Lauren Sanchez has opened up about dwelling and dealing with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in her first solo interview since their romance went public, saying he’s the ‘most loving human’ she is aware of.
After years of maintaining her non-public life underneath wraps, the Black Ops Aviation founder, 53, struck a pose in a black Versace mini costume and six-inch Valentino platform heels for the editorial featured in The Wall Avenue Journal‘s WSJ journal.
Within the accompanying interview, she spoke with Derek Blasberg about what it is prefer to be one half of some of the philanthropic {couples} on the planet, together with their want to merge their skilled and private lives.
‘It’s the best expertise I’ve ever had. I’ve at all times had a profession very separate from my companion. I believe now that I can work with my companion and be with him on a regular basis,’ she stated of their joint philanthropic initiatives and fervour initiatives.
Lauren Sanchez, 53, opened up about her life with Jeff Bezos, 59, in The Wall Avenue Journal‘s WSJ journal, her first solo interview since their romance went public in 2019
The Emmy-winning TV host and helicopter pilot stated working with Bezos on their philanthropic initiatives and fervour initiatives has been the ‘biggest expertise’ of her life
Sanchez, an Emmy-winning TV host and helicopter pilot, lately launched her manufacturing firm, Journey & Fellowship, which has produced movies for Bezos Academy, Bezos Earth Fund, and Blue Origin — Bezos’ aerospace firm.
She can be slated to launch her first youngsters’s e-book, ‘Flynn, The Fly Who Flew,’ someday this yr. She famous that Bezos, 59, has labored along with her each step of the best way.
‘Dwelling with Jeff is like having a grasp class on daily basis,’ she stated. ‘What he’s actually taught me quite a bit about is administration. Greatest items of recommendation? I maintain quite a lot of conferences and I might speak first in a gathering and he goes, “No, no, no. You’re the boss. You speak final. You let everybody else speak in order that they don’t get swayed by your opinion.”‘
Bezos additionally suggested her to ‘hold assembly underneath an hour’ if attainable and have the individual working the assembly write a doc that’s six pages or much less about what might be mentioned and why.
‘I don’t know the way he does it; he can learn paperwork for hours,’ she shared.
‘Dwelling with Jeff is like having a grasp class on daily basis,’ she stated of the enterprise recommendation the Amazon founder has given her over time
Sanchez’s lately launched manufacturing firm, Journey & Fellowship, has produced movies for Bezos Academy, Bezos Earth Fund, and Blue Origin – Bezos’ aerospace firm
The couple’s connection began lengthy earlier than they ever met. They had been each born in the identical hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ‘simply six years aside,’ in response to Sanchez.
The precise begin of their relationship stays murky, however Blasberg touched upon the early days of their courtship, writing that ‘their romance blossomed on helicopter rides she piloted.’
Bezos, who was in a helicopter crash in 2003, credited Sanchez with him getting comfy within the air once more — to the purpose that he’s now studying to fly himself.
‘We like to be collectively and we like to work collectively,’ she stated. ‘He’s serving to me with the e-book. He’s getting his pilot’s license. We fly collectively. We work out collectively. We’re collectively on a regular basis.’
Sanchez famous that her billionaire boyfriend even ‘stole [her] coach’ Wes Okerson, saying, ‘Jeff is extraordinarily devoted to his exercises. I imply, you haven’t any thought. He actually places within the work.’
The couple has a complete of seven youngsters from their earlier relationships, they usually usually spend the weekends with their blended households.
Sanchez shared that Bezos helps her with the discharge of her first youngsters’s e-book, ‘Flynn, The Fly Who Flew,’ whereas he’s presently within the means of getting his pilot’s license
Sanchez and Bezos had been born in the identical hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ‘simply six years aside,’ in response to the previous journalist (pictured as a child along with her sister Elena Sanchez)
The precise begin of Sanchez and Bezos’ relationship stays murky, however ‘their romance blossomed on helicopter rides she piloted,’ in response to her WSJ interview
Sanchez shares a 21-year-old son, Nikko Gonzales, with former NFL tight finish Tony Gonzalez. She additionally has a youthful son, Evan Whitesell, 16, and a daughter, Eleanor Whitesell, 15, along with her ex-husband, Patrick Whitesell.
Whitesell, who’s the chief chairman of the leisure company Endeavor, was reportedly the one who launched her to Bezos, who has three sons and an adopted daughter along with his ex-wife, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Sanchez and Bezos had been each legally married to their former spouses when their affair was uncovered by the Nationwide Enquirer in January 2019.
Their respective divorces adopted quickly after, and Scott, 52, turned one of many richest folks on the planet when she walked away with $28.9 billion as a part of their divorce settlement.
Sanchez admitted that being in a high-profile relationship with Bezos has its downsides, saying she needed to be taught to not give her actual location or submit sure issues on Instagram.
‘It’s arduous. I’m a really open individual. I speak quite a bit. I like to inform all my secrets and techniques. I’ve needed to be taught that I can’t do this. It’s lesson. [I used to] say stuff to folks and nobody would care!’ she defined.
Sanchez credited the success of their blended households to her expertise co-parenting along with her NFL star ex Tony Gonzalez, with whom she shares a 21-year-old son, Nikko Gonzales (pictured)
Sanchez additionally has a youthful son, Evan Whitesell, 16, and a daughter, Eleanor Whitesell, 15, along with her ex-husband, Patrick Whitesell (pictured in 2011)
Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, have three sons and a daughter they adopted from China (pictured in 2016). They had been married for 25 years
Bezos and Scott (pictured in 2018) divorced after the Nationwide Enquirer uncovered his affair with Sanchez in January 2019. She walked away with $28.9 billion
‘I’ve to be extra non-public, just a little extra managed, and that’s effective,’ she added.
4 years after the information of their affair, Sanchez has painted an image of home bliss of their shared dwelling in Beverly Hills, the historic Warner property that he purchased for $165 million in 2021.
‘On a typical Saturday, we hang around, we now have dinner with the children, which is at all times enjoyable since you by no means know the place the dialog goes to go along with this many youngsters,’, she stated. ‘We’re the Brady Bunch!’
When requested about their blended households, she credited their success to her expertise co-parenting along with her ex Gonzalez.
‘My biggest instance is the connection I’ve with my eldest son’s father, Tony [Gonzalez]. I realized the best way to co-parent with him, so I’ve extra expertise than Jeff may need,’ she defined. ‘Tony and his spouse [October “Tobie” Gonzalez] are my finest mates. It wasn’t at all times that means. There was friction [at the beginning]. However Tony and Tobie had been at Thanksgiving with us [this year], and we’re actually good mates.’
After they aren’t touring, the philanthropic couple spends weekends with their youngsters of their shared Beverly Hills mansion, which Bezos purchased for $165 million in 2021
In November, the couple offered the second annual Bezos Award for Braveness & Civility to Dolly Parton at a gala in Washington, D.C. Parton was given a $100 million grant to be given to her alternative of charities
Sanchez admitted being in a high-profile relationship with Bezos has its downsides, saying she needed to be taught to not give the placement the place she is at or submit sure issues on Instagram
Sanchez famous that she and Gonzalez ‘at all times communicated,’ but it surely ‘took about 5 years’ for them to change into mates.
Giving one other glimpse into their life at dwelling with Bezos, she shared how severe he’s in regards to the artwork of constructing pancakes.
‘Each Sunday morning, Jeff makes pancakes,’ she defined. ‘He wakes up early. He will get the Betty Crocker cookbook out each time, and I’m like, “OK, you’re the neatest man on the planet; why don’t you’ve gotten this memorized but?” However he opens it up each time: Actual parts make the most effective pancakes on the planet.’
Sanchez stated most individuals could be shocked to know Bezos is ‘actually humorous’ and ‘may be goofy.’
‘He makes me chortle on a regular basis,’ she gushed.
As for his personal distinctive chortle, she admitted that it caught her off guard at first, but it surely now ‘makes [her] smile.’
Sanchez and Bezos did their first joint interview with CNN final month. She informed WSJ that she wasn’t shocked when he introduced his plan to provide most of his wealth away earlier than he dies
‘He’s so completely happy, he evokes me on daily basis, he makes me a greater individual on daily basis; he’s essentially the most loving human I do know,’ she stated of her companion
Sanchez plans on following in Bezos’ footsteps and main an all-female mission to outer house on Blue Origin by early 2024. ‘He’ll be cheering us all on from the sidelines,’ she stated
‘After I first heard his chortle, I used to be like, “Whoa! What’s that?”‘ she recalled. ‘Now I adore it. And if I’m at a celebration and we get separated, all I’ve to do is wait a second and he laughs and it’s like, he’s over there. He’s so completely happy, he evokes me on daily basis, he makes me a greater individual on daily basis; he’s essentially the most loving human I do know.’
Sanchez and Bezos did their first sit-down tv interview collectively final month, and through their dialog with CNN, he shared his plans to provide away most of his wealth earlier than he dies.
‘Jeff has at all times informed me, since I’ve identified him, that he’s going to provide nearly all of his cash to philanthropy,’ she informed WSJ journal, insisting the revelation wasn’t a shock to her.
‘He simply by no means felt the necessity to should say it,’ she added.
Sanchez additionally plans on following in Bezos’ footsteps and main an all-female mission to outer house on Blue Origin by early 2024. She will not be naming the ladies till nearer to the launch date, however Bezos is not going with them.
‘As a lot as he desires to go on this flight, I’m going to have to carry him again,’ she stated. ‘He’ll be cheering us all on from the sidelines.’