Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been forced to respond to reports he planned to drop $600 million on his Aspen, Colorado, nuptials to Lauren Sanchez as “completely false.”
“This is all completely false – none of this is happening,” Bezos, 60, wrote on the platform in response to the Sunday morning rumors.
“The old adage ‘don’t believe everything you read’ is more true today than it has ever been,” the Washington Post owner continued.
“Now lies can travel around the world before the truth can be revealed. So be careful, friends, and don’t be gullible.
Bezos’ rebuttal cites an article ‘buy each of your guests a gift’. House.”
Daily Mail was first to report the claims, citing a “well-placed source” as saying the ceremony was to take place at actor Kevin Costner’s 160-acre Aspen ranch.
The outlet also reported that the wedding – which would take place next weekend – would include a mountaintop ceremony and “private mansions” reserved for each of the wedding guests at Tony’s mountain resort.
The couple went public with their relationship in 2019, keeping a low profile until the mogul’s divorce from his first wife, MacKenzie Scott, was finalized.
They got engaged in May 2023.
With a net worth of around $250 billion and just behind Tesla CEO and Trump’s best friend Elon Musk for the title of world’s richest man, Bezos is a frequent target of the anti-capitalist left, who came out en masse on X to condemn the doubtful. lavish marriage rumors.
“This isn’t a $600 million wedding, this is Jeff Bezos giving the whole world the finger,” one commenter moaned.
“To put this in perspective, Bezos could give EACH of his 275,000 Amazon delivery drivers a $2,000 raise and it would be CHEAPER than his $50 MILLION wedding! » wrote another, apparently accepting the gossip as gospel truth.
Amazon workers are currently on strike in several states, including New York, to get the company to offer a contract that guarantees better working conditions and higher wages.
