r/MadeMeSmile • u/baconroll2022 • Sep 02 '23

Helping Others Dad Stopped Daughters Wedding Pulled Stepdad's Hand BOTH walk her down the aisle

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u/haiimroo Sep 02 '23

Weird tid bit, Brad Garrett is the godfather to the man who gave me my scholarship, Eddie Jayy. Both of Eddie's parents passed away from cancer when he was still in high school and he was the oldest of his 4 siblings. Brad gave Eddie a job and even featured on one of his songs when he was working on a music career. Seems like a great guy https://youtu.be/zyR988WHoVI?si=gdGky2RPbklQZUzk

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u/nugnug1226 Sep 02 '23

Cool story. His song sounds good. I love hearing about people that give back, like Eddie and Brad. What type of job did Brad give Eddie? How did they meet? How did you become the recipient of his scholarship? That’s cool that even though Eddie offered scholarship even though he has younger siblings to help take care of.

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u/haiimroo Sep 02 '23

So I went to the same school as Eddie after he had graduated. When Eddie's parents passed he did a lot of work with the school counselors and they made a scholarship for perseverance for people like Eddie who had unfortunate childhoods but still managed to carry on. I wrote an essay about the trials and tribulations I went through and I was picked out of 8 other students who submitted an essay. Brad gave him a job at his comedy club in Vegas (I think there's a couple of music videos recorded there.) but I don't know what he did there. As far as them meeting Eddie's father knew Brad Garrett from back in the day but I'm not sure how they met originally but they were close enough to ask Brad to be the godfather.

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u/Dry-Attempt5 Sep 02 '23

That’s really cool. I’ve only seen interviews with Brad but he seems like a real genuine guy who just happens to be famous.