Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have come under fire following a recent interview in which the billionaires described their life as "pretty normal".
Bezos, 59, has an estimated net worth of $166 billion - more than most people could ever dream of having - with his business success having come from founding the e-commerce platform Amazon, as well as founding the aerospace manufacturer and space technology firm Blue Origin.
He has been engaged to Sánchez, 53, since May 2023, with the couple having met in 2018, before their divorces from their previous partners.
The couple's latest interview with Vogue has stirred up some intense feelings among readers, after the pair showed off their multimillion-dollar ranch and a helicopter tour of the Blue Origin base while claiming they lead "pretty normal" lives.
In the profile, Sánchez claimed to the reporter: "Our lives are pretty normal," adding that: "daily life mostly revolves around our kids."
They revealed that their day usually starts with whoever wakes up first making the other a cup of coffee, with Sánchez sometimes making them fried eggs on flour tortillas for breakfast, while Bezos sometimes brings out the deep fat frier and makes churros.
The pair say they work out regularly together, and say that their day usually ends around 9:30PM as they watch some TV, and even have family movie nights on Saturdays.
They say they have dinner as a family "every night" after the children are picked up and their extracurricular activities such as piano lessons are done.
Bezos and Sánchez say their weekdays revolve around their children, going between Los Angeles where their youngest kids are based, to their Lake Washington estate, and visiting the older children at university, with Sánchez claiming she personally drives her child to school.
And while much of that does sound like average life in a blended family, it's a little bit different when you're one of the richest men in history compared to the everyday person struggling through a cost of living crisis.
Bezos is currently the second-richest person in the world and owns over 420,000 acres of land as of 2022, making him the 24th largest landowner in the nation, according to Hayden Outdoors’ 2022 Land Report.
The couple's bimonthly trips between LA and Lake Washington are also reportedly done on a chartered flight, and the couple has staff to help run their homes.
Readers took to Twitter (now known as X) to share their thoughts on Bezos claiming to live a "normal" life, without ever having to worry about childcare costs, rising bills, or the other issues affecting most American - and worldwide - citizens.
One particular image in the photoshoot showing the couple wearing blue jeans while Bezos donned a cowboy hat as they sat in a car together especially riled people up.
They commented: "Look at them cosplaying blue collar. Disgusting. Eat the rich," and: "Wtf? How tone deaf to you have to be?"
Another added: "It's soooooo bad. Who was in the room when it was decided that this was a good idea?"
Others wrote on Instagram: "BILLIONAIRES COSPLAYING AS WORKING CLASS PEOPLE please… be for real", and: "I think we should be allowed to criticize the things we love. I’ve been a fan of this publication for a long time. But this is a remarkably unflattering and tone deaf post and the timing is uncanny. Do better Vogue!!!"
Another commented: "'she sees things that other people don’t see' - you mean the views from your $500 million dollar yacht? or do you mean from the comfy high up place of being an untouchable billionaire? smh, get out of here trying to relate to normal people."
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