NewsBite

Bruno Mars’ ‘ridiculous’ wedding performance fee

A celebrity event planner revealed Jennifer Lopez wanted Bruno Mars to perform at her since-cancelled wedding, but the fee was a step too far.

Beyoncé performs at NFL halftime show

Marcy Blum is spilling the tea.

The renowned celebrity event planner revealed Jennifer Lopez wanted Bruno Mars to perform at her since-cancelled wedding to Alex Rodriguez, only to baulk at the “24K Magic” singer’s staggering fee.

“We were working with J.Lo and A-Rod before they broke up, and they were going through a list of musicians, and she goes, ‘What about Bruno Mars?’” Blum said on “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast” on Thursday.

The “Wedding Planning for Dummies” author, 71, remembered telling Lopez, 55, that she had “just worked with” Mars, 39, on another wedding and he received $5 million to sing for 45 minutes to an hour.

Singer Bruno Mars wanted a huge fee for the wedding.
Singer Bruno Mars wanted a huge fee for the wedding.
Jennifer Lopez wanted in on the action too.
Jennifer Lopez wanted in on the action too.

“‘Don’t be ridiculous!’” the “Let’s Get Loud” singer replied, according to Blum’s recollection.

The party guru admitted she could share the story because she “never signed an NDA” while planning Lopez and Rodriguez’s doomed nuptials.

The Grammy nominee and the former New York Yankees player, 49, started dating in 2017 and got engaged in 2019.

The pair had been scheduled to marry in Italy in 2020, but the pandemic forced them to postpone the ceremony.

Lopez and Rodriguez ultimately called it quits in 2021, shortly before she rekindled her romance with Ben Affleck.

The superstar couple known as Bennifer, who first dated in the early 2000s, went on to elope in Las Vegas in 2022 and later held a more formal wedding ceremony in Georgia.

However, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck, 52, in August, citing “irreconcilable differences.”

The “Maid in Manhattan” star, who has been married four times, shares twins Max and Emme, 16, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony, while the Oscar winner co-parents Violet, 19, Seraphina, 15, and Samuel, 12, with his ex-wife, Jennifer Garner.

This story appeared in Page Six and has been reproduced with permission

Originally published as Bruno Mars’ ‘ridiculous’ wedding performance fee

Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/music/bruno-mars-ridiculous-wedding-performance-fee/news-story/9ffcc0115330d45b8e109f622db2f359