Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos haven’t got a romantic meet-cute to inform their grandchildren about across the fire. Quite the opposite, Jeff and Lauren’s relationship began with controversy. Information of their romance leaked in January 2019, proper when Jeff introduced his divorce from MacKenzie Scott, his spouse of 25 years. The affair rumors did nothing to assist the popularity of the Amazon founder — or of Lauren, for that matter. They went public with their relationship shortly after, and social media customers have handed judgment ever since.

In actual fact, the scandalous begin to their romance has the web satisfied that Jeff and Lauren’s marriage is doomed. Proof of that’s that, years after the divorce, a slew of netizens are nonetheless #TeamMacKenzie, despite the fact that Scott has lengthy moved on. She additionally does not appear to carry a grudge — a minimum of that is what she desires the general public to imagine. “Grateful to have completed the method of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with help from one another and everybody who reached out to us in kindness, and looking out ahead to the subsequent section as co-parents and associates. … Grateful to the previous as I sit up for what comes subsequent,” she shared on X.

Jeff and Scott, who share 4 youngsters, finalized their divorce in April 2019. However individuals have not been as forgiving of Jeff’s alleged infidelity as Scott seemingly has. Years could have handed, however social media customers and celebrities alike nonetheless defend Jeff’s ex-wife each time the chance arises. 

Jeff Bezos should still be using the excessive of his June 2025 marriage ceremony to Lauren Sánchez Bezos, however social media customers are unimpressed. Instagram customers appear to have little to no optimistic issues to say about their union. Within the feedback part of a 2024 Instagram submit to mark Lauren’s birthday, customers targeted on MacKenzie Scott as a substitute. “I really feel sorry on your ex-wife, who has completed a lot for you that can assist you succeed, if it weren’t for her, you would not be the individual you’re immediately, everybody is aware of that she is an effective girl,” one consumer wrote days after the marriage. 

Others criticized Jeff’s determination to have a media-frenzied, star-studded marriage ceremony after publicly humiliating his ex-wife, who performed an necessary function in getting Amazon off the bottom and served as its first accountant. “Do you actually not care about your ex-wife’s emotions in any respect throughout this extravagant marriage ceremony you are holding? It actually pains me to see that,” one other consumer wrote. However common social media customers weren’t the one ones to indicate help for Scott amid Jeff and Lauren’s marriage ceremony.

On the weekend of the Venice festivities, Mia Farrow celebrated Scott in a veiled criticism of Jeff. “How superior is MacKenzie Scott! … As of mid-December 2024, she had given a complete of $19.3 billion to over 1600 charitable organizations,” she captioned an Instagram submit that includes a photograph of her. Within the feedback part, Olivia Munn and Katie Couric additionally shared their help for Scott, proving Jeff’s divorce will ceaselessly hang-out him.