Is This Why Sydney Sweeney Was at Bezos' Wedding?

Sydney Sweeney made headlines when she was spotted at the Bezos-Sánchez wedding in Venice, with people wondering if guests had been paid to appear. Well, maybe in a way?

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Billionaire Jeff Bezos has decided that the world is going to be his oyster.

And so his latest wedding became infamous for its estimated $55 million environmental assault on a city already struggling with overtourism and protests of the lavish wedding due to his failure to pay his fair share of taxes amid skyrocketing wealth inequality.

It became a controversial event to attend, even though the couple donated to local charities.

And yet, many celebrities were spotted there including Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Corey Gamble, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Bill Gates, Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, Usher, Leonardo DiCaprio and Sydney Sweeney.

There’s no point in delving into some of these folks’ willingness to be seen at this event in the Age of Greed, but Lauren Sherman, Rachel Strugatz, and Sarah Shapiro at Puck just offered up a reasonable explanation for why Sweeney was there - and it’s pretty much exactly as p…