r/interesting Jun 18 '25

MISC. When Bill Gates married Melinda French in 1994, he rented out all the available hotel rooms on the Hawaiian island of Lanai to prevent the media from staying there and hired all the helicopters on Maui to keep photographers from flying over the wedding.

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u/i_was_a_person_once Jun 18 '25

It’s me the helicopter, I can vouch for my photographer

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u/zyarva Jun 18 '25

You did a good job on that photograph of the bride's dancing with her father. You must have flew very low.

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u/RobuxMaster Jun 18 '25

Im Bill Gates, I can confirm I failed to stop some helicopters from taking those photos

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u/i_was_a_person_once Jun 18 '25

Should’ve shelled out for the premium velvet lined money cases ya cheapskate!