Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez slam report of $600 million lavish Aspen wedding: ‘None of this is happening’

Billionaire Jeff Bezos has rubbished reports of his wedding to fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, costing a whopping $600 million as some media reports that claimed. The Amazon boss took to X to clear the air about his wedding plans and said that the "whole thing was completely false".

Bezos was adding to a comment by investor Bill Ackman who said the reports were not credible "unless you are buying each of your guests a house, you can’t spend this much money."

"Furthermore, this whole thing is completely false — none of this is happening. The old adage “don’t believe everything you read” is even more true today than it ever has been. Now lies can get ALL the way around the world before the truth can get its pants on," he said in the post and asked users to be careful and not be gullible.

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Lauren Sanchez also shared the post by Bezos on her Instagram stories and added the words "not true" over it.

(Also read: Who is Lauren Sanchez, fiancee of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos?)

What did the reports claim?

Reports by Daily Mail and the New York Post had claimed that the couple were set to tie the knot in a lavish Aspen, Colorado wedding and had chosen Matsuhisa, a posh sushi restaurant, as the venue for their winter wonderland-themed celebration.

The reports also claimed that the luxury restaurant had been exclusively reserved from December 26 to 27 for the wedding and will host around 180 guests. It said the event will be as extravagant as the couple’s engagement celebrations in Positano, Italy, in 2023 which was attended by high-profile guests such as Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Queen Rania of Jordan.

(Also read: Jeff Bezos set his salary at $80,000 at Amazon but made $8 million every hour)

The reports further claimed that the multi-day function will be hosted at Kevin Costner's 160-acre ranch and the couple had already arrived in Aspen over the weekend.

Google Trends

According to Google Trends, the search term "Jeff Bezos" saw a surge in interest starting Sunday, peaking on Monday. Related searches included "age of Jeff Bezos," "Jeff Bezos wife Lauren Sanchez," "Jeff Bezos married," "Dam Capital IPO GMP today," and "Rohan Mirchandani." The spike in searches followed reports where billionaire Jeff Bezos dismissed claims that his wedding to fiancée Lauren Sanchez would cost a staggering $600 million, which had been circulated by some media outlets.