A newly single Orlando Bloom enjoyed a boys lunch with pals Tom Brady and Scooter Braun at hotel Gritti Palace this afternoon.

Alongside others, the group relaxed on the terrace of a high-end hotel in Venice, savoring drinks and food in anticipation of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s $20 million wedding in the city.

Cheersing drinks and tucking into a spread of food, the friends sat and laughed around a large table.

Orlando has joined Scooter and Tom in the bachelor club following reports that he has split from partner Katy Perry after months of rumours.

Music executive Scooter and his wife Yael separated in 2021. They continue to share both legal and physical custody of their three kids: Jagger Joseph, age ten, Levi Magnus, age eight, and Hart Violet, age six.

Iconic NFL player Tom and Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen, who have two children, declared their intention to divorce in October 2022 after 13 years of being married.

Sat in the shaded veranda, the boys group were joined by six other friends, all thought to be in the music or film industry. Before leaving, the group all took a selfie together, commemorating the event.

The five star restaurant specialises in seafood with a plate of pasta starting from £50.

Some of Bezos’s guests are confirmed to be staying at the hotel, where rooms start from £2,500 a night. It’s understood Kim and Khloe Kardashian and their mother Kris, are staying at the hotel.

After a two-hour long lunch and shaking hands with the hotel manager, Orlando, Tom and Scooter went back inside the hotel to freshen up and then took a water taxi to their next destination. 

The actor, 48, will attend the billionaire’s Italian nuptials without Perry, 40, who is away on tour.

A source told TMZ earlier this week: ‘He’s the life of the party and he’s gonna hit the dance floor hard!’ and added he may even ‘sneak away with Leonardo DiCaprio for some bar crawling.’ 

Another source said: ’90 per cent of the people at the wedding are kinda boring, but 10 per cent are really fun, including Orlando, Leo and Jeff (Bezos). It’s gonna be a great party!’ 

Earlier on Thursday, Orlando enjoyed a friendly reunion with Kim Kardashian as they mingled in Venice.

Orlando, 48, wasted no time reaching in for several air kisses with Kim, 44, and the rest of the Kardashian clan, as the pair joined Khloe and friends for a catch up before the ceremony. 

The pair have history – with Orlando famously being caught ‘checking out’ Kim’s bottom while at an event with Katy last year. 

At the Kering Foundation’s Caring for Women Dinner in September, Orlando was seen looking down toward Kim’s backside while he stood next to his fiancée with an arm placed on her side.

The image quickly went viral, but Katy later laughed off any scandal, saying she ‘approved’ of her fiancé’s behaviour and asking ‘So wait, what’s the controversy?’

 Katy and Kim also bonded last month as they spent time in Paris together with Lauren on her hen do. 

Yet it looked like Kim and Orlando had plenty to catch up on as they chatted away in the Italian sunshine. 

The actor was also seen enjoying a chat with music manager Scooter Braun. 

The pair famously did not see eye to eye when Scooter bought the rights to Taylor Swift’s music catalog and original masters, with Katy tweeting: ‘I stand with Taylor. Stay strong my friend.’ 

The Gritti Palace is one of Venice’s most luxury hotels and is well known as a celebrity hot spot in the city.

Sat right on Venice’s Grand Canal, it offers guests a private boat service as well as a spa, Michelin star restaurant and huge suites.

The hotel regularly sees celebrities through its doors, favourite amoung Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johanson and Robert De Niro.

For the Bezos celebrations this week, the hotel is booked out, with no members of the public allowed to enter.

It was claimed on Wednesday that Orlando and Katy had called it quits following weeks of escalating tension after nearly a decade of their on–off relationship, six years of being engaged and one child together. 

For weeks fans have been speculating all is not well between the pair after Katy, 40, was seen without her engagement ring.

Yet the pop star – who is currently on a world tour – and Orlando, 48, have refused to comment on the speculation, with sources claiming they were hoping to work through their rough patch for the sake of their daughter Daisy Dove, four. 

Katy and Orlando were last pictured together at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in March, where they posed for red carpet snaps. 

The pair did not seem particularly comfortable in each other’s company, however, body language expert Judi James noted. 

News of their split came shortly after Katy went to space, drawing significant backlash amid viral videos trolling her world tour and her poor-performing album 143.

While Orlando was in the crowd when the rocket took off, he kept a low-profile and was not seen by Katy’s side when she returned. 

It was claimed Orlando was ’embarrassed’ by the trip after Katy  became the internet’s punching bag for her eccentric actions, hogging the camera while holding up a daisy – a nod to her daughter – in zero gravity, before bizarrely dropping to her knees and kissing the ground on touchdown.

‘He told her the whole thing looked ridiculous,’ a source in Katy’s camp told the Daily Mail. ‘He said it was cringeworthy. Embarrassing. This was in the middle of a fight, and it hurt her feelings.’

‘Of course she was hurt,’ the source continued. ‘Imagine going to space — motherf****** space — and your partner isn’t impressed. She hoped he’d be more supportive.’

Earlier in the day, Kim and Khloe were seen arriving in Venice alongside their mother Kris Jenner on the outing, who showcased her figure in a low-cut dress. 

While across town, bride-to-be Lauren and fiancé Jeff looked in good spirits as they left their hotel the day before their extravagant wedding – no doubt keen to greet the new arrivals. 

Following on from the Kardashians, Oprah Winfrey was seen making more of a low-key arrival as she stepped out in a white ribbed jumper and trousers. 

The couple began their wedding celebrations with a drinks reception with a playlist of romantic music, blasting More Than A Woman by the Bee Gees. 

They then continued to play tunes like Nina Simone’s I’m Feeling Good, Lovely Day by Bill Withers and Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison.

Jeff and Lauren mixed the hits with a selection of traditional Italian music as they prepared for their big day.

Prior to this, in the private garden of the hotel, which is surrounded by a 10ft brick wall, staff could be heard working to erect marquees, ready for a weekend of celebrations.

They also put a VIP jetty up outside the venue for guests to use when they arrived. Huge security staff also surrounded the property, around five or six men at each entrance.

The tech magnate and journalist have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their multi-million dollar nuptials in the Italian city.

Around 90 private jets are set to land in local airports this week, bringing A-listers from show business, politics and finance to the widely-dubbed ‘wedding of the century’.

The celebrations are expected to kick off on Thursday and end on Saturday.

But the historic venue that Bezos and Sanchez chose for part of their $20 million bash is covered in scaffolding, MailOnline can reveal.

The lavish three-day event will feature a party held within the fabulous 15th-century Madonna dell’Orto church in Venice’s quaint Cannareggio district tomorrow night.

Venice City Hall issued a directive on Wednesday cordoning off the area, isolating guests from activists who have been protesting for weeks that the celebrations will turn the city of gondolas and palazzi into a private amusement park for the rich.

Bezos, who remains the executive chair of e-commerce giant Amazon and sits at number 4 on Forbes’ billionaires list, got engaged to Sanchez in 2023, four years after the collapse of his 25-year marriage to Mackenzie Scott.

In preparation, security guards have now blocked off entrances to the closure where the party will be held, but what guests will first see when they arrive is the iconic bell tower covered in scaffolding. 

This has left locals speculating that Bezos may have booked the venue based on seeing pictures on Google without realising it is being repaired.

The revelation comes just a day after MailOnline revealed how a careless wedding organiser had unwittingly leaked sensitive details of the VIP event to the media by being photographed carrying a printed guest list.

Meanwhile, the fact that the huge wedding is taking place in one of the world’s most vulnerable heritage sites has become so controversial that it is being angrily discussed in Italian parliament.

This controversy intensified overnight as council chiefs ordered the blocking off of the canal running in front of the church for around 200 metres, with a landing point for boats closed off with red and white tape.

Access from the Brazzo and Dei Muti canals blocked as well from 6pm tonight – when the wedding festivities kick off with a pyjama party at a secret location – until midnight tomorrow.

Dozens of electrical cables, threading along the ground like spaghetti, are being run from a noisy generator boat moored in the Madonna dell ‘Orto canal, which is creating a noisy din.

The venue for the party is the cloister next door to the church, which is where the famous Renaissance artist Tintoretto is buried.

The website for the cloister describes the venue, which is used for the famous Biennale art exhibition in Venice, as ‘simple, yet elegant’.

Pictures from previous events show tables beneath the vaulted ceilings, atmospherically lit by candlelight – but this week the scaffolding on the church tower will be clearly visible.

The cloister extends to three sides and is supported by ornate columns with a beautiful herringbone floor.

When MailOnline approached a guard and asked if the cloister was open, we were told: ‘No, it’s closed, there is a private function.’

The Aman hotel has built a private jetty for the lucky 48 guests who will be staying there for the Bezos wedding.

Sat on the Grand Canal, the hotel has constructed a small pier covered in a blue tent for those who will be arriving by boat and require privacy. The couple have booked out all 24 grand rooms at the hotel from Wednesday.

Extra police and added safety measures have been brought in for the wedding, and local authorities have been holding a series of daily meetings to discuss how to protect the expected 200 VIPs.

According to local media reports, the city will pay overtime to an unspecified number of police officers involved in security for the wedding organisers.

Among the assorted billionaires and millionaires on the guest list, there is also Ivanka Trump, who as the US president’s daughter has an extra added level of security.

All of this has prompted questions in parliament from furious MPs – mostly from opposition centre left and environmental parties – wanting to know just how much Italian taxpayers’ money was being spent.

Angelo Bonelli, an MP with the Italian Green and Left Alliance, angrily demanded that Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi from the ruling Brothers of Italy right-wing party provide cost details.

Mr Bonelli said: ‘We need information because from Wednesday until Saturday night the city of Venice will be in a virtual lockdown to allow the Amazon magnate’s wedding to go ahead.

‘It will be locked down, but it will also be a city bought for three days in a sort of unbridled celebration of luxury that will limit the movement of citizens.

‘I am here to ask the Ministry of the Interior to guarantee the freedom to express dissent. How is it possible to buy a city for three days creating a series of inconveniences?’

He added: ‘I remember that Amazon is under investigation for the exploitation of workers, Bezos’ wealth comes from this. If they can buy Venice for three days, these super rich can pay taxes.’

Bonelli’s request was echoed by opposition M5S deputy Antonio Iaria, who said: ‘We too, as the Five Star Movement, ask Piantedosi for information.

‘In the Senate as M5S we also proposed an increase in the web tax not to go against a sector but to address a problem of the future.

‘This government immediately bows to billionaires, it does not ask itself if in a historical moment like this a public order problem is not created.

‘The government shows that Venice must not be a playground for billionaires, tourism is welcome but not to those who rent a city to the detriment of the citizens themselves.’

He added: ‘Bezos is getting married. Venice is blocked. And how much does it cost the Italian State?

‘We asked Interior Minister Piantedosi. We pay, certainly, for security, for public order, to lock down an entire city and protect a cover wedding.

‘But how much does all this cost Italy? Who guarantees security? Who coordinates traffic?

‘Who manages the inconveniences for citizens and workers? The answer is always the same: the public machine, with public money.

‘And in exchange? Selfies and luxury, while those struggling to pay the rent watch from afar.’

Campaign group No Space For Bezos have already said they plan to disrupt the wedding by blocking canals and have asked activists to ‘turn up with snorkels and masks’,

They have also been encouraged to bring inflatable crocodiles or other toys to scatter along the canals to impede the dozens of water taxis hired to ferry guests between venues.

Ruling Brothers of Italy MP Salvatore Caiata hit back and said:’We do not agree that Piantedosi should report to the Chamber on this topic also because the Minister of the Interior is not a wedding planner, we cannot ask that the government come to report to the Chamber on every topic, it is paradoxical that every situation is used to exploit.’

No-one from the organisers or Venice town hall who cover the local police budget was immediately available for comment.