Laureen Sánchez & Jeff Bezos saucy picture! Your thoughts!

[BSR]

On 11/20/2023 at 1:02 PM, SouthOfTheBorder said:

good question 

the recent coverage of Bezos & Sanchez is a paid public relations campaign.  It’s not a random event & the press coverage you see is not random either.  The entire thing was a carefully orchestrated paid media campaign with lots of money behind it. And it’s thinly disguised as random news.
They paid to be on the cover of Vogue magazine and for the article inside.  They paid for all the mentions in adjacent traditional media & social media.  Of course, there is some spillover because they’ve gone to such lengths and cost ensure they capture the public attention- that in and of itself is now newsworthy because it’s so unusual. 

And that’s the point - this insanely rich couple aren’t satisfied with their extreme privilege & position.  They want more.  That’s what’s gross & disgusting about it.  It’s an insatiable hunger for more money & more fame. 

I’m not on any social media - yet, the Bezos/Sanchez “news” pops up in Apple News feed.  I’m not looking for it. It’s been hard to avoid it actually.  I didn’t read the fawning Vogue article - but rather the Slate piece about the reaction to the article & pics.  That’s what’s interesting- the analysis of why they would do it and the general public reaction.  

It’s not about a super rich celebrity couple - it’s more a critique of American culture and why does the average person worship these people when they are destroying the very basics of our society. Amazon is an unsustainable business model for a number of reason too lengthy to discuss here. The more basic proposition is that Amazon put the final nail in the coffin of American Main Street shops because now it’s far more convenient to make a few clicks to buy vs patronizing a local retailer.  If you think this is an abstract concept - just visit a European city and you will see thriving small local stores in every city of every size.  Amazon is in Europe, but it has not devastated the local retail - they still prefer to shop in stores and buy local. You do not see buildings like in NYC where it’s flooded with dozens & dozens of packages.

Amazon is a cancer devouring American retail. When this becomes a common thought, it’s way too late. Bezos represents the billionaire class so much that’s it’s a cliche of a very wealthy mid-life crisis, complete with a surgical second wife and some super cringe pictures and desperate for attention.
Obviously, money does not buy happiness - just look at those two.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/11/jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchez-vogue-photoshoot.html

You are so easily triggered.  Everything you dislike really sets you off:  men who drive flashy cars, people who are armed, even this vapid photo shoot.  I get passionate about a few issues, don't get me wrong.  But a hissy fit over a Vogue photo shoot?  Never.

Hate less.  Love more.  You'll live longer.

[+ DynamicUno]

[Luv2play]

On 11/19/2023 at 6:44 PM, marylander1940 said:

His life, his choices, his taste for women!

He could also be hiring escorts like some men do...

"She's got no style or class whatsoever." 

I just hope this time he was a good prenup! 

I think if you pose for a picture like that and let it go public, then you are asking for judgments. Like it or not.

[+ FreshFluff]

The photo shoot is pretentious and silly. I don't really care about it either way.
 

People, especially women, resent Sanchez because she's less attractive and more gauche than we expect a multi-billionaire's fiancee to be -- and possibly less attractive than his first wife. If Bezos had hooked up with, say, George Clooney's wife, no one would have batted an eye.  

[+ nycman]

Yeah, the real problem is she looks and acts like a duck faced hooker. 

And 99% of LA women are jealously thinking "that could’ve been me, goddammit!"

Edited December 7, 2023 by nycman

[SouthOfTheBorder]

among the many gross publicly known aspects of Bezos/Sanchez, this one is Top 3

yes, that’s supposed to be her 

I  think part of the revulsion is Bezos & Sanchez are just so tacky and evidently desperate for attention.  Seems like a classic case of midlife crisis, yet with wealth on an unimaginable scale and with zero taste whatsoever.  

 

Edited December 8, 2023 by SouthOfTheBorder

[marylander1940]

6 hours ago, SouthOfTheBorder said:

among the many gross publicly known aspects of Bezos/Sanchez, this one is Top 3

yes, that’s supposed to be her 

I  think part of the revulsion is Bezos & Sanchez are just so tacky and evidently desperate for attention.  Seems like a classic case of midlife crisis, yet with wealth on an unimaginable scale and with zero taste whatsoever.  

 

and MANY on here might act like that, at least he can afford several yachts like that.

On 12/7/2023 at 7:50 AM, nycman said:

Yeah, the real problem is she looks and acts like a duck faced hooker. 

And 99% of LA women are jealously thinking "that could’ve been me, goddammit!"

On 12/7/2023 at 2:17 AM, FreshFluff said:

The photo shoot is pretentious and silly. I don't really care about it either way.
 

People, especially women, resent Sanchez because she's less attractive and more gauche than we expect a multi-billionaire's fiancee to be -- and possibly less attractive than his first wife. If Bezos had hooked up with, say, George Clooney's wife, no one would have batted an eye.  

Some folks just fall in love with someone who doesn't precisely look like most models.

Beyonce could have done better, right? Sometimes love happens... but hey most folks on here have given up on love and would rather hire, right? 

 

On 12/5/2023 at 6:27 AM, BSR said:

You are so easily triggered.  Everything you dislike really sets you off:  men who drive flashy cars, people who are armed, even this vapid photo shoot.  I get passionate about a few issues, don't get me wrong.  But a hissy fit over a Vogue photo shoot?  Never.

Hate less.  Love more.  You'll live longer.

Brilliant! 

[SouthOfTheBorder]

1 hour ago, marylander1940 said:

and MANY on here might act like that, at least he can afford several yachts like that.

So, you start a thread specifically asking for thoughts - then when you get the thoughts & different opinions than your own, that becomes its own separate thing.

interesting- seems to be creation of conflict by design.  because then you go after why you think someone feels a certain way about a subjective question you’ve put out there.  When actually, you have no idea what forms the opinion.

These type threads are like an unprepared client going to see a provider.  Full of shit, messy & it stinks. 

Edited December 8, 2023 by SouthOfTheBorder

[marylander1940]

35 minutes ago, SouthOfTheBorder said:

So, you start a thread specifically asking for thoughts - then when you get the thoughts & different opinions than your own, that becomes its own separate thing.

interesting- seems to be creation of conflict by design.  because then you go after why you think someone feels a certain way about a subjective question you’ve put out there.  When actually, you have no idea what forms the opinion.

These type threads are like an unprepared client going to see a provider.  Full of shit, messy & it stinks. 

2nd time you raise the same subject.... I'm the OP, I know!

Conflict? We can all have different opinions, and for the record I don't like those pictures and I think they were a mistake but unlike others I don't have a personal grudge and the need to judge those who are evidently more successful than most of us. 

what does this thread have to do with someone not douching? 

[SouthOfTheBorder]

23 minutes ago, marylander1940 said:

personal grudge and the need to judge those who are evidently more successful than most of us. 

typical American viewpoint. Money = success/happiness.  Boring & cliche. Next 

[marylander1940]

8 minutes ago, SouthOfTheBorder said:

typical American viewpoint. Money = success/happiness.  Boring & cliche. Next 

and don't you forget about all American escorts being bad.... 😆 Is there anything you like about your birth country? 

Back to subject, Bezos seems to be in love! 

Edited December 8, 2023 by marylander1940

[SouthOfTheBorder]

Just now, marylander1940 said:

Is there anything you like about your birth country? 

I’m retired and spend at least 6 months of every year traveling the world.  Once you get out of the US & stop buying the propaganda that everything American is the best - you will quickly see many other countries are superior in many ways.  Actually in almost every way. 

The US is a nation in decline.  It wasn’t inevitable, but it was predictable because empires always collapse throughout history.  You just happen to be witnessing the American Empire collapse in real time. Just like the Roman, Spanish, Portuguese & Soviet empires before it.  I’d give it less than 10 years. 

Since you’re the OP & since you asked the question - I felt it was ok to answer.  Even tho you took the topic sideways.   Maybe you should start a new thread ?

[SouthOfTheBorder]

totally normal - nothing to see here 

I wonder how the paparazzi manages to photograph their every move ?  It’s almost as if someone is providing places & times 

and you can bet they employ several stylists to get that look 

Edited December 23, 2023 by SouthOfTheBorder

[samhexum]

On 11/18/2023 at 10:54 AM, marylander1940 said:

What's the big deal about this saucy picture and why so many people want to unsee it? 

Chrissy Teigen defends Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, after Keith McNally calls her ‘revolting’

Why should I care that John Legend's wife 'defended' a former candidate for a co-host position on THE VIEW regarding something somebody I never heard of said about her?