Viral Video: A couple celebrated Valentine’s Day in a unique way by trying to set the record for the longest underwater kiss. The kiss lasted 4 minutes and 6 seconds beneath the surface of the water in an infinity pool. Divers Beth Neale of South Africa and Miles Cloutier of Canada reside in South Africa with their daughter. The couple set the Guinness World Record at a Maldives hotel.
These lovebirds set a new underwater kiss record since their joint love was the ocean pic.twitter.com/ZF16onFfXf
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) February 14, 2023
According to a press statement from Guinness World Records, the couple beat the previous record of 3 minutes and 24 seconds set 13 years ago on Guinness World Records’ Italian TV show Lo Show degli Record. Guinness World Records’ official Twitter account posted a video of the event. The caption of the video reads, “These lovebirds set a new underwater kiss record since their joint love was the ocean.”
The duo began their attempt at 7.30 a.m., doing some warm-up breath holds and two trial underwater kisses of two and three minutes before deciding to break the record. Despite all of their work since originally coming up with the idea three years ago, underwater filmmakers Beth and Miles confess the whole thing was much more difficult than they expected. Despite being professionals, the couple said that the stunt was challenging for them.