Lauren Wendy Sánchez (born
December 19, 1969) is an American journalist. She is a licensed pilot and
founder of Black Ops Aviation. In 2023, she became engaged to Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.
Sánchez
has been a guest host on The View, co-host on KTTV Fox
11's Good Day L.A. and anchor on the Fox 11 News at
Ten, and anchor and special correspondent on Extra. She
has also been a regular contributor on shows including Larry King Live, The
Joy Behar Show and Showbiz Tonight.
In
2024, Sánchez released her debut children's book, The Fly Who Flew to
Space, which became a New York Times bestseller.
On
February 27, 2025, it was announced that Sánchez would be one of the passengers
for Blue Origin's eleventh flight to space under the New
Shepard program, along with Katy Perry, Aisha Bowe, Amanda
Nguyen, Kerianne Flynn and fellow journalist Gayle
King. Blue Origin NS-31's sub-orbital mission took place on
April 14, 2025, making Sánchez and King the first female journalists to
fly to space.
Personal life
Sánchez's
first son was born in February 2001. His father is former National
Football League tight end Tony Gonzalez.
In
August 2005, she married Patrick Whitesell, a Hollywood agent and founding
partner of Endeavor talent agency. Their son was born in 2006,
and their daughter was born in 2008.
In
2018, Sánchez had an affair with businessman and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, while each
was married to other people. In January 2019, Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Scott, released a joint
statement that they would seek a divorce, after 25 years together. In
February 2019, Bezos published allegations that National Enquirer publisher American
Media, Inc. had attempted blackmail and extortion in connection
with Bezos's relationship with Sánchez. In April 2019, the court finalized
Bezos's divorce from Scott, and a court granted divorce to Sánchez and
Whitesell in October 2019. In 2020, the media referred to Sánchez as
Bezos's girlfriend. On May 22, 2023, CNN reported the engagement of
Sánchez to Bezos.
Relationships
Lauren
Sánchez has been in several
notable relationships. She was previously engaged to Rory Markas. She
also had relationships with Anthony Miller, Tony Gonzalez, Henry Simmons, and
Patrick Whitesell, with whom she had two children. Her most recent and
prominent relationship is with Jeff Bezos, to whom she is now engaged.
| Full Name | Lauren Wendy Sánchez |
|---|---|
| Screen Name | Lauren Sánchez |
| Date of Birth | December 19, 1969 |
| Age | 55 Years |
| Birth Place | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
| Country | USA |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Father | Ray Sánchez |
| Mother | Eleanor Sánchez |
| Nationality | USA |
| Relationship | 6 |
| Social Media Insta | Lauren Sánchez 927.9K+ Followers |
| Lauren Sánchez 4.8K+ Followers | |
| Siblings | Mark Dormer, Samantha Dormer |
| Spouse | Patrick Whitesell (2005-2019) · Jeff Bezos (2018–present engaged) |
| Children | 3 |
| Net Worth | $30 Million |
| Category | Journalist |