Rosie O'Donnell slams Oprah for attending Jeff Bezos' wedding in Venice
The multi-day event, attended by numerous A-list celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio and Sydney Sweeney, also drew criticism and protests from Venice locals over its opulence and disruption.
In an Instagram post, O'Donnell expressed disgust at the event, writing, 'It turned my stomach seeing all these billionaires gathering in the gross excess of it all.' Her comments specifically questioned Oprah's presence at the wedding. 'Is Oprah friends with Jeff Bezos? Really? How is that possible? He treats his employees with disdain. By any metric he is not a nice man,' O'Donnell wrote.
She also criticized Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, referring to her appearance and contrasting her with Bezos' former wife, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. 'Sold his soul is what it looks like from here,' O'Donnell added.
Oprah attended the event alongside longtime friend Gayle King, who previously participated in a Blue Origin spaceflight with Sanchez earlier this year. O'Donnell later expanded her comments on Substack, where she frequently posts political and cultural critiques.
Oscar winner Charlize Theron also joined the wave of celebrity criticism, joking at her Africa Outreach Project party that she must be one of the few who didn't receive an invite to the Bezos wedding, adding, 'But that's ok because they suck and we're cool.'
As reported by Variety's Zack Sharf, O'Donnell continues to live in Ireland after leaving the U.S. over political concerns and has stated she won't return until Donald Trump is no longer in power.
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