Jennifer Lopez Shocked by Bruno Mars’ Fee for Alex Rodriguez’s Wedding

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Celebrity wedding planner Marcy Blum on the Thursday, December 26 episode of the series, they opened up about working on the ex-spouses’ wedding before their eventual split. “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her” Podcast.. “I’ll tell you a story because I never signed an NDA,” she said.

According to Blum, her clients are often shocked by the “price of headliners,” and Lopez, 55, and Rodriguez, 49, were no exception. “We worked with J.Lo and A-Rod before they broke up. And we’re going through the list of musicians and she’s like, ‘What? Bruno Mars?” she shared.

Blum, who had recently worked with Mars, then 39, surprised Lopez with the “Treasure” singer’s hefty fee. “I said, ‘I just worked with him and he’s got $5 (million),'” she revealed. “(Jennifer said), ‘Don’t be ridiculous!’ I said, ‘I’m telling you, $5 million plus a rider.’ On the night (of the wedding), you have 45 minutes, you have an hour.”

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Blum did not say whether Lopez agreed to Mars’ price, but the wedding ultimately fell apart after she and Rodriguez ended their engagement in April 2021.

When it comes to working with high-profile artists at events, Blum said she and her team “don’t make an excuse to be uncomfortable” by catering to their needs. “We’re like, ‘Here it is, and here’s someone to hold hands with you and dad,'” she said.

Blum said it’s also not normal to have a celebrity like Mars as the event’s “regular entertainment.” “Nobody wants to do their first dance, or maybe they do, but they shouldn’t do Coldplay or anything. That’s just stupid,” she joked. “You want a band and maybe a DJ, and then you want 45 minutes Chris Martin or Elton John or whoever you want. Because otherwise it’s all about them.”

Lopez and Rodriguez he got engaged after two years of dating in March 2019. There were reports that the two had he called it quits in March 2021, but the couple did not confirm their split until the following month.

“She just really wishes Alex the best,” a source exclusively said My Weekly in June 2022. “She has completely shifted. She doesn’t think about Alex at all. Their relationship was full of drama and that’s the last thing he has time for in his life.”

Rodriguez noted that he and Lopez “I had a great time” on their relationship on a July 2022 episode of “The Martha Stewart Podcast.” He added, “More importantly, we always put the kids at the forefront of everything we do.” (Lopez shares her 16-year-old twins, Max and Emme, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony. Rodriguez shares his two daughters, Natasha, 20, and Ella, 16, with his ex-wife. Cynthia Scurtis.)

Lopez continued Ben Affleckwho she filed for divorce after two years of marriage in August. Rodriguez, meanwhile, briefly dated Kathryn Padgett in 2022 before love is found with him his girlfriend, Jaclyn Cordeirolater that year.