This is how a best man speech should be!!!

[@andrewbowman605]

Thank you so much for posting this. I kept coming back to this video for my best man speech because of how comfortable you were able to make it for the audience with a mixture of wit and sentiment. I stressed for two months for the day giving my speech and I just had it this weekend. I literally had to come back to comment. It went amazing. I had people come up to me afterwards saying they cried and laughed. It felt amazing. I am not too showy of a guy and don’t like the spot like so I did the phone approach like you did in this video. Thank you again. My advice to anyone looking to the comments if you’re about to have one: -If you’re uncomfortable and don’t like the spot like like me, use your phone -be confident, drink a before you get up there but not too much where you’re gonna slur your words or not remember what you said for the groom -hit these key points 1. Thank the parents that made was the wedding possible 2. Thank the groom for the opportunity to be a best man 3. Talk about a story and qualities that the groom has that will show why you got the best man position in the first place. Highlight his good qualities and why hed be a good husband - (with some jokes and make it fun!) 4. Talk about the bride and how the groom chose a good one to marry 5. Toast! Good luck boys!

[@cooperstevens2]

You nailed it. Congrats on your speech. I was so nervous too man, but really it’s about celebrating the marriage and trying to have some fun with it. When I realized that, I found the balance I needed. Congrats again brother

[@sameerjain4145]

So we all are just looking up speeches for inspiration and ideas?

[@marcoshved9598]

Lmao gulp I'm freaking out a bit

[@brandonsilva7777]

Same I got my best friend of 19 years wedding in December

[@zf1_boi46]

I just wanted to say thank you so much for this awesome speech. I based mine on this and it really helped me get straight to the point. I'm so happy for my best friend and his wife, and the direct, statement-led nature of this speech showed me that you really can just come right out and say it. It also showed me a perfect balance between humor and emotion. Needless to say, this video helped turn an extremely high pressure moment for me into an exciting one where I could focus on how happy I was for my best friend. I got a ton of compliments on my speech from people I had never met before, and in the end, the most important thing was that I could communicate with my friends how awesome the day was.

[@cooperstevens2]

Dude, that’s awesome. I really posted this in hope that I could help someone. People seemed to like my speech a lot and when I wrote it I was nervous that it was going to bomb. Super glad for you. Glad you were able to send your friend in to marriage the right way. Congrats on your speech, best man

[@EarthwalkerEst]

I have a wedding in 8 hours, I need to copy and paste this structure/speech

[@hhhhhhhfjjrjrjrjrirh148]

I DIDNT KNOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SPEECH IM ONLY 17 AND CAN BARELY SPEAK TO A SINGLE PERSON IN PUBLIC

[@FPVfainting]

@@hhhhhhhfjjrjrjrjrirh148 you’ll do fine. Say it from the heart. Everyone is there for a great chapter in the couples life. Don’t worry about being shy. Today is my best friends wedding and I’m the best man as well. I have a idea off what I want to say but can’t write it. So I’ll free speech it. I hope for a amazing speech for you and a great wedding for the couple. God bless

[@hhhhhhhfjjrjrjrjrirh148]

@@FPVfainting thanks brother hope everything's great for you too

[@ConnorTCmT]

I was asked to be best man and I got a wedding tomorrow I’m shitting it got nothing prepared 😂

[@george_mol8822]

Dude keep us updated!

[@defi5]

I’m modeling my speech off of yours I have a wedding coming up this weekend. Very quick and to the point which is what everyone wants. Just enough humor and sincerity. I hate speaking in general let alone giving a speech so this being 4 minutes is perfect

[@mowliidmohamed7133]

😂tell us how it goes

[@cooperstevens2]

Good luck! Hope it goes / went well. Let me know, best men need all the support we can get

[@defi5]

@@cooperstevens2 it went very well!! It’s was about 4 minutes and I added a lot of my own stuff with yours being the model of it. I got so many compliments close to 30! Thank you for uploading this video and helping me out

[@lancelot0274]

What I like about it is it doesn't rely on some story from the past. Trying to conjure up a meaningful memory to utilize in a best man speech in an effective way is super difficult. I have one to do in a week. Definitely gonna use this as a template as well

[@defi5]

@@lancelot0274 my speech was only 3 1/2 minutes and I got a lot of compliments afterwards. I stood up there with a piece of paper printed front and back and 2 extra copies just in case lol. Just read off the paper and looked up at the audience every couple sentences. In my opinion the shorter the better under 5 minutes. I had 4 funny interjections throughout which kept peoples attention and literally copied a few sentences from coopers speech and made the rest with my own words. There were 180 people at the wedding so a pretty big audience.

[@hectorguzman3032]

Great job! Saving this to medel my speech

[@cooperstevens2]

Thanks brother! Hope it went well

[@deepspacenation76]

I’ve watched 100’s of these and this is the only one that fit my personality without being too offensive. Lmao my brothers family are super religious and wouldn’t be able to say any of the jokes I wanted to without pissing off someone lmao I won’t use this word for word but it helped me with the structure. The brides maid is a English teacher so couldn’t just wing it either. Thank you so much!!!!!!

[@cooperstevens2]

This is why I posted! Thanks for the comment. Hope it went well!

[@hamstrung22]

Just another person thanking you for sharing this. Modeled mine after yours, and it was a huge success. People coming up to me all night complementing it. Legend

[@cooperstevens2]

Nice work! Glad you got through it!

[@croutonbb2751]

Great Job man! I also am going to be doing a best man speech for my older brother in a month. I'm trying to prepare things here.

[@cooperstevens2]

My older brother got married. Best advice I have is to not go too strong on the roasting of your brother. A lot of the videos on here do that. You can roast him a little though, lol

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

SO many best man speeches are just trying to be edgy stand up comedians. This one is genuine and sweet, definitely more my vibe.

[@cooperstevens2]

All the videos I watched for inspo were roasts! I didn't feel that was the way to go and a lot of people at the wedding thought it was good! Thanks for the comment

[@CL-tv7pz]

This speech is perfect I'm gonna use it as a template for my own that i've got coming up in a couple of weeks. Cheers!

[@justindouglass9963]

great speech man. shit aint easy

[@cooperstevens2]

Thanks for that 🙏

[@ChadPlainview_]

Great speech and thank you for the inspiration. My best friend is getting married Tuesday and I'm shitting a brick about the speech.

[@cooperstevens2]

It’s all about the crowd. They are there to hear you talk about your relationship w the groom and make fun of him a little. The other part- just say great things about the bride. It’s her day after all! Good luck, best man!

[@matthewminogue3276]

Jesus christ, I'm doing mine this weekend and its the most nerve racking thing ever. I'm having panick attacks trying to put it together before presenting it lol

[@degrader4173]

I have one in a little over a week and I'm so fuckin nervous

[@tonybermeo5214]

Same bro.. just get up there and enjoy it!

[@degrader4173]

@@tonybermeo5214 4 days now. Let me know how you did.

[@craigwhite9928]

How did I get go guys? I just did one a few hours ago I was so nervous but once I got started it got so much easier 😂

[@burningwolf_9641]

how’d it go for you?

[@degrader4173]

@@craigwhite9928 Yea same

[@michaelfleming5534]

Awesome job!

[@layzb0y]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[@cooperstevens2]

You’re welcome, good luck sir

[@connorflewitt8377]

Awesome speech!

[@cooperstevens2]

Thanks 👊🏻

[@jaxsoncarter952]

Great job

[@cooperstevens2]

Thank you!

[@cooperstevens2]

Good luck, Kyle and Charmaine

[@majrbacon1293]

A very good friend of mine warned me a couple years ago that i was gonna best man. Well its happening May of 2025 for him and im gonna have to find ways to politely screw with him when i give the speech.

[@anomad6314]

Perfection

[@cooperstevens2]

Stawp 🤦‍♂️. Lol thank you!!

[@shiraznasrullah4838]

Jeff Bezos

[@cooperstevens2]

Ummm, yeah! Give me your money!

[@boje8227]

iPhone?

[@Totalballa41]

6/10

[@cooperstevens2]

Thanks

[@LeslieJayBoschPhoto]

inspiration. Aka ripping off other peoples' jokes.

[@cooperstevens2]

All original material. Sorry

[@garydoyle1467]

Did the best man post this himself and say this is how a speech should be? Corny as hell. No funny jokes.

[@cooperstevens2]

Yes I did. Just to help people get through their speeches. I got so many people coming up to me at the wedding with compliments that I thought it could be useful to someone, which it has been, to many people. The best man speech isn't about how funny you can be. It is about toasting the bride and groom. Don't hate, appreciate!

[@scissoroarscissoroar3214]

That wasn’t that good ??

[@cooperstevens2]

Thank you

[@tylerhammond3896]

Haha the crowd cheering and everyone laughing would say otherwise

[@scissoroarscissoroar3214]

@@tylerhammond3896 people tend to laugh because they are friends and family

[@tylerhammond3896]

@@scissoroarscissoroar3214you sound insufferable

[@littlecahuna12]

This speech wasn't that great. Even the wording was rough. Run your speech through chat gpt to rewrite it 😅

[@justcallmejoeable]

Cringe

[@cooperstevens2]

Ouch 😢

[@tobinator7144]

What's cringe is the Navy Seal trident profile pic with your mispelled "Marine core soldier" profile name. It's corps not core. And Navy seals are the Navy not Marine Corps. Not to mention a soldier is in the Army not Marines. I really hope you are a troll because you are pushing Alabama 3rd generation inbred of retarded siblings levels of stupidity right now.

[@mathieub.53]

Great speech!