Quarterback Calls Off Wedding Hours Before Ceremony

February 22nd, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

Source: Dailymail

NFL quarterback Jason Campbell has been catching a lot of heat for speculation that he left his bride-to-be at the alter Saturday, but he’s come forward to clear the air about why 162 guests were left at a pre-wedding reception that day when he and his fiance never walked down the aisle. In a telephone interview, he told the Washington Post that he was not a runaway groom:

“I love her enough not to leave her at the altar. I love her enough to talk to her before it gets that far.”

I’d say flying to the Dominican Republic, his fiance, Jenny Montes’ native home, where they were supposed to get married is still pretty far to take things if you know you’re not ready to be married. Still, the player insists the decision to call things off was a somewhat mutual decision.

“It’s just the fact that I have a lot going on right now with recovering from injury. There’s just so much going on in both our lives right now,” he said.

The injury is a broken collarbone Jason sustained in October which caused him to be sidelined for the rest of the season. Now, his football career is up in the air—much like his relationship. Despite all of the outrage from outsiders who couldn’t imagine having their wedding cancelled at the ninth hour, Jason insists instead of jumping the broom the two just made a vacation out of their travel to the Caribbean.

I guess you can’t be mad he didn’t go forward with the nuptials if he felt it wasn’t right. Better no wedding than a divorce, but these two are going to have a hard time convincing anyone to come out to see them get hitched down the line if they stay together.

What would you do if you were in his fiance’s situation? Have you or anyone you know ever called off a wedding at the last minute?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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  • Allyce

    I would not go on the trip. Next!

  • Tiki

    I have a cousin that told me she KNEW her marriage wasn’t going to work yet she went through with it anyway because everything had been paid for and people had already made plans to attend.  The main reason she went through with it was because the groom had the same last name as she did and she figured that no paperwork would be needed to change her name, smh.

  • uniquefashionista

    Well, let me just say that I have a cousin who “had doubts” while literally walking down the aisle. She kept telling all of us that she wasn’t sure if she was doing the right thing. She married him and it didn’t last a year. Marriage is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. For whatever reason this couple backed out, its better to back out before the ceremony rather then doing it a few months down the line.

  • TonyT

    Yeah, I’ve known a couple of cases like this. I greatly respect anyone who does it BEFORE the wedding, rather than go through with it and quietly break up shortly after.

  • Tee

    Ok it says HE called off the wedding, why are most of you WOMEN on here bashing the ex “wife to be”…I swear some GIRLS(can’t say women, because women are more mature and confident), just can’t wait to get their opportunity to trash another woman who you know NOTHING about, the story is not even about her, it’s about HIM…So sad!!! Miserable little girls SMH!!!!

  • LadyT

    female = fiancée … all throughout this story i’m thinking “is she a tranny? why do they keep calling her his fiance? haha!

  • tastythoughts

    this seems like a money issue plain and simple. but hey…i cant judge…they save more money by not getting married…maybe someone cheated…we dunno. who cares…its not MY money

  • tastythoughts

    this seems like a money issue plain and simple. but hey…i cant judge…they save more money by not getting married…maybe someone cheated…we dunno. who cares…its not MY money

  • Lolololo

    Better to call it off, slow it down and work thru all doubts than to walk down the aisle and make each other miserable.
    Most of the people I know who ended up divorce admitted that they KNEW they were making a mistake before they got married but they “hoped” it would work out. 52% of marriages end in divorce….

  • uptown Lincoln days

    First of all I wish people would stop saying this that they don’t know yall don’t know her and I went to school with her and she f******g never danced on tables I hate when people assume stuff about people’s life when really you wish it was you who was marring that man or wanna be him what. The decision they made were both of there’s. If it was your daughter or yourself getting married you wouldn’t want someone trashing you before you jugde someone’s else life look at your on f*****g life yall probably don’t have s**t going on in yours pathetic gotta talk about someone who you with were wish you were in they shoes oh yeah can’t throw a ball or look as fine as her you wish to bad to sad get a life of your own oh I forgot y’all don’t have one Jenny baby girl

  • Brooks86

    no comment, what a question to ask 

  • grownawoman

    They did the right thing, if they weren’t ready to make that committment.  The reason is really irrelevant.  At the end of the day, he didn’t disrespect her by not showing up for the wedding.  I respect that he was man enough to 1) not go through for all the wrong reasons and 2) communicate his feelings with her in order to come up with a mutual decision what was best for them.  

    Major problem we I have in our society is feeling shameful and embarrassed about things like this.  Instead, we often rather “save face”.  Forget that!  No one can live your life but you.  Bump people and what they say.   That’s called “maturity”.  

  • Kaydee6620

    He wouldn’t be the 1st athlete to do this. A friend of mine had her fiancé spring a prenup on her Wednesday afternoon…wedding was set for friday. Then told her his lawyer needed it signed by thursday.
    Tammy from basketball wives, same thing. I think her ex sprung the prenup a few hours before the wedding. Mind you she was 7 months pregnant. Sometimes these men are shiesty

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=509443119 Jazminne Haywood

    Excuses excuses!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003085266535 Courtney Small

    she probably smashed the homies, and he found out like 5 minutes before the wedding.

  • applesauce585

    Didn’t he meet her while she danced on a table in Washington, DC?  ijs

    • tastythoughts

      was that got to do with anything? 

    • tastythoughts

      was that got to do with anything? 

  • KeepNitKute

    Dang stop acting like you know that female. He probably called it off because he’s a looser on and off the field

    • LippyLiz

      The word is spelled “Loser”…

  • GM_I

    Yeah, Im sure it was a mutual decision, especially on her part…ur NFL career is up in the air cuz of that injury and all of a sudden she starting to have second thoughts now that the money doesn’t have that strong of a guarantee anymore…how typical smh.

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