Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez‘s long-awaited wedding will take place for a few days in Venice, and on their $500 million yacht, Koru. This was confirmed after Paula Froelich of NewsNation revealed some of their pals claimed it would take place in “spring/summer” and “it will involve the [Koru].” Now, with rumors ramping up with how extravagant it’ll be, the mayor of Venice himself is stepping in.
Paul Sanchez, brother of Lauren, claimed somethign big about his sister’s upcoming nuptials. “I think it’s gonna be like a Princess Di thing,” he said in the Home Depot parking lot. “So just huge and fun and just a blast.” Now, along with some side-eye from the general public, there is something to it: a lot of people are coming to this wedding; but not as many as you may think.
Mayor Luigi Brugnaro, mayor of Venice, told People that the multi-day extravaganza wouldn’t affect the city as some outlets claimed.
“We are mutually working and supporting the organizers, to ensure that the event will be absolutely respectful of the fragility and uniqueness of the city,” he said.
He added, “The many speculations and fake news circulating about Jeff Bezos’ wedding are completely unfounded,” noting that it’s “their utmost priority to make sure the city functions as normal, for all, with no abnormal disruption to anyone.”
(There will reportedly only be 200 guests allowed, and Marca claims that some of the guests included will be some of the Kardashians, Ivanka Trump, Leonardo DiCaprio, Karlie Kloss, and more.)
Brugnaro has been the mayor of Venice since 2015, also known for being the president of Coraggio Italia, a political party affiliated with the centre-right coalition. The mayor has bigger problems than focusing on this wedding, though, because back in 2024, he and two aides were under investigation for allegedly agreeing to ensure approvals for a 348,000-square-meter residential and commercial project in exchange for $164 million, per AP News.
Despite all of this, though, it seems Bezos and Sanchez’s wedding will be huge, but not so much that it disrupts Venice.
Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez
Photo By: Elizabeth Goodenough/Everett Collection
Despite meeting back in 2000, Bezos and Sanchez didn’t start dating until 2019. They confirmed their relationship in Jan 2019 after weeks of speculation, and soon after he announced his divorce from Mackenzie Scott. They got engaged in May 2023 while on Bezos’ $500 million yacht named Koru.
In a rare interview with WSJ Magazine, Sanchez finally gave some details about their relationship, saying, “We love to be together and we love to work together.”
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