There’s been buzz around the wedding of billionaire, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez for quite some time now and the more the wedding is coming near, a stir is being reportedly caused among the locals who are planning to protest the multi-starred event, that is about to take place on June 24.
The Amazon founder is reportedly shutting down the island of San Girogo Maggiore for the event, and sources also say that he is booking five luxury hotels along with water taxis in Venice during the peak tourist season.
The people who are on the celebrity guest list for this wedding will certainly require security measures, which will be provided, and streets will be closed along with airspace, and there will also be a huge number of police around.
As per the protest organizers, the whole city is being “held hostage” for this wedding, which “is transformed into yet another playground for billionaires, while those who live it every day are left with discomfort, exclusion, and precariousness.”
Several A-listers are going to attend the event, in the likes of Kim Kardashian, actress Eva Longoria, pop star Katy Perry, and it also includes President Donald Trump’s children, including Don Jr and Ivanka.
The Laboratorio Occupato Morion, the activist collective, says, they “plan to have lots of different small actions in the week before the wedding and to converge in a big demonstration on the day of the wedding.”
The protest group has shared an online flyer, which comprises of a picture of the 61-year-old’s head with a rocket and slogans are arising like – “No space for Bezos, No space for oligarchs!” and “Jeff Bezos thinks he can buy the entire city—let’s throw him a party!”
The post stated, “There’s no room for oligarchs, their private parties and their dirty money.”
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A spokesperson of the protest group, Alice Bazzoli, told the sources about the frustration of the locals. The people of the place are of the view that this luxurious $500 million wedding “will exacerbate the already problematic movement around the city, particularly with the onset of the tourist season.”
She further stated, “Some areas will be inaccessible or heavily controlled, while the influx of tourists, journalists, wedding staff, and police will further strain the city.”
“We cannot accept the presence of such a character in our city, which has a strong anti-fascist tradition, and rejects oligarchs who support authoritarian governments, such as Trump’s USA,” she went on to say.
The body language between Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos 🥴
He knows she’s performing for the cameras. Way too thirsty. Few weeks left to call off the wedding! We’ll see. pic.twitter.com/UZ1WYAiWL2
— Link Lauren (@itslinklauren) May 23, 2025
“Bezos embodies what this city and global movements have been fighting against for decades – a financial and technological oligarchy that exploits workers, the planet, and controls entire territories and populations.”
“Everyone in Venice, from locals to entrepreneurs, university students, and families, is discussing the event, and outrage is widespread, particularly towards our administration, led by Mayor Luigi Brugnaro, who is currently on trial for corruption,” she shared, adding, “He has sold parts of the city to investors linked to his private interests, just as he did with Bezos.”
