Lauren Sánchez Reveals How She’s Preparing For Wedding To Jeff Bezos

The former news anchor recently shared how she has been preparing for her big day, noting that she is “just like every other bride.”

Aside from her wedding plans, Lauren Sanchez also faces a lawsuit from former yoga instructor Alanna Zabel, who claims the philanthropist stole her book concept.

On a recent appearance on “The Today Show,” Sànchez radiated happiness as she talked briefly about how she is planning her wedding to Jeff Bezos.

While the couple’s whirlwind romance includes trips around the world and luxury yacht escapes, the former news anchor is savoring the traditional joys of preparing for her big day.

“I have to say, I do have a Pinterest — I’m just like every other bride, so I do have a Pinterest board,” Sánchez revealed, adding that she’s “thinking about the dress.”

Reflecting on her personal and professional journey at 54, Sánchez shared her excitement about embracing this chapter of her life.

She said: “I never thought at 54 — I’m going to be 55 — that I was going to be an author, that I’d be getting married. I mean, life is just beginning.”

“When I was 20, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, life is over at 50.’ Let me tell you, it is not, ladies,” Sanchez noted. “It is not over. It is just beginning.”

She added: “It just gets better and better. And I always say, when women are like, ‘Oh, what is it I like turning 50?’ It’s just the beginning.”

Bezos proposed to Sánchez in May 2023, following the couple’s public debut in January 2019.

Before their relationship, Bezos was married to MacKenzie Scott for 25 years, while Sánchez was with her former husband, Patrick Whitesell.

Though the pair is often seen on Bezos’s yacht or enjoying extravagant getaways, Sánchez told People Magazine in August that their happiest moments are often the simplest.

“My favorite time is when the house is calm and quiet, and Jeff and I are deciding what show we’re going to binge that night,” Sánchez said.

Beyond wedding plans, Sánchez shared a heartfelt moment with fiancé Bezos that reshaped how she sees herself.

“Jeff actually told me that. He goes, ‘You know, you’re an explorer.’ And I was like, ‘What?’ He goes, ‘Yes, you’re a pilot, you like to see the world,” Sánchez recalled on “The Today Show.”

She added: “And I never thought of myself as an explorer. And when he said, ‘OK, why don’t you take an incredible group of women up?’ I was like, ‘I’m picking all explorers.’ And so that they could come back and tell their story about how going to space changes them.”

Sánchez will reportedly lead an all-female team into space, although she has yet to reveal who exactly will be joining her on the expedition.

The Emmy-winning journalist also recently celebrated a new milestone by publishing her first children’s book, “The Fly Who Flew to Space,” following the story of a mischievous fly who is “bad at school and kind of wanders and gets stuck in a space capsule.”

Sánchez previously shared that the inspiration for the book came almost eight years ago during a flight she piloted with her kids.

“We all started imagining what kind of adventure that tiny little fly was on … flying way above the sky away from its family,” she said, per USA Today. “It sparked this thought about how even the smallest creatures can embark on incredible journeys if they dare to explore.”

“I didn’t really write it, I kind of imagined it,” Sánchez added. “It happened to me.”

Sánchez is facing a lawsuit from her former yoga instructor, Alanna Zabel, who claims the former journalist stole her intellectual property to create her children’s book, “The Fly Who Flew to Space.”

In a complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Zabel, an author of seven children’s books, claims she came up with the concept over a decade ago and shared it with Sánchez in confidence.

According to the filing, the instructor accuses Sánchez of using the idea as the foundation for her book without giving proper credit.

Zabel further alleges the move was done out of spite after she resigned as Sánchez’s yoga instructor, citing what she described as “continual and outrageous acts of jealousy.”

The lawsuit includes claims of intellectual property theft, misappropriation of ideas, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.