When Kris Jenner calls someone family, you know they’ve earned their place, and Lauren Sánchez has. Their camaraderie has grown from admiration to alliance, and everyone now wants a friendship like that. What began as a casual bond has evolved into something deeper, almost familial, with Kris appearing at nearly every milestone in Lauren’s life. Back in the day, even the ever-enterprising Jenner, who just turned 70, wouldn’t have imagined that the woman she once called “the face of her news” while watching LA morning television would one day become one of her closest confidantes.
Their paths actually go back a long way, not as friends but as associates, when the Kardashian matriarch and then-husband Bruce promoted their “Superfit with Kris and Bruce Jenner” stair-climber line. The true connection was rekindled years later in the Bezos era, when they were reintroduced over dinner at Jeff Bezos’s Beverly Hills estate by super-connector Michael Kives. Reflecting on that evening, Kris said of Lauren and Jeff, “We know they will be in our lives forever.” She couldn’t have been more right, and, as history proves, Kris often is.
Since then, the friendship has only flourished. Kris and her longtime partner, Corey Gamble, were among the select guests who boarded the Koru megayacht after Bezos’s intimate proposal aboard the 416-foot Oceanco sailing yacht. The engagement announcement that followed was attended by family and a few inner-circle friends, with Kris firmly in that mix. From that moment on, she became a constant presence in Lauren’s big moments.
Kris celebrates Sánchez’s wins, big and small. She flew to West Texas for Lauren’s spaceflight and gifted her an on-theme Judith Leiber UFO clutch, then hosted a private lunch to celebrate the release of Sánchez’s children’s book, The Fly Who Flew to Space. Whether they were dancing at Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in Los Angeles or appearing together at This Is About Humanity and other LA charity events, the powerful pair rarely left each other’s side.
Kris was part of Lauren’s “very Parisian” bachelorette in Paris, among only 13 women, and she was present at the closely guarded wedding in Venice. Each event only deepened their friendship and elevated it to something close to kinship. And while their bond could fill a book of its own, nothing captured its spirit better than Bezos and Sánchez celebrating Kris’s 70th birthday with a James Bond-themed bash. That magnum opus deserves its own mention, and the dazzling details are below.
Kris Jenner’s dazzling $6.5 million 70th, à la Lauren-
On November 8, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez opened the gates of their $165 million Beverly Hills estate for an unforgettable celebration honoring Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday. The theme, “James Bond 0070,” was a clever nod to 70, executed in true billionaire fashion. The $6.5 million soirée, according to The Daily Mail, delivered glittering jewels, tuxedos, Bond-style backdrops, champagne towers, caviar bars, and a live performance by Bruno Mars. The guest list read like Hollywood’s honor roll, all six Kardashian-Jenner children, Mariah Carey, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Adele and Rich Paul, Justin Bieber, Vin Diesel, and Martha Stewart.
Even Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan joined in, as did royalty, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, each embracing the theme in style. If the Koru engagement week marked Kris’s induction into Lauren’s world, the Bond-themed 70th cemented Lauren’s place in Kris’s life. It was, to be fair, a night to remember, one that outshone the Met Gala, the Golden Globes, the Oscars, the Grammys, and the Emmys combined.
