Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez ’s upcoming “wedding of the century” in Venice was always bound to grab headlines — lavish, star-studded, and shrouded in exclusivity. But what no one saw coming? That the invitation card would steal the show and not in a good way.
The multi-day extravaganza, reportedly hosting around 200 A-listers from Hollywood, tech, and politics, has already drawn fire for contributing to Venice’s overtourism crisis. Critics say it’s yet another example of billionaires turning cities into backdrops while locals are priced and pushed out.
But now, the conversation has taken a turn, from too much luxury to not enough taste.
ABC News obtained an image of the wedding invitation, and the internet hasn’t been the same since. The card is adorned with cartoonish doves, feathers, butterflies, shooting stars, and Venetian landmarks, gondolas and bridges included. What might have been intended as whimsical and romantic is now being dragged across X (formerly Twitter) as tacky, outdated, and, cheap-looking.
“All that money and they couldn’t hire a designer?” one user said. Another took a dig by saying, “This looks like a 15-year-old made it on Canva.”
Another mentioned, “Straight out of Microsoft Paint.” While an internet user quipped, “Proof that taste cannot be bought.”
Some even joked it looked like AI-generated clip art, with one user saying, “Did Bezos ask ChatGPT to design this in 30 seconds?”
While Bezos has spent the last year flaunting his new $500 million yacht, “Koru”, and planning a celebration fit for royalty, the humble invite has become the internet’s latest obsession, and not in the way the couple likely intended.
But perhaps the irony is poetic: In an age where billionaires are building space rockets and planning underwater internet cables, it turns out the real rocket fuel for the public imagination is still... a bad wedding card.
As the festivities gear up in Venice, it’s unclear whether Bezos will respond to the invite backlash. But one thing is certain, the internet RSVP’d with a resounding: “This could’ve been prettier.”
The multi-day extravaganza, reportedly hosting around 200 A-listers from Hollywood, tech, and politics, has already drawn fire for contributing to Venice’s overtourism crisis. Critics say it’s yet another example of billionaires turning cities into backdrops while locals are priced and pushed out.
But now, the conversation has taken a turn, from too much luxury to not enough taste.
ABC News obtained an image of the wedding invitation, and the internet hasn’t been the same since. The card is adorned with cartoonish doves, feathers, butterflies, shooting stars, and Venetian landmarks, gondolas and bridges included. What might have been intended as whimsical and romantic is now being dragged across X (formerly Twitter) as tacky, outdated, and, cheap-looking.
“All that money and they couldn’t hire a designer?” one user said. Another took a dig by saying, “This looks like a 15-year-old made it on Canva.”
Another mentioned, “Straight out of Microsoft Paint.” While an internet user quipped, “Proof that taste cannot be bought.”
Some even joked it looked like AI-generated clip art, with one user saying, “Did Bezos ask ChatGPT to design this in 30 seconds?”
While Bezos has spent the last year flaunting his new $500 million yacht, “Koru”, and planning a celebration fit for royalty, the humble invite has become the internet’s latest obsession, and not in the way the couple likely intended.
But perhaps the irony is poetic: In an age where billionaires are building space rockets and planning underwater internet cables, it turns out the real rocket fuel for the public imagination is still... a bad wedding card.
As the festivities gear up in Venice, it’s unclear whether Bezos will respond to the invite backlash. But one thing is certain, the internet RSVP’d with a resounding: “This could’ve been prettier.”
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