Bezos denies $600 million wedding rumors: ‘Don’t believe everything you read’

Billionaire Jeff Bezos on Sunday denied reports that he is about to spend a staggering $600 million on a star-studded Aspen wedding for his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez.

Marriage news came from exclusively Daily Mail A report cited three anonymous sources as saying that the Amazon founder’s lavish wedding was scheduled for December 28. The report claimed that actor Kevin Costner’s Dunbar Ranch restaurant and sushi restaurant Matsuhisa will be the venues for the ceremony and reception.

Several other websites picked up the story, citing the Daily Mail. One such report caught the attention of Bezos’ fellow billionaire Bill Ackman, who posted on X that the dollar figure was “not credible.”

“Unless you’re buying a house for all your guests, you’re not going to be able to spend that kind of money,” Ackman said.

Bezos, who is worth an estimated $238.5 billion, responded to Ackman’s tweet, not only disputing the price but appearing to imply there will be no wedding next weekend.

“Furthermore, this whole thing is completely wrong, and none of this happened,” Bezos said in a letter to X. “The old adage ‘don’t believe everything you read’ is truer today than ever.”

Bezos continued, paraphrasing a quote often attributed to Mark Twain.

“Now lies can spread around the world before the truth can put its pants on. So be careful and don’t be gullible,” he wrote.

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“It will be interesting to see if all the outlets that have covered and re-reported this issue will correct when it comes and goes and doesn’t happen,” Bezos said.

Bezos, 60, and Sanchez, 55, have been engaged since May 2023. Before their engagement, Their relationship It spanned nearly five years. They both had previous marriages, with Bezos splitting from MacKenzie Scott after two decades.

Bezos’s net worth makes him the second richest man in the world after Elon Musk. According to Forbes.

currently owns The Washington Post And Blue Origin Airlines.

“This is an important reminder to you, as the owner of one of the nation’s most important newspapers, why it is so important that you take every step necessary to make sure your reporters get the facts right,” Ackman said in response. Bezos shoots down marriage rumors.

Sanchez A New York Times bestselling author, An Emmy Award-winning journalist and vice president of the Bezos Earth Fund, according to her Instagram bio.

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Blue Origin did not immediately respond to a FOX Business inquiry about whether Bezos and Sanchez would get married the weekend after Christmas.

FOX Business’ Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.