvited family and friends to make room for influencers, and whether or not she spoke in her famous Boston accent.
She said that out of the 175 people present at her wedding, only 10% were influencers.
"The reason why it seemed like it was all influencers is because the only people posting on TikTok are influencers, so that's all you're gonna see," she said. "My grandma isn't making a TikTok about my wedding, OK?"
As for her accent, Nogueira said she "loves" the rumor.
"Are you for real? I'm not answering that shit," she said in her video. "Obviously I have an accent. The things people care about, I just don't comprehend."
In a third TikTok video, Nogueira said that jokes aside, it was "really disheartening that so many people had so much to say" about her wedding before she had a chance to discuss it.
"I understand if you don't like me. I get it. But it's my wedding day," she said. "I only have this day once in my life, and to see so many people just trying to destroy it was really sad."
She also said the negativity pushed her away from social media.
"That's why I kind of just stepped away from TikTok and haven't really shared much about my wedding," she said. "People ripped my wedding apart before I could even share anything at all about it."
"Not a single rumor that spread about my wedding was true, and that's how rumors usually work," she continued. "But thankfully, I was in utter wedding bliss, so I didn't let any of it bother me or get me down. But I did want to address it today because it's just so wrong and sad."