(NewsNation) — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez got married on Friday in Venice, Italy, and their celebrity guests spent all week arriving.
The couple got engaged in May 2023, and since then, people have speculated online about their wedding date and location, guests and more. Venetians protested all the way up to the wedding because they felt as though it was making overtourism worse.
With the wedding festivities ending this weekend, the protests will most likely settle down.
Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sánchez pictured ahead of wedding
Bezos and Sánchez have been pictured several times this week ahead of their wedding day. On Friday, Sánchez was seen leaving the Aman Hotel, even blowing a kiss to the camera.
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 28: Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos during the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 28, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos and spouse Lauren Sanchez Bezos leave the Aman Hotel on the third day of their wedding festivities, in Venice on June 28, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos and spouse Lauren Sanchez Bezos kiss as they leave the Aman Hotel on the third day of their wedding festivities, in Venice on June 28, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos and spouse Lauren Sanchez Bezos leave the Aman Hotel on the third day of their wedding festivities, in Venice on June 28, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
Lauren Sanchez leaves the Aman Hotel on her wedding day with Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, in Venice on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 26: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave the Aman Hotel to go to dinner with guests ahead of their wedding, on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
TOPSHOT – Lauren Sanchez leaves the Aman Hotel on her wedding day with Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, in Venice on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 26: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez leave the Aman Hotel to go to dinner with guests ahead of their wedding, on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 27: Lauren Sanchez sightings at the island of San Giorgio Maggiore during the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 27, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images) 
Lauren Sanchez leaves the Aman Hotel on her wedding day with Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, in Venice on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
TOPSHOT – Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez get on a taxi boat at the Aman Hotel in Venice on June 26, 2025. Celebrities in superyachts sail into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the UNESCO city is no billionaire’s playground. The tech magnate and journalist have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their multi-million dollar nuptials in the Italian city, which are expected to kick off on June 26 and end Saturday with a ceremony at a secret location. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images)
On Thursday, the couple was also seen leaving that same hotel on a boat to go to dinner with their wedding guests.
The Kardashian family in Venice
Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner and other family members have been spotted in Venice this week for the Amazon founder’s wedding.
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 29: Kylie Jenner leaves Venice airport Marco Polo after attending the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez on June 29, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 29: Kylie Jenner leaves Venice airport Marco Polo after attending the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez on June 29, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
Kendall Jenner, Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner leave the Gritti Palace Hotel for a party on the third day of the wedding of Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) 
Kendall Jenner, Kris Jenner and Kylie Jenner leave the Gritti Palace Hotel for a party on the third day of the wedding of Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) 
Kris Jenner takes pictures of US Khloe Kardashian (C) and Kim Kardashian on a taxi boat as they leave the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner are sighting ahead of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images) 
Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian are sighting ahead of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding at Hotel Gritti on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images) 
Corey Gamble and Kris Jenner stand on a taxi boat as they leave the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
Kim Kardashian stands on a taxi boat as she leaves the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner arrive at the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 27, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Luigi Iorio/GC Images) 
Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner arrive at the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 27, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Luigi Iorio/GC Images)
Rob Kardashian and Caitlyn Jenner haven’t been seen in the city.
Orlando Bloom in Venice after split from Katy Perry
Orlando Bloom was also seen in Venice for the Amazon founder’s wedding. It was recently announced that Bloom and singer Katy Perry have ended their six-year engagement.
A few weeks before, NewsNation’s Paula Froelich reported that, despite rumors, Bloom and Perry were supposed to reunite at Bezos’ wedding.
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 29: Orlando Bloom leaves Venice airport after attending the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez on June 29, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
British actor Orlando Bloom and guest get on a taxi boat at the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
British actor Orlando Bloom and guest get on a taxi boat at the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
British actor Orlando Bloom is pictured at Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images) 
British actor Orlando Bloom and guest get on a taxi boat at the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)
However, Perry has not been seen in Venice as of Sunday.
Other celebrities spotted at Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez’s wedding
Many other celebrities also showed up in Venice for Bezos and Sánchez’s wedding, including Sydney Sweeney, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King and more.
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 29: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner leave via Venice airport after attending the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez on June 29, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 29: Tom Brady leaves Venice airport Marco Polo after attending the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchezon June 29, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 26: Vittoria Ceretti is sighting ahead of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding at Hotel Gritti on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 27: Sydney Sweeney is sighting at the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 27, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images) 
VENICE, ITALY – JUNE 27: Dee Ocleppo and Tommy Hilfiger are sighting at the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 27, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/GC Images) 
Italian designer Stefano Gabbana gets on a taxi boat at Venice Marco Polo airport ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 
US singer Usher Raymond IV and wife Jennifer Goicoechea are pictured on a taxi boat in Venice lagoon ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) 
US tech entrepreneur Bill Gates and partner Paula Hurd leave after a visit at the Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia, ahead of US Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wedding with Lauren Sanchez, on June 27, 2025. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images)
Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez wedding protests
Leading up to the couple’s wedding, Venetians took to the streets to protest it. “No Space For Bezos” believes that this overtourism is negatively affecting the city’s infrastructure, and that celebrities are causing a significant carbon footprint by flying in on private jets.
One of the lead organizers and activists for the group, Oliviero Cassarà, said that he doesn’t have an issue with Americans having their weddings in Venice. However, “Bezos supported Trump economically and politically and is consequently co-responsible for this drift against us, Italian and European citizens.”
Protestors against the wedding of Jeff Bezos march in Venice, Italy, on June 28, 2025 (Photo by Lucrezia Granzetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images) 
Protestors against the wedding of Jeff Bezos march in Venice, Italy, on June 28, 2025 (Photo by Lucrezia Granzetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images) 
Protestors against the wedding of Jeff Bezos march in Venice, Italy, on June 28, 2025 (Photo by Lucrezia Granzetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images) 
People gather to protest against the wedding of Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez in Venice. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images) 
Activists of “No Space For Bezos” displayed a banner on the Rialto Bridge to protest the wedding to be held in Venice from 26 to 28 June 2025 on June 13, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images) 
People participate in the protest against the wedding of Jeff Bezos in Venice, Italy, on June 13, 2025 (Photo by Lucrezia Granzetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images) 
A poster reading “No Space for Bezos” and calling for protest, is pasted on a wall in Venice where the billionaire Jeff Bezos will marry his fiancee, journalist Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images) 
A poster reading “No Space for Bezos” and calling for protest, is pasted on a wall in Venice where the billionaire Jeff Bezos will marry his fiancee, journalist Lauren Sanchez. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images)
Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro hasn’t agreed with the protests, instead welcoming Bezos to the city.
“I don’t know if I have time or if [Bezos] will, to meet and shake hands, but it’s an honor that they chose Venice. Venice once again reveals itself to be a global stage,” he reportedly said. Protestors were still seen on June 28 with signs that read, “Kisses yes, Bezos no.”