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Brother delivers 'best punchline ever' in hilarious best man speech

A hilarious best man's speech has gone viral on social media after leaving wedding guests in stitches.

Derek Currie stole the show at his brother Gary's wedding with the cheeky speech, which also left the blushing bride, Kirsty, with her head in her hands and jokingly vowing to change her name, the Record reports.

The speech has now been viewed more than 5.7 million times on TikTok, with viewers saying it contains the "best punchline ever".

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Kirsty and Gary, who were forced to change their wedding date twice due to the pandemic, made it down the aisle on their third attempt in September - but it was the wedding reception that will live long in the memory of their guests.

As Derek addressed the room, he told family and friends how on one Christmas morning, he walked excitedly downstairs only to be greeted with a slap from his mother, who told him: "What have I told you about bringing folk back here?"

He continued: "I said, 'what you talking about mam, I've been in my bed the full night'. Obviously she's not thinking about golden child next door."

It transpired that it was in fact Gary who had a visitor in his room, with Derek telling guests how he flung open his brother's bedroom door to be greeted by the shock of his life.

"So we're in the living room opening a couple of presents, me, my mam and my da and we hear rustling from the wee room in the auld hoose as we called it.

"At this point, I go up the stairs, open Gary's room door and there you have it - Kirsty Currie lying with her legs at ten to two."

As the room roared with laughter, he rubbed in the embarrassment by adding: "She certainly never came doon the chimney in that position anyway."

The moment was captured by wedding video specialists We Are One Wedding Films, who shared the clip on TikTok - dubbing it "100 per cent the funniest best man speech we have ever seen".

The bride and groom were left red-faced by Derek's speech (We Are One Wedding Films)

Despite being left red-faced by the hilarious speech, Kirstie took it all in her stride, telling the Record: "It was our third wedding date and at that point anything would do.

"I kind of knew something would happen during Derek's speech, but that is just Derek. I can't complain."

"Austin [from We are One Wedding Films] asked if he could post the TikTok but I didn't know it would blow up so much. The amount of messages I have been getting is crazy. People are asking: 'have you seen that TikTok?'

"I think I might need to change my name!"

The clip has had over 500,000 likes and 40,000 shares since being posted on TikTok last week, with users delighting in Kirsty's embarrassment.

One wrote: "The absolute FEAR in the groom's eyes there. That's when you know a speech is about to be good," while another added "The best, wine snorting down the nose punchlines are from the Scots!".

A third added: "She's a good team player, loved the way the bride laughed it off. I would too, but I would have been dying."

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