By Martin Shwenk Leade
APJeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez’s wedding is now facing flak and is drawing accusations with some labelling it as ‘cheap’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding in Italy turned heads as it pumped millions into the local economy and became a global PR showcase for the City of Canals. But the $50 million wedding was marred by protests and also sae the anger of locals.The wedding party used 30 water taxis and booked up to five luxury hotels across the city. The ultra-luxurious wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez had A-list attendees- from the Kardashians, Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo DiCaprio. The three-day affair looked to be dripping in wealth, reports now claim that it was merely for the spectacle.ALSO READ: Diogo Jota’s wife Rute Cardoso posted joyful wedding reel hours before he died in fatal crashJeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez’s wedding cheap?Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez’s wedding is now facing flak and is drawing accusations with some labelling it as ‘cheap’. Many rumours from inside the guest list suggest that behind the Instagram-perfect images was an event many found poorly planned and surprisingly 鈥渃heap鈥.With one of the world鈥檚 most enchanting cities as the backdrop, the three-day affair was dubbed the 鈥淲edding of the Century”. The cost of breakfast alone was 1,000 euros per head (Rs 1 lakh and above). Bezos and Sanchez stayed at the Aman hotel, a luxury 16th-century palazzo on the Grand Canal with a view of the Rialto bridge.Live EventsAccording to a report in The Daily Mail, a source indicated that the experience for many guests was far from luxurious. Many media outlets also questioned the apparent contradiction between his climate activism and his presence at a lavish event possibly involving private jet travel.Sanchez’s dress to the choice of carpet at the ceremony is also being scrutinised, with the couple mocked for walking along an ‘industrial grey hellscape’ after exchanging vows.ALSO READ: Diogo Jota killed in car accident: What was Liverpool star’s net worth, endorsements and market value? 鈥淲hat people won’t know from the pictures is how exhausting and full-on it was for the guests. The heat didn’t help but people were forever needing to get around Venice, which means by boat, and that was a hassle and took ages, and there were a lot of people who all needed to get to the same place at the same time. People were complaining about being completely tired by the time of the wedding day, never mind the day after,鈥 a source was quoted as saying by The Daily Mail.Entertainment journalist Rob Shuter also reported that the guests at the wedding were 鈥渦nimpressed” by the gift bags they had received, saying they felt like 鈥渃orporate retreat” merchandise. One guest seemingly believed 鈥渋t was a gag” that Sanchez handed out goodie bags with black open-toe Amazon slides in them.鈥淪huterScoop can exclusively reveal that guests at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez鈥檚 lavish three-day Venetian wedding were quietly asked to provide personal credit cards at check-in 鈥 all to cover their own mini bar charges.鈥 While much of the attention focused on Sanchez’s wedding dress, others were left baffled by the grey carpet, which was dubbed ‘industrial’. 鈥淚 need to know why Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez chose to get married on a grey office carpet,” another person said.ALSO READ: Diogo Jota death: Liverpool star’s last Instagram post will leave you heartbroken as footballer killed in tragic crashSocial media users speculated that the carpet choice could even have been a nod to Bezows’s early days at Amazon. One person said: ‘It was a nostalgic relic from early Amazon office days, OKAY?!’ But another added: ‘Couldn’t it have been the books?’ Protests before weddingSeveral Venetian organisations, anti-cruise ship campaigners and university groups protested under the banner ‘No Space for Bezos’ amid complaints he has ‘taken over the city.’ALSO READ: Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg 鈥榓sked to leave鈥 Oval Office meeting? Know what was Trump discussing with officialsOne group displayed a banner which read: ‘Money cannot buy style.’Another banner read: ’55 million dollars spent on the wedding just to get a divorce in three days’.Greenpeace activists unfurled a huge banner in St Mark’s Square, the iconic heart of Venice, protesting against the wedding. It showed an image of Bezos face and the slogan: ‘If you can rent Venice for your wedding then you can pay more tax’.(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)
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