A young couple who got engaged on stage at Parklife have been told by the festival boss that he will pay for their honeymoon after they were targeted by cruel trolls.
Indy Geraghty, 23, and Myles Goodfellow, 25, had been enjoying the festival with a VIP pass, when 'Milo' stunned fans and his girlfriend by getting down on one knee during rapper Yung Filly's set on the main stage.
The rapper and crowds erupted into cheers as Indy said yes through tears of joy on Saturday, June 11, at Heaton Park, Manchester in front of 80,000.
Clips of the incredible engagement soon went viral - but the couple from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders have since been plagued by online trolls since.
Parklife boss, Sacha Lord claimed he was furious to discover the cruel abuse the couple had been subjected to and has even offered to pay for their honeymoon in a bid to cheer them up.
He told the Manchester Evening News : “Imagine a young couple like that, they’ve probably spent the last two years having a really rough time with lockdown.
“Imagine being in their shoes and you get engaged on the main stage at Parklife, in front of 80,000 people and it’s a moment you’re going to cherish for the rest of your life.
"Then you wake up and look at social media and a load of people who sit in their mum’s back bedroom and hide behind false profiles and they’re writing nasty comments.
“For those kids to read that, and their family, it would be heartbreaking. I think it’s disgusting and I think it’s vile.
"Sadly, some people have to put up with trolls, and it’s a way of life. But I think we should be learning. I want them to cherish that moment. So first, let’s find them.”
The couple had been allowed on stage after Myles won a competition and he decided to use the opportunity to pop the question to his girlfriend Indy.
As well as paying for the couple’s honeymoon, Lord is going to give them free entry for life to both The Warehouse Project and Parklife.
He went on: “They’ll never have to pay to come to any of our events again, whether it’s Parklife or the Warehouse Project, but I want to take a further step.
“I want to pay for the honeymoon. And when they go away, I want them to sit there in the sun posting pictures to social media, knowing that those people who had a go at them are bitter, and they’re not there. So let’s find them and let’s look after them.”
