Riyadh: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al Jubeir denied that Saudi Arabia was involved in the leak of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ private text messages and photos to the National Enquirer tabloid.
“Absolutely not,” Al Jubeir said, when asked by “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan about potential Saudi involvement, Saudi Gazette reported.
“This sounds to me like a soap opera. I’ve been watching it on television and reading about it in the paper. This is something between the two parties. We have nothing to do with it.”
In an extraordinary public statement posted to Medium on Thursday, Bezos said an investigation he directed into how the Enquirer obtained private messages he exchanged with Lauren Sanchez, with whom he was reported to be having an affair, had angered David Pecker, CEO of American Media, Inc, which owns the Enquirer.
“Maybe some of our citizens read The National Enquirer when they’re in the United States,” Al Jubeir told Brennan.
“Other citizens watch the soap opera unfold on television but that’s it.”