Bezos: $75M Melania Trump movie ‘good business decision’
I had nothing to do with that,” Bezos told Sorkin. Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid $40 million for “Melania,” which premiered in theaters nationwide in February. The film, which follows the first lady in the days leading up to her husband’s second presidential inauguration, cost an additional $35 million to promote and market, according to reports.
- ▪I had nothing to do with that,” Bezos told Sorkin.
- ▪Amazon MGM Studios reportedly paid $40 million for “Melania,” which premiered in theaters nationwide in February.
- ▪The film, which follows the first lady in the days leading up to her husband’s second presidential inauguration, cost an additional $35 million to promote and market, according to reports.
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In The Know Bezos: $75M Melania Trump movie ‘good business decision’ Comments: by Judy Kurtz - 05/20/26 11:39 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Judy Kurtz - 05/20/26 11:39 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Jeff Bezos says he “had nothing to do with” Amazon’s decision to greenlight a multimillion-dollar documentary on Melania Trump, denying the project was an attempt to curry favor with the Trump administration. “The Melania thing is a falsehood that will not die,” Bezos, the founder of Amazon, told Andrew Ross Sorkin in a Wednesday interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I see reported all the time that somehow I was involved in this, and I know we did this at this Mar-a-Lago dinner,” Bezos said, referring to President Trump’s Florida resort home. “We have denied it.
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