Mom accidentally ruins video of son's proposal by turning the camera on herself instead

A mom accidentally ruined a proposal video for her son after turning the camera onto herself instead of the happy couple at the crucial moment.

Now, being responsible for filming someone's proposal is a big deal.

The pressure of getting the angle right, making sure the lighting is sufficient and just guarding the moment with your life is generally a lot of responsibility.

However, while most people succeed with their mission, some people fail miserably, like this one mom who was supposed to film her son's proposal but accidentally ended up filming herself instead.

A couple were left shocked after the boyfriend's mom filmed her reaction instead of his proposal. Credit: PixelCatchers/Getty

The happy couple were vacationing in Italy when the boyfriend was going to pop the question to his unsuspecting girlfriend while standing in front of a fountain in Saint Peter's Square.

The mom, who is already recording, accidentally flips the camera around to film her own reaction to the moment as the man gets on one knee for probably one of the biggest moments of his life. After a few seconds, she notices her mistake, and the panic on her face as she tries to rectify it is apparent before the clip abruptly ends.

The hilarious moment was uploaded to TikTok by the now-fiancée, Jenny, where it has been viewed over 10.5 million times.

Have a look at the full video below:

Thousands of social media users took to the comments to express their opinions on the blunder.

"The panic in her face," wrote one user. "Lol congratulations!"

"I would be so mad," another added.

A third also agreed commenting: "Noooooooo nothing would make me believe it wasn’t on purpose."

Some empathized with the mom saying: "I FEEL SO BAD FOR HER OMG IM ACTUALLY SAD... you can tell she ain’t mean to."

Others also hoped that someone else came to the rescue with this user writing: "Please please please tell me there was someone else taking another video omg."

And thankfully, there was!

After the viral moment, Jenny uploaded a follow-up courtesy of the boyfriend's dad who managed to capture the entire wholesome moment which showed the proposal as well as the acceptance.

In the clip, the girlfriend looked at the camera thinking that she and her boyfriend were recording another one of their "outfit of the day" clips for the trend on TikTok - but instead, he gets on to one knee against a beautiful Italian backdrop.

"Pheeewwww thank God!!! I thought that memory was going to be lost forever lol," this TikToker commented under the second video while another added: "THE DAD SAVES THE MOMENT!"

And this user also pointed out that now they have two different ways of remembering the special moment stating: "Omg this is so cute because now you also have her reaction. She was so happy for you guys."

"I like the mom’s better, the panic on her face because she knew she was messing up shows she really wanted to capture the moment for y’all," this user also added.

Either way, we're happy that the couple managed to secure one video of the special moment and the mom's initial reaction in the first video is a lovely bonus clip!

Congrats to Jenny and her man!

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