Jennifer Lopez said 'I don't' to Bruno Mars' $5 million wedding performance fee, says former planner

No way is Jenny from the Block overpaying for entertainment at her wedding — not even if that entertainer is Bruno Mars.

That’s the word from celebrity wedding planner Marcy Blum, who recently appeared on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast and shared details about her time planning Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez’s scrapped nuptials.

The iconic singer/songwriter/actress and the 14-time All-Star Yankees third baseman worked with Blum following their March 2019 engagement, and that process included a discussion of possible entertainers for their wedding.

Blum told podcast hosts Lauryn Evarts Bosstick and Michael Bosstick that Lopez asked about hiring Mars to perform. Blum said that her response was, "We just worked with him, and he’s five."

“Million?” Michael Bosstick asked. “Just to perform for the night?”

“The night?” Blum said. “You get 45 minutes, you get an hour.”

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According to Blum, Lopez’s reaction to the “Marry You” singer’s fee was similarly incredulous: “Don’t be ridiculous,” she recalled the multi-hyphenate saying.

Lopez, 55, and Rodriguez, 49, split up in 2021, five years after they publicly confirmed their relationship. Lopez rekindled her romance with ex Ben Affleck later that year, and Jen and Ben tied the knot in July 2022. (Mars did not perform.) The couple divorced in August.

Although J Lo and A-Rod never made it down the aisle, Blum shared her advice for other couples considering a high-profile performer for their own marital celebration.

“You would never have a headliner, if you were sane, as the regular entertainment. No one wants to do their first dance — or maybe they do, but they shouldn't — to Coldplay or something. That’s just dumb,” she said. “You want a band band and maybe a deejay, and then maybe you want 45 minutes of Chris Martin or Elton John or whomever you want. Because otherwise, it’s all about them.”

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Representatives for Blum, Lopez, Mars, and Rodriguez did not immediately respond to EW’s request for comment. Blum, the author of Wedding Planning for Dummies, said she was able to share her memories of working on Lopez and Rodriguez's wedding because she never signed an NDA.

You can catch Blum’s conversation on “The Skinny Confidential” here, or watch a clip of her discussing Lopez, Rodriguez, and Mars below:

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