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Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife Wendi Deng puts on flirty display with Tom Brady during Bezos wedding festivities
Tom Brady put on a flirty display with one of billionaire Rupert Murdoch 's glamorous ex-wives during Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez 's wedding festivities this week.
On Thursday, Brady, 47, was seen making his way to the couple's starry pre-wedding soiree in Venice, Italy with Wendi Deng, 56, by his side.
The duo — who are both believed to be single — enjoyed a lively chat during their evening trek to the historic Madonna dell'Orto.
Wendi looked smitten with the NFL hunk, often smiling and laughing while in his presence.
The Chinese-born American entrepreneur looked elegant for the party in a sleeveless, ruffled dress and designer heels.
Tom towered over her in a fitted beige blazer styled with black slacks, loafers and a white button-up shirt that highlighted his glowing tan.
The seven-time Super Bowl winner became a single man in 2022 following his shock split from supermodel Gisele Bundchen, 45.
The exes were married for 13 years and share two children — son Benjamin, 15, and daughter Vivian, 12.
In 2023, Brady began dating Russian runway maven Irina Shayk, 39.
However, the romance was short-lived and fizzled out in early 2024.
Around that same time, it was also rumored that he'd sparked up a romance with Kim Kardashian, 44.
The SKIMS founder even poked fun at the rumors while appearing on Netflix's The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady last year.
'I wasn't going to come tonight. But since I'm not here as Tom's date, there's still a good chance I might,' Kim told the crowd as Tom looked on.
She then hilariously alluded to her infamous 2007 sex tape as she shutdown the chatter about her and Brady's alleged romance once and for all.
'Speaking of Tom and I dating, I know there were some rumors that we were. And I'd never say if we did or not—I'd just release the tape.'
As of 2025, Brady is believed to be single while ex Gisele has moved on with hunky Jiu-Jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente, who she welcomed a child with in February.
Meanwhile, Wendi was media mogul Rupert Murdoch's third wife, and mother to his youngest children: Grace, 24, and Chloe, 22.
The pair were married for 14 years before divorcing back in 2013.
Wendi met Murdoch in 1997 when she landed an internship at Star TV, the Hong Kong station then owned by his company, News Corp.
The big boss had flown in to address the staff, and legend has it that during a sycophantic Q&A session, Deng broke ranks and put a critical question to one of the world's most successful businessmen: 'Why is your business strategy in China so bad?'
The then 66-year-old Murdoch was said to have been 'dazzled' by her.
In 1999, 17 days after divorcing Anna, his second wife of 32 years — mother of three of his children — he married Wendi on his yacht in New York.
The British singer Charlotte Church was flown in to serenade the happy couple and the media tycoon gave a speech, promising to look after his new bride 'for ever and ever', according to one guest.
The couple divorced in 2013 before Rupert went on to marry for the fourth time, to former supermodel Jerry Hall, 66, in 2016 before splitting in 2022. He is now married to molecular biologist Elena Zhukova, 68.
Wendi — who describes herself as 'an entrepreneur, investor, movie producer and art collector' — has had various romantic liaisons over the years.
In 2016, she was linked with the then 30-year-old British violinist Charlie Siem after the pair attended the Giambattista Valli fashion show in Paris.
Then, aged 48, she had a two-year affair with a then 21-year-old Hungarian model, Bertold Zahoran — a man 64 years younger than her ex-husband Murdoch.
They were seen frolicking on beaches in St Barts, but that romance came to an end in 2018.
She even once had to deny claims she was having a secret relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying 'I've never even met him'; and dismissed claims that she was a spy for the Chinese government.
In December 2020, she was pictured in St Barts with another hunky younger man who was never identified.
As of 2025, Wendi is believed to be single, with New York publicist and gossip columnist R. Couri Hay previously claiming that she has 'always been mysterious, but socially she's become clandestine.'
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are set to tie the knot in Saturday in Venice, Italy after a two-year engagement.
The Amazon billionaire and his bride-to-be are said to have invited 200 people to their three-day Italian wedding, which kicked off on Thursday.
On Tuesday, a copy of the couple's invite was leaked with one very specific request made on behalf of the couple.
They've asked guests not to buy them any presents and told them they'll be making donations to multiple charities working to stop Venice from sinking on attendees' behalf instead.
The star-studded guest list includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, and Tom Brady.
Bezos is worth around $224.6 billion and is thought to be spending tens of millions on his wedding.
'If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax,' one gigantic banner read in St. Mark's Square.
Greenpeace and the UK-based collective Everyone Hates Elon have joined protests in Venice attempting to disrupt, or even prevent, the planned wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Bezos this week.
'Jeff Bezos is the second-richest man in the world yet is reported to pay a 1.1 percent true tax rate,' the two groups said in a joint statement. 'The multi-million-dollar wedding is reportedly happening over three days, with the wedding ring alone worth as much as $5million.'
A spokesperson from Everyone Hates Elon said: 'As governments talk about hard choices and struggle to fund public services, Jeff Bezos can afford to shut down half a city for days on end just to get married.'
Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro and regional governor Luca Zaia have spoken out in favor of the nuptials, which have been dubbed, 'the wedding of the century,' pointing out that the celebrations are expected to bring $23-34million to local businesses.
'This is a city that handles 150,000 people a day,' Zaia told Italian daily Corriere della Sera. 'George Clooney, François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek, Alexandre Arnault, Elton John and many others got married here.'
Bezos has also pledged to make sizable charity donations, including $1.16million to Corila - an academic consortium dedicated to studying Venice's lagoon ecosystem - according to Corriere della Sera and Italy's ANSA news agency.
Earlier this month, anti-Bezos banners were hung in Venice from St. Mark's Tower with 'Bezos' in blue capital letters and a red X over it as part of a 'No Space for Bezos' campaign, a play on Bezos' Blue Origin spaceflight venture.
