Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez Furious After Celebrity Guest’s Brutal Takedown of Their $50 Million Wedding—Internet Explodes: Was the Ruthless Criticism Justified or a Jealous Attack? Social Media Divided Over Which Star Dared to Cross the Billionaire Power Couple and What This Means for Hollywood’s Elite Circles!

Lauren Sanchez, Jeff BezosAlberto Rodriguez/Variety

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez were getting criticized left and right throughout their wedding weekend, but one star in particular reportedly made the Amazon founder and his bride “livid” with her comments.

According to a June 30 report from famed celebrity reporter Rob Shuter, Bezos was fuming when he learned what Charlize Theron said about his decadent Venice wedding, while Sanchez had to be “talked down” from firing off against the South African actress on Instagram.

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Charlize Theron at “The Old Guard 2” Los Angeles premiere held at the Netflix Tudum Theater on June 25, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.Michael Buckner/Variety

Per Shuter, the newlyweds have now banned Theron from attending their future events, including Blue Origin launches, and any future charity galas sponsored by the couple. Shuter’s source thinks Theron will be just fine without invites from the duo.

On June 28, Mad Max actress poked fun at Bezos and Sanchez while hosting the fifth annual Block Party for the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project on Saturday, telling attendees, “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,” Theron added, per The Hollywood Reporter. Theron then called attention to the world’s political crises, a reality that has caused many to criticize Bezos and Sanchez for their tone-deaf event, which was attended by President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka.

“Here in Los Angeles, in the US and across the globe, we’re moving backwards fast,” Theron said. “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.”

She joined a list of other A-listers who lined up to criticize the couple, whose wedding sparked anti-capitalist protests in Venice. Katie Couric shared her distaste for Sanchez’s wedding dress in a since-deleted Instagram comment, which reportedly read, “Welcome to the eighties — when big hair and conspicuous consumption ruled. Apparently tacky is back.”

Outspoken comedian Rosie O’Donnell also had some thoughts to share in a June 29 Substack post. “The BEZOS wedding, it turned my stomach. Seeing all these billionaires gathering in the gross excess of it all,” O’Donnell wrote. “Is Oprah friends with Jeff Bezos? Really — how is that possible? He treats his employees with disdain. By any metric he is not a nice man.”

Others, like Mia Farrow and Olivia Munn, turned their attention towards Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, praising her for her philanthropy in the years since her expensive divorce from the Blue Origin founder.

Bezos and Sanchez have not commented on the backlash against their wedding.