What a week for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez to get married, eh? Bezos did everything he could to get Donald Trump back into the White House, and now Trump and the MAGA clowns are marching/staggering the United States into a war with Iran. Members of the Trump klan have been invited to the Bezos-Sanchez wedding this week as well, and I suspect that no matter what happens in the next few days, many klan members will still show up in Venice. Donald Trump might even show up in person too – he’s reportedly been invited. Still, Bezos and Sanchez know that they look like tacky a–holes, and they pay people to publish positive stories, so enjoy this one. Apparently, Bezos and Sanchez have “discreetly donated to local charities” in Venice.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are giving back to the City of Water. A source tells Page Six that the power couple — set to tie the knot this coming week in Venice, Italy — discreetly donated to local charities back in April as part of their wedding planning.
They are also involving their wedding guests — which include 200 A-list names like Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Barbara Streisand and Ivanka Trump — in on their philanthropic efforts, making donations in their name as a gift.
Guests were notified in May, we hear, that in lieu of gifts, the couple was making contributions in honor of attendees so that “Venice will continue to inspire wonder for generations to come,” say sources. The festivities surrounding the wedding are set to take place over three days, with speculation that events could happen on Koru, Bezos’ $500 million superyacht, the island of San Giorgio and Scuola Grande della Misericordia, a large exhibition space.
According to the AP, the Amazon billionaire and the journalist are sourcing 80% of their wedding goods from Venetian vendors, including the city’s oldest pastry maker, Rosa Salva, and Murano glass blower Laguna B. There are also reports that guests will receive a keepsake from Laguna B, which is known for colorful cups called goti de fornasa.
The romantic floating city is divided on its reaction to the couple’s upcoming nuptials. Italian protesters under the banner “No space for Bezos” are gearing up to block the canals and streets in order to disrupt wedding festivities for various reasons tied to ongoing issues like over-tourism and anti-capitalism. However, Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro has welcomed the wedding, saying it will have a “million-dollar” economic impact on local businesses.
“There are also reports that guests will receive a keepsake from Laguna B, which is known for colorful cups called goti de fornasa.” Imagine flying all the way to Venice to attend a three-day yacht wedding and all you get is a cup. Anyway, Bezos and Sanchez are aware enough to know that people think they’re tacky as f–k, but instead of toning it down or (gasp) just getting married in the US, they’re forging ahead with this international catastrophe. I’m really curious to see if we get any photos of the guests circulating in Venice, and I also wonder if we’ll get any photos of Lauren’s wedding look(s). There are rumors that Anna Wintour will be in attendance, and that Vogue might have the exclusive on the wedding pics. Ugh.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, Cover Images.
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- Beaulieu-sur-Mer, FRANCE – **NO WEB USE** Jeff Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez walk hand in hand while checking out the sights and sounds of beautiful Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the French Riveria. **NO WEB USE** Pictured: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez BACKGRID USA 18 JUNE 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: Best Image / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Monte Carlo, MONACO – Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez enjoy the excitement and glamour of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. Pictured: Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez BACKGRID USA 25 MAY 2025 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- VIP guests arrive to attend a state dinner in honor of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington Featuring: Jeff Bezos, Executive chairman of Amazon, and Lauren Sánchez Where: Washington, District Of Columbia, United States When: 10 Apr 2024 Credit: Ting Shen/POOL via CNP/INSTARimages.com **world rights**
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- From left, Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai arrive before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States takes place inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 20, 2025. It is the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration and the second non-consecutive inauguration of Trump as U.S. president Featuring: Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos Where: Washington, District of Columbia, United States When: 20 Jan 2025 Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages.com
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- Jeff Bezos and Sundar Pichai arrive before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States takes place inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 20, 2025. It is the 60th U.S. presidential inauguration and the second non-consecutive inauguration of Trump as U.S. president Featuring: Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai Where: Washington, District of Columbia, United States When: 20 Jan 2025 Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages.com
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- Celebrities arriving at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Featuring: Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos Where: Los Angeles, United States When: 02 Mar 2025 Credit: Doug Peters/PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
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- 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar Featuring: Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 05 Apr 2025 Credit: Faye’s Vision/Cover Images
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- 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar Featuring: Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 05 Apr 2025 Credit: Faye’s Vision/Cover Images
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- Celebrities arrive at the 11th Annual Breakthrough Prize Ceremony 2025 held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Los Angeles Featuring: Lauren Sanchez and boyfriend/American entrepreneur, business magnate, Founder and Executive chairman of Amazon Jeff Bezos Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 05 Apr 2025 Credit: Abaca Press/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
Could she *be* any more tacky? It’s like she thrives on looking cheap and hung up. Gross.
The groom is no better, let’s be honest. They both look utterly ridiculous.
Personally I think there should be a bidding war between DC and Marvel as to who gets the wedding … pictures.
Sometimes I should be not allowed out in public… 🙂
Could they possibly try any harder to look like Batman villains?
LOL! Thank you for this comment. Was having a shit morning but now I’m laughing my ass off because you nailed it. Like, “right? do you people know how to try to NOT look like grifters or the worst people on the planet”. Clearly not, because their guest list alone looks like the cast of villains from a bad Marvel Comic movie.
@henny penny: 🎯
Are we taking bets on the “girls” being hung out in the wedding dress? Bets on the designer who would hang the “girls” out tackily?
You just know she’s gone out of her way to find a tacky lingerie-style dress. I’m sick of looking at all of her flotation devices (cheeks, lips and boobs).
It’s totally gonna be D&G. They’re tacky as hell too and love cozying up to a-holes.
🎯
What did MacKenzie see in this guy?
He probably wasn’t as objectionable when Mackenzie first met him,
He wasn’t this guy when they met. They both had money as they worked for a hedge fund and Amazon wasn’t even a concept yet.
And I have to say, regarding the story, that their donations aren’t very “discreet” if everyone is talking about it.
Lol, I think the cup is the least of it when you’ve been invited to the wedding of the second richest man in the world. In any case, Laguna B was started by a woman, which is a relatively new thing in the Murano world – so if they’re buying Murano glass, it’s nice that they’re supporting a woman.
Yep, they donated so “discretely,” it’s being leaked (complete with amounts, brands, etc.) in advance.
Or did they mean a discrete number of publicists each had a discrete number of papers to leak to within discrete periods of time?
Ugh, money really doesn’t buy class.
1. The bourgeois have completely lost the plot and are gleefully and arrogantly poking the proletariat. 2. If ya donate discretely, no one knows ya donated. They are just YIKES and ICKY. 3. Cancel Amazon and all related subscriptions. Boycott all Bezos owned companies.
All the money in the universe can’t buy better plastic surgery?
So discreet that they leaked that info to every gossip site in Europe and America. That’s how you do discreet (eye wink).
@Barbara, speaking of floatation devices, I think she has deflated her lips somewhat in recent months, reducing her resemblance to a blow-up doll.
“discretely” + “local charities” = good old bribes.
You know it