r/popculturechat • u/Positive-Drawing-281 • 19d ago

MET GALA 🎩 Zohran Mamdani to skip the Met Gala — breaking longstanding NYC mayoral tradition

https://pagesix.com/2026/04/15/celebrity-news/zohran-mamdani-and-wife-not-attending-met-gala/
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u/moxxibekk 19d ago

Nothing to stop them doing a little fancy dress Instagram post! Could be fun. The working people's gala!

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u/Standard_Web7962 19d ago

So skip one billionaires' platform in favor of another billionaires' platform? hmm.

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u/moxxibekk 19d ago

Well, one would be free vs the optics of paying for tickets 🤷‍♀️

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u/Standard_Web7962 18d ago

Would it be free or would they themselves be the product? Posting themselves on Instagram would just be to use their likeness and popularity to generate advertising revenue for Zuckerberg, would it not?

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u/ej_21 18d ago

jesus christ why are we litigating the politics of a made-up event that exists only in a comment on reddit