Sacha Lord, the CEO of Parklife, has criticized harsh trolls who targeted a young couple who got engaged over the weekend at the music festival, and has offered to pay for the couple’s honeymoon.
Not only that, but Sacha, who is the co-founder and managing director of Parklife and The Warehouse Project, wants to offer the newlyweds free admission to his events for the rest of their lives.
It all happened (on bended knee) on Saturday, when Myles Goodfellow, 25, thought Yung Filly’s act at the Manchester music festival would be the perfect moment to propose to his girlfriend.
The poignant images were captured on camera, with Myles’ now-fiancee Indy Geraghty, 23, breaking down in tears as she saw her partner kneeling.
‘Yesterday a great event happened as Parklife saw a proposal on stage from a young couple,’ Sacha posted on social media, reacting to the moment and the subsequent social media response from spectators, with many mocking the couple for the selected scene of the proposal.
‘Unfortunately, the internet reaction to two young people sharing a special moment was quite frankly vile.’
‘I would like to find this couple and give them free entry to Parklife and The Warehouse Project for life, not only that, but to pay for their honeymoon, so that when they go away, I want them to sit there in the sun posting pictures to social media, knowing that those who had a go at them are bitter, and they’re not there,’ said the event’s co-founder, wanting to turn the moment into one of celebration.
You have to hand it to Sacha; he knows how to turn a situation around, and it appears he was able to connect with the two, according to the Manchester Evening News, who spoke with Indy, who was moved to tears by the kind gesture.
She told the outlet: ‘The proposal was a complete shock! When we arrived at Parklife I soon came to realise we were going for a meet and greet with Yung Filly but little did I know that would happen. I was completely clueless to it all and as you can see by the pictures and video I couldn’t even speak.
‘I cried very happy tears when Sacha called me. I don’t have a lot of good things happen in my life so for something like this to come along is a huge impact. Myles had arranged it all with Filly’s manager weeks prior.
‘We are both working normal jobs and don’t have a lot of spare time so I guess it’ll be a few years before we can afford our wedding but I definitely don’t mind waiting. I am hoping we will be able to do it in the next year or two but nothing planned yet.
I’m still in a lot of shock from yesterday and the amount of attention it’s got has sent me on a rollercoaster of emotions.’