{"id":240557,"date":"2024-07-05T08:05:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T13:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=240557"},"modified":"2024-07-01T10:23:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:23:49","slug":"vegas-myths-busted-marrying-on-a-drunken-whim-is-a-real-vegas-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vegas-myths-busted-marrying-on-a-drunken-whim-is-a-real-vegas-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Accidental Drunken Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: <\/strong>\u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.\u00a0Today\u2019s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on <\/em>Nov. 4, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kourtney Kardashian has said she was \u201chot slob kabob\u201d drunk when she married her fianc\u00e9, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, at Las Vegas\u2019 One Love Wedding Chapel on April 3. The reality TV star had little to no recall of her happy day, including when she hit the floor in tequila-fueled hysterics after their Elvis-impersonating minister repeatedly called her by her sister Khloe\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

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The accidental drunk wedding in ‘The Hangover’ probably couldn’t happen in real life. (Image: thepeoplesmovies.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This brings to mind a Vegas myth with legs — that waking up accidentally married after a drunken night on the Strip is common. (Warning to fans of “The Hangover”: reading any further may suck the believability out of Ed Helms marrying a kindly hooker after Zach Galifianakis accidentally roofied him.)<\/p>\n

\"Kourtney
Travis Barker tends to his ‘hot slob kabob’ fianc\u00e9e, Kourtney Kardashian, as a fake Elvis tries to officiate their nuptials at the One Love Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. (Image: Travis Barker\/Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cLas Vegas has, for decades, been touted as the marriage capital of the world because of how quick and easy it is to obtain a marriage license,\u201d said Rachel Tygret, an associate attorney specializing in family law at Michaelson Law in Las Vegas. \u201cThere’s no blood test required and no waiting period before using that license to get married.\u201d<\/p>\n

But marriage licenses aren\u2019t available at wedding chapels, so couples must first travel to a Clark County Marriage License Bureau branch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The one downtown, open 365 days a year from 8 a.m. to midnight, is the closest to most of the chapels.<\/p>\n

There, hopeful celebrants must wait, with proper ID and a bank card good for $102, in a line that\u2019s usually sizeable enough to take the buzz off most alcohol highs and the \u201cquick\u201d out of the \u201cquickie wedding\u201d stereotype.<\/p>\n

The Sobering Truth<\/h2>\n

In the eyes of the law, the license is the marriage contract, not the ceremony. So being deemed sober enough to enter a contract at this time is all that matters.<\/p>\n

If, once in front of the clerk, one of the applicants appears to be so intoxicated that they are unable to provide the basic information needed to get the marriage license, the clerk can, and must, by bureau policy, refuse to issue the license,\u201d Tygret said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, accidental drunken Vegas weddings probably aren\u2019t as much of a thing as “The Hangover” would have you believe. Or “Friends.”<\/em> Or “My Name is Earl.” Or “That ’70s Show.” Or “Bones.” Or “What Happens in Vegas.”
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

A Void of Drunken Annulments<\/h2>\n

Nevada law allows either party to apply to annul a marriage performed in Las Vegas based entirely on a lack of sobriety. Tygret has annulled a great many Las Vegas marriages, and none were for that reason.<\/p>\n

I even did one because one of the parties was still married to two other people,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Drunken Vegas weddings still happen all the time because there\u2019s alcohol around, and it\u2019s Vegas. But they rarely involve blotto tourists who happen to walk by a chapel and decide, why not?<\/em><\/p>\n

Many wedding chapels in Las Vegas won\u2019t even perform a wedding ceremony if one of the parties is judged to be too drunk,” Tygret said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kourtney and Travis\u2019 Vegas wedding was a “pretend” ceremony. Offered by many chapels, this option allows clients to experience the real thing without the legal sting. So, no Clark County marriage license was required or obtained.<\/p>\n

The couple had two more weddings after that, anyway. One of them must have involved a marriage license signed while neither of them was a hot slob kabob.<\/p>\n

Look for \u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d every Monday on Casino.org.\u00a0<\/em>Click here<\/a> to read previously busted Vegas myths. Got a suggestion for a Vegas myth that needs busting? Email corey@casino.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: \u201cVegas Myths Busted\u201d publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition.\u00a0Today\u2019s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Nov. 4, 2022. Kourtney Kardashian has said she was \u201chot slob kabob\u201d drunk when she married her fianc\u00e9, Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, at Las Vegas\u2019 One Love Wedding Chapel on April 3. 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