Tia Ewing was joking — sort of — when she deadpanned at her baby shower that if her guests hadn't brought a gift, they should just go.
In an Instagram video, which has solicited more than 1,500 comments, Ewing's husband, Early Walker, is thanking guests for attending the shower.
"First and foremost, thank y'all for coming, appreciate y'all," Walker says. "Definitely got to give a shout out to everybody that played a role in this."
Then Ewing, a reporter and anchor at Fox 32 News in Chicago, snatches the mic.
"Not everybody," Ewing says. "Because some people came and didn't even bring a gift. Let me tell you something, this kind of gives me wedding vibes. At my wedding, a lot of people came, but they didn't bring a gift. So if you came to the baby shower and didn't bring a gift, you can leave."
Guests laughed. A friend standing alongside the couple says Ewing didn't mean what she said. "I meant exactly what I said," Ewing reiterates. "So, if you didn't bring a gift, you can get up and go. I said what I said."
Walker, looking sheepish, says, "Okay," and hands the mic back to the shower's DJ, who then says, "Yeah, man, y'all heard what she said. You gotta get up and head to the nearest exit."
The video, also posted on the couple's YouTube channel, invites people to weigh in: "I asked the guests at my baby shower to leave if they didn't buy a gift. Was I wrong?"