Lauren Sánchez ‘Clashed’ With Jeff Bezos’ Family in Resurfaced Interview a Year Before Their Wedding
Lauren Sánchez will talk about her heritage at any time of day. The former journalist, who is now going to marry one of the richest men in the world, Jeff Bezos, talked about how culture will be at the forefront when raising their family together.
The Amazon founder and the aviation entrepreneur are having their grand wedding in Venice, Italy. The two keep their relationship under wraps, but Sánchez shed light on how he’s a big influence on her life. “He’s so happy, he inspires me every day, he makes me a better person every day; he’s the most loving human I know,” she told the Wall Street Journal.
Sánchez has also opened up about how she wants their blended family to embrace her side of the family with different traditions.
What is Lauren Sánchez’s ethnicity?
Lauren Sánchez is a third-generation Mexican-American. She is really proud of her Latina heritage and openly celebrates her culture alongside friends like Eva Longoria.
In a joint interview for The Hollywood Reporter, the actress and former journalist gushed over their tight bond over their heritage. “You and I constantly have these conversations that inspire each other. Instead of sending each other memes, we send [reports] about the Latin community not being represented in TV and movies and the media.”
“I know, we send each other white papers. I’ll send you a study, and you’ll text back, ‘I already read it,'” Lauren replied.
Though she embraces her heritage at every turn, one thing she regrets is not speaking Spanish. My grandmother, Elsie, and mother spoke Spanish all the time, she said in an interview with Nina Garcia in Elle. “My mom [didn’t teach me because she] told me she didn’t want me to have an accent, because she thought that would hurt me. Now I am taking Spanish lessons, and my kids are taking lessons, because it’s something I crave.”
She also revealed how she bonds with Jeff and his father, Mike, who is Cuban-American. “We bond and we clash in the best possible way. We live in Miami now, and his dad, Mike, comes over. They make churros on Sunday for the kids. I’m sitting there, and they only want to put sugar on them. I’m like, ‘No, no, no, no. You need to put sugar. You need to put cinnamon. Where’s the chocolate sauce? I’ll put Tajín on it.’ It’s very interesting how they’re both just like, ‘simple, Lauren. Simple.’ It’s little things like that.”
She continued talking about celebrating holidays that are close to her heart, “We celebrate Día de los Muertos together every Thanksgiving. A tradition we have is that everyone makes a dish [in memory of] of someone who has passed away. Then, that night, we all sit around the table, and everyone talks about the dish that they brought and what that person represented to them. It’s one of my favorite things to do every year.”
