Though Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos gave us damning proof that their engagement was on the rocks, the betrothed couple is now formally husband and spouse. The pair received hitched in a personal ceremony in Venice, Italy, on June 27. The Amazon founder spent a humble $50 million on the nuptials and seemingly invited each A-lister the couple may consider. The star-studded visitor listing, which was leaked earlier than the marriage, included the likes of Tom Brady, Orlando Bloom, Oprah Winfrey, and far of the Kardashian clan. All have been dripped out within the trend business’s best, though Nicki Swift was nonetheless capable of spherical up a listing of the worst-dressed attendees.

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On the similar time, the ceremony turned a political affair, with protestors flooding Venice with torches and pitchforks (do-it-yourself indicators that denounced the billionaire), as they shouted “Bezos, f*** off! Out of our lagoon!” per CNN. Italian natives weren’t alone in criticizing the high-profile, matrimonial extravaganza; many celebrities who weren’t current on the wedding ceremony made their emotions about Bezos and Sanchez identified, they usually did not maintain again.

Though it appeared like Hollywood was abandoned for the weekend, one celeb was busy internet hosting an occasion on the Common Studios backlot. Actor Charlize Theron hosted her fifth annual block get together for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Mission, a non-profit group that helps the well being and security of younger folks of South Africa. Commencing the occasion, the South African native made a speech, which concerned a not-so-subtle dig at Jeff Bezos and his wedding ceremony friends. “I believe we may be the one individuals who didn’t get an invitation to the Bezos wedding ceremony,” she mentioned, per The Hollywood Reporter. “However that is OK as a result of they suck and we’re cool.”

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Customers on X, previously Twitter, had combined evaluations about Theron taking goal on the billionaire. “She’s jealous no one cares about her,” one particular person wrote. In protection of “The Previous Guard” star, one other mentioned, “She’s not incorrect.” It was laborious to inform whether or not Theron was joking, since she has a pointy wit about her, but when she was laying naked her true emotions concerning the nuptials, she actually wasn’t alone.

Katie Couric wasn’t too shy to blast Lauren Sanchez, not for her a whole bunch of attendees, like Charlize Theron, however for her trend sense. Sanchez’s dated wedding ceremony gown generated a heaping spoonful of buzz after she made it on the duvet of Vogue. Former President John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, posted one of many images from the Vogue shoot to his Instagram — a publish that has since been deleted — which motivated Couric to throw in her two cents concerning the type of the Dolce & Gabbana robe. “Welcome to the eighties—when large hair and conspicuous consumption dominated,” she wrote within the remark part of Schlossberg’s publish, per TMZ. “Apparently cheesy is again.”

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The journalist’s remarks weren’t supported by a lot of the general public, who took to X to share their disappointment in Couric. “Eternally reaching to be related after leaving the Right now Present,” one consumer opined. Others wrote that Couric was merely projecting her anger as a result of she wasn’t invited to the marriage. Although somebody did come to her protection, saying, “The gown is cheesy and outdated. Katie is just not incorrect.”

Fellow journalist Jenna Bush Hager’s remarks have been barely tamer, as she spoke concerning the Bezos-Sanchez wedding ceremony on “Right now with Jenna & Mates” a day earlier than they walked down the aisle. Hager shared her issues about the best way the media has exhausted the matrimonial protection. The NBC anchor instructed visitor Maria Shriver that “I personally would hate” the publicity, citing the press, the general public, and the protests alike. “As a result of… they’re celebrating their love,” she added, seemingly suggesting that the extreme highlight has drowned the romance of the occasion.

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Hager’s personal wedding ceremony was a little bit of a spectacle, and a revelation into her lavish life, with a 200-person visitor listing when she tied the knot with Henry Hager in 2008. Nevertheless, Hager remembered on “Jenna & Mates” that considered one of her largest issues was a scarcity of privateness. “We did it in my dad and mom’ yard in Crawford, Texas, the place no one might be aside from the folks we love,” the daughter of former President George W. Bush instructed Shriver. Nonetheless, Hager added, Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos seemingly do not thoughts all of the pomp and circumstance.

Then there have been some celebrities who not directly threw shade at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, like Mia Farrow. The “Rosemary’s Child” actor took to Instagram to reward Mackenzie Scott, who — as Farrow famous — is Bezos’ ex-wife and the mom of his youngsters. “How superior is MacKenzie Scott!” Farrow wrote in her publish. “As of mid-December 2024, she had given a complete of $19.3 billion to over 1600 charitable organizations.” After a 25-year marriage, Scott and Bezos divorced in 2019, with Scott receiving a portion of Bezos’ fortune within the course of. She has since vowed to relinquish a lot of her wealth to philanthropic ventures by way of her charity, Yield Giving, which, as Farrow said in her publish, has donated over $19 billion.

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Different A-listers chimed in beneath the publish. Olivia Munn commented, “Actually unimaginable,” whereas Rosanna Arquette wrote, ​​”She’s a power of humanity and good.” Among the many almost 30,000 “likes” on the publish have been from a couple of different celebrities, like Sarah Jessica Parker, Mandy Moore, and Katie Holmes, exhibiting their help for Scott.

Actor and comic Rosie O’Donnell has been significantly outspoken about her obvious disdain for Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. She wrote a 25-stanza poem on her Substack, titled “Jeff’s Wedding ceremony,” the place she seemingly condemned Bezos and Hollywood’s elite for his or her uber-lavish celebrations. “It turned my abdomen/Seeing all these billionaires/Gathering within the gross extra of all of it/The present of it,” she wrote. Later within the poem, O’Donnell referred to as Sanchez a “faux fem bot” and mentioned that Bezos “offered his soul” when he married her. The “A League of Their Personal” actor even included what seems to be a before-and-after of Sanchez’s seemingly new face work, after present process cosmetic surgery.

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She posted a snippet of her Substack publish on her Instagram, the place she has additionally articulated her emotions concerning the couple with a lot extra posts. In a single Instagram publish, O’Donnell shared a tweet from X, previously Twitter, which learn, “Jeff Bezos paid 50m for his wedding ceremony and gave his new spouse over 50m in jewellery whereas folks listed here are shedding their Medicaid and SNAP advantages simply so he can get a hug tax minimize. It is disgusting and simply incorrect.” O’Donnell merely wrote within the caption: “Reality.”