Celebrity restaurateur Keith McNally took aim at Lauren Sanchez in a late-night Instagram rant, calling Jeff Bezos’ fiancée “disgusting.”
McNally shared a carousel of recent photos of Sanchez and Bezos, and proceeded to criticize the couple in a post that appeared Monday night.
‘Does anyone else find Jeff Bezos’ new wife, Lauren Sanchez, ABSOLUTELY REVOLTANT?’ he wrote.
‘What an ugly, fucking stuck-up couple they make. Is this what having $1,000 billion does to people?’
The apparently unprovoked roasting of McNally comes a week after Sanchez and Bezos made several public appearances together in Washington, D.C. at the White House state dinner for the Prime Minister of Japan and to present the Courage and Civility Award, a $100 million annual grant that Bezos distributes. .
Keith McNally shared a carousel of photos of Lauren Sanchez and her fiancé, Jeff Bezos, and proceeded to skewer the couple on Monday night.
McNally (pictured) often posts unfiltered comments on his personal Instagram about whatever topic is on his mind.
It’s unclear why McNally specifically targeted Sanchez and Bezos.
The future Mrs. Bezos has so far been defended by her famous friend Chrissy Teigen, who touted Sánchez’s admirable qualities.
“She is actually incredibly dynamic, accomplished and kind, and everyone who knows her would say the same,” the entertainment personality and wife of John Legend wrote.
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle also came to Sanchez’s defense, writing: ‘No. I think he is an accomplished, kind, intelligent and beloved person. Social media is fun, but this is not. It’s just bad for no reason. If we all took a breath and thought about what it feels like to be teased and mocked, we would do a lot less.
The owner of enduring New York City hotspots Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern and Morandi has already had several fights with high-profile visitors to his restaurants.
In October 2022, he began a week-long feud with then-late-night host James Corden, who allegedly yelled at staff at McNally’s Balthazar over a yolk omelette his wife had tried to order.
Corden, who on multiple occasions has been considered difficult to work with, defended himself on air and in a New York Times profile at the time.
He apologized, which smoothed things over a bit, but only until McNally got a copy of the London Times, in which Corden denied yelling at anyone.
On Monday night, the subject turned out to be Lauren Sánchez, the fiancee of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The couple got engaged almost a year ago after almost five years together.
Sánchez, who is involved in a host of causes in her fashionable Beverly Hills circles, often opts for a more revealing look and shares glimpses of her wardrobe with her more than 400,000 Instagram followers; she here she appears in the photo with the outfit that she wore in a big way. dinner for the Japanese prime minister last week
“I don’t want to exaggerate, but in Friday’s London Times, Corden did an about-face and told a huge lie AGAIN,” McNally began.
‘”I never yelled at anyone, I didn’t yell, I didn’t call anyone a name or swear or use derogatory language… How is that even remotely a thing? When that person who posted the story wasn’t even there.”
‘Watching it a second time, I found his “confessional” TV artificial and fake. The actor will say anything to save his skin.
“In the scheme of things, my opinion means nothing, but after Friday’s interview and a second look at his fraudulent confessional, I have given up on James Corden. Forever,” he wrote.
Over the years, McNally has proven to be a lightning rod for controversy with Instagram posts that frequently inflame discourse.
Since joining the platform, he has periodically been a staunch defender of Woody Allen, who has been plagued for decades by his decision to become romantically involved with his stepdaughter Soon-Yi Previn, with whom he remains to this day.
Allen was later accused of sexually assaulting his daughter Dylan Farrow, whom he had adopted with his then-partner Mia Farrow in 1991.
He has always denied their allegations and was never charged, although a Connecticut prosecutor said there was probable cause for a criminal case.
McNally is the owner of enduring New York City hot spots: Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern and Morandi.
He often posts on Instagram about high-profile visitors to his restaurants, as well as current events.
Earlier this year, McNally apologized for something he wrote on Instagram immediately after Hamas’ barbaric attacks on Israel on October 7.
“The more disgusting the facts, the greater the responsibility to listen to the other side,” he wrote beneath an image of retaliatory strikes Israel was carrying out against the terrorist group.
He later seriously retracted his statement and strongly condemned Hamas and its terrorist activities.
‘I want to make it clear: those who continue to look away from or do not condemn the horrific terror of Hamas are not serving the cause of Palestinian freedom. “They are endorsing cold-blooded murder, rape, kidnapping and torture,” he wrote on October 10.
In November, exactly one month after Israel’s unprovoked invasion, he wrote: “If those calling for better conditions for the Palestinians began their petition by denouncing the savagery of the Hamas attack of October 7 and that the taking of civilian hostages is an act of cruelty and obscene evil, I would feel three times more sympathy for them.