Lauren Sánchez, 56, Is Reportedly Going Completely Budgetless to Have a Baby with Jeff Bezos
In a New York Times profile published April 11, Sánchez repeatedly urged the reporter, Amy Chozick, to have another baby. “Do it!” she said. “I would have another one tomorrow. Tomorrow.” When Chozick asked if she and Bezos were considering it, Sánchez repeated, “I would have a baby tomorrow,” with what Chozick described as a coy smile. A spokeswoman later clarified that Sánchez was not pregnant.
Within days, Hollywood insider Rob Shuter reported that the couple is actively pursuing it. Sources told his Naughty But Nice newsletter they’re speaking to specialists, funding research, and exploring experimental fertility treatments. “They can afford the best doctors in the world,” one insider said. “Private labs, experimental treatments, you name it.” Another source: “They’re looking at options most people don’t even know exist.”
At 56, Sánchez would join a growing list of wealthy women who’ve had children later in life with access to cutting-edge fertility tech: Janet Jackson had her first child at 50, Naomi Campbell at 51, Brigitte Nielsen at 54. Billionaire dads do it even later. George Clooney had twins at 56. Robert De Niro had a child at 79. Al Pacino at 83. With unlimited resources, age becomes a different conversation.
Sánchez has 3 children from previous relationships: a son with former NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez, and a son and daughter with ex-husband Patrick Whitesell, the former executive chairman of Endeavor. Bezos has 4 children with ex-wife MacKenzie Scott. The couple celebrated Bezos’ 62nd birthday in Seattle by making pancakes for all 7 kids.
They were married in June 2025 in a 3-day ceremony in Venice. 200 guests were ferried by water taxi across the Venetian lagoon. The list included Queen Rania of Jordan, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Sydney Sweeney, and 5 members of the Kardashian-Jenner family. They exchanged vows on San Giorgio Maggiore. Phones weren’t allowed at the ceremony or reception. “No NDAs!” Sánchez said. “They’re our friends.”
They live in a $230 million compound on Indian Creek, a private island in Miami known as Billionaire Bunker. Every morning they list 10 things they’re grateful for without repeating anything from the day before. They work out 6 days a week with a private trainer. She drinks her coffee from a mug that reads “Woke Up Sexy as Hell Again.” She got him one that spells HUNK in periodic table symbols.
Bezos’ net worth is roughly $250 billion. He stepped down as Amazon CEO in 2021 but remains executive chairman and its largest individual shareholder. In January, Amazon laid off 16,000 employees while the couple was in Paris for couture week, where Sánchez was photographed in vintage Dior with fur and diamonds stepping out of a Mercedes alongside Anna Wintour. A few weeks later, the Washington Post, which Bezos bought in 2013, laid off about a third of its newsroom. An internet personality called Sánchez “capitalism’s concubine.”
Sánchez started her career in broadcast journalism. She hosted the first season of “So You Think You Can Dance,” co-anchored “Good Day L.A.,” and auditioned twice for “The View.” She didn’t get it. At 42, she started flying and eventually launched Black Ops Aviation, an aerial film production company. She was the one who flew Bezos around in a helicopter when they first fell for each other.
She’s vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund, which has distributed at least $2.4 billion in grants. In May, the couple will serve as honorary co-chairs of the Met Gala, a decision fashion insiders said felt like the couple had “hijacked” the event. Sánchez said Anna Wintour called her personally. “Anna called me, and I was like, ‘Anna who?'” she joked.
On the criticism of her appearance and her clothes, Sánchez has said she believes a lot of it is rooted in racial stereotypes. “It’s the shape of my body,” she said. “I’m Latin. I’m Latin. I’m Latin.”
She told the Times she thought she’d dressed conservatively for Trump’s second inauguration in a white Alexander McQueen pantsuit. When the event moved indoors and she removed her coat, the blazer opened to reveal a lace bra. They were seated directly behind Trump. The bra was in every photo. “No lace at the White House,” she said. “Noted.”
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