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Guest Outcry, Family Rift and Celebrity Rebuke Follow Bezos’s Venetian Wedding

The newlyweds have traded a private couple’s honeymoon for a family yacht excursion on the Croatian coast

Overview

  • Bezos and Sánchez are spending time on a family-focused yacht trip along the Croatian coast with their seven children instead of a private honeymoon.
  • Several guests reported exhaustion from lengthy boat transfers between venues and sweltering temperatures during the multi-day Venice festivities.
  • Lauren Sánchez’s parents were absent from the San Giorgio Maggiore ceremony because of a longstanding feud following her brother’s 2019 leak of private messages.
  • Charlize Theron publicly denounced the wedding as “zum Kotzen” after being left off the guest list, underscoring celebrity criticisms of the extravagance.
  • Organizers enforced strict secrecy with NDAs for staff and security perimeters that kept journalists and paparazzi from accessing the venues.