By Elyse Wanshel
We didn鈥檛 know the next instalment in the Mad Max franchise was Furiosa vs. the Broligarchy.
Charlize Theron kicked off her fifth annual block party for her Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project 鈥 which advances and invests in the health and safety of young people in Africa 鈥 on Saturday night with an opening quip that made her opinion of Jeff Bezos and his ilk crystal clear.
鈥淚 think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding,鈥 the Oscar winner told event attendees at the Universal Studios backlot, according to the Hollywood Reporter. 鈥淏ut that鈥檚 OK because they suck and we鈥檙e cool.鈥
After the Monster star used one concise word to describe the Amazon founder and the famous attendees of his opulent Venice, Italy, wedding over the weekend, she moved on to thank her attendees for 鈥渢aking the time to be a part of this, especially when the world feels like it鈥檚 burning because it is鈥.
鈥淗ere in Los Angeles, in the US and across the globe, we鈥檙e moving backwards fast,鈥 Charlize said. 鈥淚mmigration policy has destroyed the lives of families, not criminals; women鈥檚 rights are becoming less and less every day; queer and trans lives are increasingly being erased; and gender-based violence is on the rise. This isn鈥檛 just policy, it鈥檚 personal.鈥
The Hollywood Reporter noted that as the crowd began to applaud, she added: 鈥淵eah, fuck them.鈥
Jeff Bezos aligned himself with MAGA in January, when he snagged primo seats at Donald Trump鈥檚 inauguration alongside the other leaders of the nation鈥檚 biggest technology companies, including Facebook鈥檚 Mark Zuckerberg, Apple鈥檚 Tim Cook and Tesla鈥檚 Elon Musk.
Bezos is seemingly so chummy with the Trump family that the president鈥檚 eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump, attended the billionaire鈥檚 wedding, which Forbes estimates may have cost around $25 million.
Other attendees joining the star-studded guest list included Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Tom Brady, Orlando Bloom and the Kardashian/Jenner family, who weren鈥檛 exactly welcomed in the Italian city.
Despite Bezos and his now-wife, Lauren S谩nchez, promising to donate money to Venetian charities after they tied the knot, local activist groups, including Greenpeace, protested the wedding. Critics accused the couple of exploiting a city already suffering from overtourism, rising housing prices and the threat of flooding due to environmental factors.
But, unlike Trump, it doesn鈥檛 seem like Charlize thinks that protesters suck. The Tully star noted in her speech over the weekend that she feels that the 鈥渞esistance鈥 against the president鈥檚 policies is a glimmer of 鈥渉ope鈥.
鈥淭here is power in all of us standing up, organising, protesting, voting and caring for each other, and refusing to accept that this is the new normal,鈥 Charlize said. 鈥淭hat spirit of resistance, justice and care for each other, that鈥檚 the spirit that drives the work at CTAOP.鈥
鈥淎nd although our focus is on the youth in Southern Africa, what we鈥檙e really talking about here tonight is that all lives should be valued,鈥 she added.