--- title: Guy on Kiss Cam Chooses Beer Over Girlfriend description: A man kisses his beer instead of his girlfriend on the Kiss Cam at a NHL game between the Vancouver Canucks and the San Jose Sharks canonical: https://time.com/3735398/guy-kisses-chooses-beer-over-girlfriend-on-kiss-cam/ author: Olivia B. 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[In this clip](http://video.canucks.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=744626), a guy kisses a beer instead of the woman next to him at a NHL game between the Vancouver Canucks and the San Jose Sharks last month. Don’t worry, he does give her that smooch, but not before enjoying the attention of the audience. While it may look like the ultimate bro snub, the two are likely hamming up it for the cameras. _Read next:_ [_Watch What This Woman Did When a Guy Wouldn’t Kiss her on the Kiss Cam_](http://time.com/3663629/kiss-cam-woman-kisses-stranger/) (h/t [_Kansas City Star_](http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article9457301.html)) ### Meet the Actress Who Performed the First Onscreen Orgasm  Hedy Lamarr, 1938 Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Hedy Lamarr, 1938 Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Hedy Lamarr, 1938 Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Hedy Lamarr, 1938 Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Hedy Lamarr, 1938 Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3735398/guy-kisses-chooses-beer-over-girlfriend-on-kiss-cam/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3735398/guy-kisses-chooses-beer-over-girlfriend-on-kiss-cam/"},"headline":"Watch a Guy Kiss a Beer Instead of His Girlfriend on the Kiss Cam","datePublished":"2015-03-06T16:48:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:55.837Z","description":"Tensions brewing?","url":"https://time.com/3735398/guy-kisses-chooses-beer-over-girlfriend-on-kiss-cam/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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