Bezos Shoots Down $600 Million Wedding Rumors: ‘Don’t Believe Everything You Read’

Billionaire Jeff Bezos on Sunday shot down reports that he is about to drop a staggering $600 million on a star-studded Aspen wedding with his fiancee, Lauren Sanchez.

The wedding news came from an exclusive Daily Mail report, which cited three anonymous sources as saying the Amazon founder’s lavish wedding was set for Dec. 28. The report claimed that actor Kevin Costner’s Dunbar Ranch and sushi restaurant Matsuhisa would be the venues for the ceremony and reception.

Numerous other websites picked up the story citing the Daily Mail. One such report caught the eye of Bezos’ fellow billionaire Bill Ackman, who wrote on X that the dollar figure “wasn’t credible.”

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“Unless you’re buying a house for each of your guests, you can’t spend that much money,” Ackman wrote.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez attend the Met Gala celebrating “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024 in New York City. (Cindy Ord/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue/Getty Images)

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

“Furthermore, this whole thing is completely bogus – none of this is happening,” Bezos wrote to X. “The old adage ‘don’t believe everything you read’ is even truer today than it’s ever been.”

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

“Now lies can reach the whole world before the truth can get its pants on. So be careful out there people and don’t be gullible,” he wrote.

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

Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart, Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos attend the Conservation International gala in New York City on April 25, 2024. (Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com/Shutterstock)

Bezos, 60, and Sanchez, 55, have been engaged since May 2023. Before their engagement, their relationship had spanned almost five years. Both had previous marriages, with Bezos divorcing Mackenzie Scott after two decades.

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

He currently owns Washington Post and the space company Blue Origin.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrive at the Art Basel exhibition in Miami Beach, accompanied by Lauren’s son, Nikko Gonzales, on December 7, 2023. (Mega/Backgrid/Backgrid)

“This is an important reminder to you, as the owner of one of the most important newspapers in the country, why it is so important that you take the steps necessary to ensure that your reporters get the right facts,” Ackman said in response. to Bezos shooting down the wedding rumors.

Sanchez is one New York Times bestselling author, 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 will marry the weekend after Christmas.

FOX Business’ Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.