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The details of the nuptials have been a tightly kept secret.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave a hotel in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Luigi Costantini / AP
By LUCA BRUNO, Associated Press
updated on June 26, 2025 | 10:05 AM
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Oprah Winfrey arrived in Venice on Thursday, leading a star-studded guest list of celebrities descending on the lagoon city for the weekend wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez.
Winfrey’s private jet landed at Venice’s Marco Polo airport. Former American footballer Tom Brady arrived soon thereafter.
Oprah Winfrey arrives for the weekend wedding, in Venice, Italy, Thursday, June 26, 2025. Luca Bruno / AP
Tom Brady arrives for the weekend wedding, in Venice, Italy, Thursday, June 26, 2025. Luca Bruno / AP
The bride and groom pulled into the Aman Hotel dock on the Grand Canal on Wednesday, traveling via water taxi with security boats in tow. A few hours later they slipped out of the hotel, with Sánchez wearing a sleek black and white striped, one-shoulder gown.
The details of the nuptials have been a tightly kept secret, though the locations now appear to have firmed up as has the guest list.
Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children arrived Wednesday.
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, walk to a taxi boat after their arrival at Venice Marco Polo Airport on Tuesday, June 24, 2026. – STEFANO RELLANDINI / AFP via Getty Images
Other celebrities on the guest list, according to two people close to the wedding who spoke on condition of anonymity, because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly, include:
— Kim Kardashian
— Mick Jagger
— Leonardo DiCaprio
— Orlando Bloom
— Microsoft founder Bill Gates
— Diane von Furstenberg and her husband Barry Diller
— Katy Perry had originally been expected but the latest update had her as not attending.
Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner board a taxi boat at Venice Marco Polo Airport on Thursday, June 26, 2025. – ANDREA PATTARO / AFP via Getty Images
The wedding has divided Venice, with some activists protesting it as an exploitation of the city by the billionaire Bezos while ordinary residents suffer from overtourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding.
One group called Extinction Rebellion staged a small protest in St. Mark’s Square on Thursday featuring a masked bride and groom and people holding posters decrying climate change and income inequalities.
“The planet is burning but don’t worry, here’s the list of the 27 dresses of Lauren Sanchez,” read one, a reference to the bride’s reported wedding weekend wardrobe.