Throwback: when Bruno Mars charged $5 million to perform at Jennifer Lopez’s wedding

Once upon a canceled wedding, Jennifer Lopez apparently had big plans to dazzle her guests with a Bruno Mars performance—until she heard his jaw-dropping, multi-million-dollar fee. Word on the street is that Bruno wanted a cool five million bucks for a performance.J.Lo’s reaction? “Don’t be ridiculous,” according to star wedding planner Marcy Blum. The wedding never actually happened, as the singer and her then-fiancé Alex Rodriguez officially called it quits things in March 2021.

Marcy Blum, who plans celebrity events, spilled the details on “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast.,” She recalled telling Jennifer about Bruno Mars’ colossal price tag, leaving the singer and actress speechless. And get this: the fee would only cover about 45 minutes of the “24K Magic” crooner’s time. In the end, J.Lo opted out of that lavish idea.

Ultimately, J.Lo never made it down the aisle with Alex Rodriguez, but she did marry Ben Affleck on July 16, 2022—years after their initial romance, which went from 2002 to 2004. Despite relighting their old love, Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck on August 20, 2024, after much speculation about their marriage going through a crisis.