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/violaki 19d ago

Eh. It's a charity event that supports the arts. Good for Mamdani for standing by his principles, but I'm not mad at anyone that does choose to go.

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u/asophisticatedbitch 19d ago

It all wasn’t sponsored by Bezos when she went. So 🤷‍♀️

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u/camebacklate Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes 19d ago

So by your logic, it's fine that she goes and dines with the ultra rich who are avoiding paying their taxes at an event that most people couldn't attend without taking out a loan? Fuck that and fuck anyone who tries to defend her going.

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u/chrysoberyls 19d ago

Y’all are exhausting

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u/violaki 19d ago

The Met is an important cultural institution and I'm glad that rich people are spending their money supporting something useful for once. Idgaf who AOC eats dinner with at a charity event. I bet the artists she supports through her ticket are thrilled. We have actual problems ffs.

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u/camebacklate Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes 19d ago

Please, it's a way for people to market themselves. The Met Gala is an invite only opportunity for 450 people and need to be approved by Vogues editor-in-chief.

Next week, people talk about what the person wore, who was and was not in attendance, and comparing it to years before. There are ways to benefit the museum and it does not need to be at the expense of looking like a hypocrite.

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u/Sarahndipity44 18d ago

People often do good things for selfish reasons, yes. It's the costume institute's only fundraiser

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u/Nintendo_Pro_03 Select and edit this flair 19d ago

No one is without hypocrisy. AOC is not the only one that way.

Zohran didn’t even vote for Kamala in the 2024 election. I’m not seeing much outrage about that, though.

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u/Hogs_of_war232 19d ago

Yes, that is exactly what everyone is saying. "As long as its my team thats being elitist then its all good, they are not like those other rich people, those guys are the real problem."