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Express Tribune
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Charlize Theron reportedly banned from Bezos events after joking about Jeff and Lauren Sanchez's wedding
Charlize Theron has reportedly been excluded from all future Jeff Bezos-related events after making a lighthearted jab at his recent wedding to Lauren Sanchez. The couple tied the knot in Venice on June 27 in a high-profile ceremony attended by Leonardo DiCaprio, Ivanka Trump, the Kardashian-Jenner family, and other A-listers. During the fifth annual Block Party for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, the Oscar-winning actress joked about not being invited to the wedding. 'That's okay because they suck and we're cool,' she said, prompting laughter from the audience. Her comment, aimed at the event's extravagance, reportedly upset Bezos. According to entertainment columnist Rob Shuter, Bezos was 'livid,' and Sanchez nearly responded on social media before being advised against it. A source claimed Theron is now banned from any events linked to the couple, including Blue Origin launches, yacht weekends, and high-profile charity galas. Theron's remark was seen as a critique of the wedding's estimated $50 million cost and its disruption to local life in Venice. Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell also criticised the display, posting, 'It turned my stomach seeing all these billionaires gathering in the gross excess of it all.' Others online took issue with Sanchez's wedding outfit, calling it 'tacky' and a symbol of 'conspicuous consumption.' Theron has not commented further, but the situation highlights growing scrutiny of celebrity wealth displays.
IOL News
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Star-studded critique: Charlize Theron and Rosie O'Donnell slam Jeff Bezos's $50 million wedding bash
South African actress Charlize Theron, American talk show host and comedian Rosie O'Donnell and several others have expressed their disapproval, escalating societal concerns over socio-political issues and income inequality. This past weekend, while the luxurious canals of Venice played host to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos's lavish wedding, many high-profile celebrities expressed their anger at the billionaire's $50 million celebration. The star-studded gathering in Venice saw A-list attendees, including Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Kardashian-Jenner clan, relish in the celebrations, but the celebrities who declined to attend the lavish event have come up for discussion, particularly as many deal with urgent social problems back home. Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. At her fifth annual Block Party for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) in Los Angeles, Theron made headlines by declaring that she was 'not sad' about missing the wedding. 'I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding, but that's OK because they suck and we're cool, said the Oscar-winning actress. Questioning the narrative of celebrity life, she highlighted the urgent issues affecting communities worldwide. "Here in Los Angeles, in the US and across the globe, we're moving backwards fast ... Immigration policy has destroyed the lives of families, not criminals, women's rights are becoming less and less every day, queer and trans lives are increasingly being erased and gender-based violence is on the rise." Theron further condemned the detrimental impact of cuts to foreign aid, particularly in her homeland, South Africa, where critical healthcare programs have been significantly affected. "People will lose their lives. Many have already, unfortunately and at a frightening rate. It's absolutely heartbreaking to see this kind of unnecessary suffering," she said. By the end of the event, Theron managed to raise over $1 million for the Africa Outreach Project.
New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Rosie O'Donnell trashes Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez's ‘gross' $50M wedding: ‘Turned my stomach'
Rosie O'Donnell isn't holding back. Just days after Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos tied the knot with Lauren Sánchez in an extravagant $50 million wedding in Venice, Italy, the former talk show host took to Instagram to trash the newly married couple over the 'gross' event. 'The BEZOS wedding,' O'Donnell, 63, began on Monday, June 30. 'It turned my stomach. Seeing all these billionaires. Gathering in the gross excess of it all. The show of it.' Advertisement 10 Rosie O'Donnell isn't holding back. @rosie/Instagram 10 O'Donnell took to Instagram on Monday to trash Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez over their lavish, multi-day Italian wedding celebration. rosie/Instagram She also criticized the star-studded guest list, which included celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, the Kardashian-Jenner family, Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, Sydney Sweeney, and many others. Advertisement 'Is Oprah friends with Jeff Besos,' O'Donnell questioned. 'Really – how is that possible. He treats his employees with disdain. By any metric he is not a nice man.' The comedian went on to call Sánchez, 55, a 'fake fem bot wife' before praising Bezos' first wife, MacKenzie Scott. 10 'The BEZOS wedding,' O'Donnell began. 'It turned my stomach. Seeing all these billionaires. Gathering in the gross excess of it all. The show of it.'for Sky & NOW 10 Bezos and Sánchez married in Venice, Italy, on Friday, June 27. REUTERS Advertisement Bezos, 61, and Scott, 55, divorced in 2019 after nearly 25 years of marriage. She walked away with $38 billion and a 4% stake in Amazon after the split and has pledged to give away at least half of her wealth. 'And his fake fem bot wife,' O'Donnell continued alongside 'then and now' images of Sánchez. 'Who looks like that. Why would he choose her. After the salt of the earth Mackenzie.' 'Sold his soul. Is what it looks like from here. The devil is smiling. At all his conquests,' the 'Flintstones' actress concluded before directing her nearly 700K followers to her Substack blog. 10 The comedian went on to call Sánchez a 'fake fem bot wife.' Rosie O'Donnell/Instagram Advertisement 10 'And his fake fem bot wife,' O'Donnell continued alongside a 'Then and Now' photo of Sánchez. 'Who looks like that. Why would he choose her. After the salt of the earth Mackenzie.' rosie/Instagram However, O'Donnell, who moved to Ireland earlier this year with her 12-year-old non-binary child Clay, was not the only celeb to slam Bezos and Sánchez over their $50 million Italian wedding on Friday, June 27. Charlize Theron also threw shade at the newlyweds during her fifth annual Block Party for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project over the weekend. 'I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding,' the 'Monster' actress, 49, said during the Los Angeles event on Saturday. 10 Charlize Theron also threw shade at Bezos and Sánchez over the weekend. Getty Images for Netflix 10 'I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding,' Theron said during an event in Los Angeles on Saturday. GC Images 'But that's OK because they suck and we're cool,' she added, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Theron then thanked her audience for 'taking the time to be a part of this, especially when the world feels like it's burning, because it is.' Advertisement 'Yeah, f–k them,' she concluded. 10 Several celebrities who didn't make the guest list slammed Bezos and Sánchez over their $50 million Italian wedding. Instagram/ Lauren Sánchez 10 Bezos and Sánchez kiss as they leave the Aman Hotel on the third day of their wedding festivities in Venice on Saturday. AFP via Getty Images Katie Couric, 68, even called Sánchez's Dolce & Gabbana gown 'tacky' in a scathing social media post. Advertisement Meanwhile, other celebrities used Bezos and Sánchez's lavish, multi-day wedding celebration to praise the billionaire's 'awesome' first wife. 'How awesome is MacKenzie Scott! (Jeff Bezos' first wife and mother of his 4 children),' Mia Farrow, 80, wrote on Instagram Saturday. 'As of mid-December 2024, she had given a total of $19.3 billion to over 1600 charitable organizations.' 'Truly incredible,' Olivia Munn responded, while Rosanna Arquette commented, 'She's a force of humanity and good.'
The Citizen
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Citizen
Purpose over party: Charlize Theron slams Jeff Bezos‘ $50m wedding, claims many in SA dying
Charlize Theron threw shade at Jeff Bezos' wedding against a backdrop of global issues and claims of South Africans dying due to US aid cuts. Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos depart from the Aman hotel to attend the last party of their wedding celebrations in Venice on 28 June 2025. Actress Charlize Theron pictured at Block Party charity event in Los Angeles over the weekend. Pictures: EPA/ Daniel Aniel dal Zennaro and AFP Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron highlighted the importance of global issues over glamorous excess with a thinly veiled jab at Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding extravaganza in Venice over the weekend. Speaking at her fifth annual Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) Block Party event in Los Angeles on Saturday, the South African-born star ripped into the A-list wedding guests, saying 'they suck'. 'I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding. But that's OK because they suck and we're cool.' As the crowd applauded her remarks, the 49-year-old actress reportedly added: 'Yeah, f–k them'. Charlize Theron: Bold Bezos wedding statement at Block Party Theron's comment, though delivered with her signature wit, wasn't just a throwaway line. South African-American actress and film producer Charlize Theron arrives at the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) Block Party 2025 held at the Universal Studios Backlot in Universal City, Los Angeles, California. Picture: Image Press Agency / NurPhoto via AFP According to Hollywood Reporter, the Old Guard 2 star quickly pivoted to a serious tone, thanking her guests for attending the CTAOP event 'especially when the world feels like it's burning, because it is'. Burning issues: 'It's personal' – Theron She emphasised pressing global issues, stating: 'Here in Los Angeles, in the US and across the globe, we're moving backwards fast. 'Immigration policy has destroyed the lives of families, not criminals; women's 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't just policy, it's personal.' Trump's foreign aid cuts According to Variety, the Academy Award winner claimed many people in South Africa have 'already' died without US aid. Although she didn't mention US President Donald Trump by name, the actress appeared to reference efforts by him and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut foreign aid spending through United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funds. 'Foreign aid cuts brought HIV and Aids programmes in my home country of South Africa to an absolute standstill. All of this is not just detrimental, it's dangerous,' Theorn told Variety's Mark Malkin at the charity event. 'People will lose their lives. Many have already, unfortunately, and at a frightening rate. It's absolutely heartbreaking to see this kind of unnecessary suffering.' Charlize Theron's Block Party: Focus on impact The CTAOP Block Party, held to raise funds for Theron's nonprofit organisation, featured a performance by Reneé Rapp and a live 'Hot Ones' segment with Theron and her Old Guard 2 co-star KiKi Layne. By juxtaposing her fundraiser with the Bezos wedding, the charity event underscored Theron's deep-rooted commitment to advocacy over Hollywood glitz and glamour. Bezos $50m wedding vs CTAOP's mission The extravagance of the 61-year-old Amazon founder's $50-million (about R889.4 million) Venice wedding celebrations, is in stark contrast to the CTAOP's mission to support youth health and safety in South Africa. Charlize Theron poses with British actor David Oyelowo and his wife British actress, Jessica Oyelowo, as they attend the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project 2025 Block Party at Universal Studios backlot in North Hollywood, California on 28 June 2025. Picture: Unique Nicol/ AFP Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding bash Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist and helicopter pilot, tied the knot on Friday, 27 June in a lavish three-day celebration in Venice. With a net worth estimated by Forbes to be $226.7 billion, the executive chair of the e-commerce giant is rumoured to have spent a staggering $50-million for the wedding, The event boasted a star-studded guest list of more than 200, including A-listers like Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim and Khloé Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Tom Brady and Orlando Bloom. Held on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, the wedding featured a custom Dolce & Gabbana wedding gown for Sánchez, a performance by Matteo Bocelli and over-the-top festivities, including a welcoming party at the Chiostro Madonna dell'Orto and a final celebration at the Arsenale, a former medieval shipyard. Charlize Theron's remarks spark cheers and controversy Theron's remarks sparked a mix of reactions on social media with some supporters praising her for calling out the disconnect between celebrity excess and global crises such as immigration and gender-based violence. One X user commented: 'Charlize is out here speaking truth while the A-listers sip champagne in Venice.' Others, however, dismissed her comments as a sign of envy: 'Theron shouldn't worry. She can go to his next wedding.' Bezos-Sanchez wedding: Venice mass protests Venice itself was divided over the wedding. While city officials welcomed the economic boost, with 80% of provisions sourced from local vendors like Rosa Salva and Laguna B, many residents felt the event epitomized overtourism and inequality. As per Page Six, the 'No Space for Bezos' campaign group threatened to clog canals with inflatable crocodiles, and posters featuring Bezos' head on a rocket appeared across the city. Last week, Greenpeace Italy unfurled a banner in St Mark's Square reading: 'If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax,' while a dummy of Bezos was tossed into the Grand Canal, clutching an oversized Amazon package.
Fox News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Charlize Theron takes dig at Bezos wedding while Mia Farrow celebrates his charitable ex-wife
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos became husband and wife over the weekend with a host of celebrity friends witnessing their vows in Venice, Italy. The Amazon billionaire and former journalist tied the knot in grand fashion, hosting a whirlwind three-day affair complete with a lavish welcome party, wedding and black-tie ceremony on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. While the newlyweds celebrated overseas with their friends and family, Hollywood stars at home hit back at the nuptials in subtle – and not-so-subtle – ways. Charlize Theron took aim at the Bezos event on Saturday while hosting the fifth annual Block Party for her Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project on the Universal Studios backlot. Before diving into immigration policy issues, the Oscar-winner slammed the Bezos bash and its attendees. "I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding," Theron told the crowd, per The Hollywood Reporter. "But that's OK because they suck, and we're cool." Mia Farrow shared an image of Jeff's ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, on Jeff's wedding day, and praised the billionaire for her charitable efforts. "How awesome is MacKenzie Scott! (Jeff Bezos first wife & mother of his 4 children)," Farrow captioned a post featuring Scott. "As of mid-December 2024, she had given a total of $19.3 billion to over 1600 charitable organizations." More than 20,000 people "liked" Farrow's post, including a handful of high-profile stars. "Truly incredible," Olivia Munn wrote. Rosanna Arquette commented, "She's a force of humanity and good." Scott, 55, and Jeff, 61, met in 1992 as coworkers and married one year later. The couple announced their separation in January 2019 after 25 years of marriage. "If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again," they wrote in a Jan. 9, 2019, post on X (then Twitter). "We've had such a great life together as a married couple, and we also see wonderful futures ahead as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures." Jeff didn't have a prenup with Scott, and the separation left her with a 4% stake in the online shopping giant, or around $36 billion at the time. The former couple have four children together. When the marriage ended, they shared transparent posts about their settlement online. "Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff with support from each other and everyone who reached out to us in kindness, and looking forward to next phase as co-parents and friends," Scott wrote. "Happy to be giving him all of my interests in the Washington Post, Blue Origin, and 75 [percent] of our Amazon stock plus voting control of my shares to support his continued contributions with the teams of these incredible companies. Excited about my own plans. Grateful for the past as I look forward to what comes next." Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos were married Friday, June 27, on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore with a number of celebrities invited to attend their black-tie ceremony. Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Tom Brady and Sydney Sweeney were just a few of the A-listers in town for the Amazon founder's wedding.
