Jennifer Lopez Apparently Refused To Pay Bruno Mars’ “Ridiculous” $5 Million Fee To Perform At Her Wedding, And I Can’t Say I Blame Her
Suffice to say, Bruno has not performed at any of J.Lo’s weddings.
Jennifer Lopez apparently refused to pay Bruno Mars’ “ridiculous” multi-million-dollar fee to perform at her wedding to Alex Rodriguez.
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For reference, Jen and Alex got engaged in March 2019 after two years of dating, but they didn’t actually tie the knot before their split in March 2021.
Still, celebrity wedding planner Marcy Blum has said that Jennifer was in the process of planning her and Alex’s wedding before they called the whole thing off — and she had a very specific performer in mind for her big day.
According to Marcy, Jennifer was interested in having Bruno perform — but changed her mind once she heard his extortionate price tag.
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Speaking on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast, Marcy explained that she is able to speak openly about her time working on this particular A-list wedding because she didn’t sign an NDA.
Recalling her experience on the pod, Marcy revealed that Jen enquired about hiring Bruno to sing at some point during her day, and Marcy told the star: “We just worked with him, and he’s five.”
“Million?” podcast host Michael Bosstick asked. “Just to perform for the night?”
“The night?!” Marcy responded. “You get 45 minutes, you get an hour.”
And, according to Marcy, Jen was just as shocked as Michael by this extortionate expense, with the wedding planner recalling the bride-to-be telling her: “Don’t be ridiculous” when she was told how much Bruno would cost.
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While Jennifer and Alex didn’t end up making it down the aisle, Jen did marry Ben Affleck in July 2022 after they rekindled their ‘00s romance the previous year.
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Notably, Bruno did not perform at this ceremony, and Jen and Ben confirmed they had split in August of this year.
Meanwhile, Marcy did book Bruno — who has a reported net worth of $175 million — to perform at another lavish wedding in September 2021.
The “24k Magic” singer was the entertainment at socialite Troy Brown’s wedding to Kristin Ryan in Cape Cod, with Troy the son of Motorola CEO Greg Brown.
Speaking on the podcast, Marcy also gave some tips for other couples thinking of booking a famous performer for their wedding day as she advised against hiring a star for the first dance because it’ll steal attention away from the bride and groom.
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“You would never have a headliner, if you were sane, as the regular entertainment,” she explained. “No one wants to do their first dance — or maybe they do, but they shouldn’t — to Coldplay or something. That’s just dumb.”
“You want a band band and maybe a DJ,” Marcy went on. “And then maybe you want 45 minutes of Chris Martin or Elton John or whomever you want. Because otherwise, it’s all about them.”
