Brazilian influencers Viih Tube, 26, and Eliezer, 36, had to be rescued during a boat trip after their rental vessel broke down on their honeymoon in Sardinia, Italy.
The former Big Brother Brasil contestants shared footage of the mishap on Monday, August 24, roughly a week after celebrating their religious wedding ceremony in the countryside of São Paulo.
Viih Tube wrote on social media that the couple had rented a boat just for the two of them with Eliezer driving it, adding that she knew from the start that things would go wrong. Right afterward, she posted a video showing that the vessel's key had become stuck in the ignition.
Later, the influencer posted footage of the pair being rescued by a small dinghy and explaining what had happened to local residents. She told her followers how embarrassed she felt by the situation.
Beer with Italian locals after the boat breakdown
Despite the trouble, the newlywed stayed in good spirits as she filmed her new travel companions in a video circulated by the celebrity account VideosDeCelebs. Speaking from the rescuers' vessel, she explained that she was on a boat belonging to Italian people she did not know to solve her problem after the couple's rented boat got stuck back there.
She added that the locals had given her a beer while she sat on the strangers' boat, and joked that her husband was drunker than anything.
Viih Tube also shared clips showing how the couple had been enjoying the outing right before the problem with the key began. She remarked that Eliezer had been posing like a heartthrob before things went wrong, while she had been enjoying her snacks just before the chaos.
Honeymoon in Sardinia and Big Brother Brasil background
Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea, is a popular European holiday destination known for its coastline and summer boating. Alongside the boat mishap, Viih Tube and Eliezer have spent their trip sharing views of the island's landscapes, spa visits, dinners, and details of the hotel where they are staying.
Both Viih Tube and Eliezer are prominent Brazilian social media personalities who competed on Big Brother Brasil, the Brazilian adaptation of the international reality television franchise. The couple have been together since 2022 and are the parents of two children, three-year-old Lua and one-year-old Ravi.
São Paulo wedding setbacks and family illness
The pair officially tied the knot on the afternoon of August 15 with a religious ceremony in the countryside of São Paulo state. Before flying to Italy for their honeymoon, they spent a few days in São Paulo celebrating Viih Tube's 26th birthday.
As reported by CNN Brasil, the stuck boat key was not the only setback the couple faced around their wedding. They previously revealed that the groom got married wearing a torn shirt, and that a band booked for the celebration cancelled its appearance 15 days before the event.
While opening up about the event, Viih Tube also recounted that the hotel meant to host their wedding guests reached full capacity, disrupting the logistics of the ceremony. In addition, both of their children came down with the flu and head lice during the week of the party.
