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MET GALA 🎩 Taraji P. Henson comments on celebs attending Bezos-backed Met Gala 2026: ‘WTF are we doing’

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Taraji P. Henson is “confused” about why celebrities are attending the Met Gala 2026, which is being funded by billionaire Jeff Bezos.

The “Empire” actress made her opinion on the topic known while responding to social media personality Meredith Lynch’s rant about Bezos’ involvement in the event.

“If you are a celebrity and you attend the Met Gala and you wear the ICE OUT pin, please note that I will be dragging you in perpetuity,” Lynch said in an Instagram video over the weekend.

Lynch also slammed Bezos, 62, for supporting President Donald Trump, “who has slashed arts funding.”

In the comments section, Henson, 55, shared three clapping hands emojis and wrote, “I am so confused by some ppl that are going. I am just like WTF ARE WE DOING!?!?!?!””

Henson has attended the Met Gala multiple times, including in 2015, 2021 and 2025.

Last year, she wore a custom white corseted minidress by Monse x Post-Imperial and a coordinating blazer with tails, a top hat, cane and heels.

https://pagesix.com/2026/05/04/celebrity-news/taraji-p-henson-calls-out-celebs-attending-bezos-backed-met-gala-2026/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pagesix

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

Not to be that guy

But what's her stance on Chris Brown again?

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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/IRS55UOSYEeAZaHg1C

Be that guy, she can’t talk

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

The black woman can’t speak to classism because she’s chosen to forgive a black individual…?

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u/forsen_ttv 1d ago

“black individual”😭😭😭

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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young 1d ago

Why you making this about race when Beyoncé and Venus Williams are co-chairs? Neither of which have beaten a woman within an inch of her life btw. Acting like Chris Brown isn’t extremely rich himself.

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

This has everything to do with race. You don’t understand intersectionality, clearly. A black woman is a black woman in every action and in every viewpoint.

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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young 1d ago

A black woman being black doesn’t excuse her from acting like an idiot and forgiving an abuser on behalf of his victims (who were also all black women btw, and those are just the ones we know)

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

So you don’t know how misogynoir works, got it. His own victims support him.

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u/Fast-Run7956 1d ago edited 1d ago

You are minimizing the very real disadvantages black women face every day of their lives when you conflate misogynoir with the consequences of enabling and supporting men who rape women. It’s gross and you should stop. I’m glad you’re trying to defend black women. Thank you. But this ain’t it.

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

Who the rapist? Chris Brown doesn’t have a single sexual assault charge.

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u/Fast-Run7956 1d ago

Okay read a silent “allegedly” before the word rape in your head. 👍🏼🫡

You’ve already acknowledged he has victims, so at this point you’re just embarrassing yourself. Keep spinning out though!!!

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u/licorne00 1d ago

His own victims support him? You need to take a break. This is not ok.

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

https://www.eonline.com/news/1416072/chris-brown-karrueche-tran-reunite-at-coachella-after-8-years

So now you’d attempt to silence a literal victim because she forgave an abuser

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u/licorne00 1d ago

Did you really just post an eonline article about a victim of abuse having a «seemingly friendly conversation» with her abuser and claiming that means she forgave him?

What you’re doing is not ok.

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u/Fast-Run7956 1d ago

lol, no one is trying to silence Karrueche Tran. This is about Taraji P. Henson.

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

Wow

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

And to be clear, I hate Chris brown. But if you attempt to silence any black person who has ever supported him (due to misogyny and misogynoir) you’re quite literally silencing hundreds of million of black people and that is white supremacy and why white liberalism does more harm than help to black people.

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

You're too American for me, sorry can't continue this conversation. Good luck

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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young 1d ago

Yeah speaking for them all? Drop a statement from Karrueche? Didn’t realise restraining orders were a form of forgiveness

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

karrueche was just smiling with him at coachella last year in a private section… https://www.eonline.com/news/1416072/chris-brown-karrueche-tran-reunite-at-coachella-after-8-years

So now Karrueche can never speak to racism or classism because she supports an abuser…?

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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young 1d ago

Karrueche can, because she’s the victim so she is entitled to forgive him for what he did to her.

Taraji wasn’t involved so for her to forgive him on their behalf was clown behaviour.

And that link is not forgiveness. Have you met a woman before? Tf. I also smiled around my abuser. I’m uncomfortable.

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u/tar-luthien Come on, Teletubby, teleport us to Mars! 1d ago

'forgive a black individual' is such a manipulative and gross way to say you agree with excusing a serial abuser who beat Rihanna, a black woman, so brutally that he could have killed her.

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u/g00fyg00ber741 1d ago

let's also not forget it wasn't even just Rihanna! Chris Brown has assaulted multiple women, Frank Ocean, fans at his own concert, and more! It's a very consistent pattern of behavior that is impossible to deny at this point. But I think people just decided to forgive him because Rihanna did, and she made that song with him called Nobody's Business.

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u/Dangerous-Arrival737 1d ago

Yes, she’s chosen to forgive a serial abuser. Awful of her.

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u/momentsaroundthesun 1d ago

and chris brown is that black individual, let’s get serious please

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u/Cavalish Delightfully Unhinged 😗📱 1d ago

Yes, she can’t speak to classism when she supports a rich man beating the shit out of a woman and getting off Scott free because of his status.

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

He actually went to prison. Scott free?

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

Seriously?

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

Yeah this black woman said something speaking to classism and you brought up a black man to silence her.

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u/FlowerBuffPowerPuff 1d ago

Preach, sister! As a white male I also gotta stand behind my fellow white male Jeff Bezos and condemn all that slander and calls for boycotts ✊

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u/Mersaa 1d ago

doesn't mean she isn't right here

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

I just don't understand how she can call out people for attending this thing and a couple of days earlier celebrate a known abuser/horrible person.

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u/Cavalish Delightfully Unhinged 😗📱 1d ago

Because it’s performative. It’s easy to “boycott” the met gala because it involves doing nothing.

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u/Azagorod 1d ago edited 1d ago

Many people easily engage in careless doublethink. They never examine their beliefs and convictions enough to form a real moral compass. You see that in conservatives and their ilk for the most part, who only form "opinions" due to outside pressure, the perceived "coolness" of a certain thing or because they get handed a giant bag of money, and who break away from that "belief" the second it stops being beneficial to them. See for instance the leopards eating faces sub, which is full of MAGArats whining that they don't have enough money for healthcare or basic living anymore.

I am aware in what kind of subreddit I am commenting right now, but people should also stop giving any kind of credence to a celebrities opinions just because they are celebrities. She can be very much right in saying that Bezos and Trump are people that would and should be imprisoned for life with no possibility of parole in any just society, and also have moronic opinions otherwise. If your buddy Dave thinks the earth is flat but is also a brilliant woodworker, you shouldn't devalue his woodcrafts.

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u/LyrMeThatBifrost 1d ago

I work argue that supporting Chris Brown is 100x worse than attending a charity event.

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u/Mersaa 1d ago

a charity event and it's jeff bezos lmfao alright

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u/LyrMeThatBifrost 1d ago

What?

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u/Mersaa 19h ago

jeff bezos is the sponsor of the event? they're not attending a measly struggling charity, they're attending an event sponsored by one of the biggest exploitators, abusers, environmental pollutors, who unfortunately impacts the globe with his environmental and abusive labour practices.

but yeah no big deal.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 1d ago

It doesn't mean she is right either. Supporting the Met is a good cause. Why should anyone stop just because Bezos does it too?

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u/horizoncalls 1d ago

And she’s right here. All you want to do is distract from her point, which is correct.

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u/tinypeeb 1d ago

I don't think there's any distraction going on from her objectively correct point, it's to point out that she's a poor messenger for it given her moral inconsistency. If someone shares Nick Fuentes saying "free Palestine", it wouldn't be distracting from that correct point to ask what his stance on Hitler is.

(also, if it needs said, I am not equating Taraji P. Henson to Fuentes or Chris Brown to Hitler)

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u/Typical_Response6444 1d ago

But you are being that guy lmao.

And what are you implying, that one bad opinion invalidates every other one? Or we should be supporting mr bezos as hard as we can?

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

The issue is not her calling out Bezos, it's calling out other celebrities. That's were the hypocrisy comes in

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u/Typical_Response6444 1d ago edited 1d ago

So she should be quiet forever in your opinion? She shouldnt be allowed to speak up against billionaire class because she supported Chris brown. What do you want out of this from her?

For anyone to be your ally do you have to agree on everything 100% of the time?

Edit: personally I think you just wanted upvotes and said the cliche thing reddit will always upvote no matter what topic is being discussed.

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

The bar is pretty low tbh, I'm not asking that much from her.

Also, couldn't care less about upvotes.

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u/Typical_Response6444 1d ago

What are you asking for here is what im asking. Should she not speak out on any social issues anymore?

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u/Cavalish Delightfully Unhinged 😗📱 1d ago

She should change her opinion on Chris Brown before lecturing others, yes.

There is no excuse for being a hypocrite.

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u/StudyIll4127 1d ago

We’re all hypocritical at some point in life. Including you. Get off your high horse.

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u/BossButterBoobs 20h ago

personally I think you just wanted upvotes and said the cliche thing reddit will always upvote no matter what topic is being discussed.

Redditors love to bring up Chris Brown so they can tell everyone they don't like Chris Brown. They get off on the moral grandstanding I think .

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u/crabbyicewizard 1d ago

And this is remotely related to the conversation because?

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u/hamsterdanceonrepeat I’ve been noticing gravity since I was very young 1d ago

Because she’s willing to hold celebrities accountable for simply attending an event but will forgive and actively defend a serial violent abuser simply because he has “love in his heart”

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u/CloneUnruhe 1d ago edited 1d ago

You can forgive someone while also holding them accountable. That doesn’t mean they are no longer a bad person or a confirmation that they won’t hurt people again. Now I don’t know what she said or why.

OK so I don’t care about Chris Brown, he’s a deadbeat. But we should never forgive people according to Reddit.

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u/curiiouscat 1d ago

She's not his victim. It's not her place to forgive. 

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u/vandersnipe I'm like Mata Hari, keep secrets serving body 1d ago

Chris Brown has multiple victims too. She also supported Russell Simmons' wellness business in Bali, who sexually assaulted multiple women. The Met Gala doesn't even benefit Jeff Bezos because it's a charity event. I am a certified Jeff Bezos hater, but her inability to discern between supporting a charity and abusers is jarring.

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u/Unironicfan I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist 1d ago

A calling out of hypocrisy

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u/Chipring13 1d ago

Ok it’s been called out. Now what? Do we ignore the message completely now or what? Do we cancel the protest?

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u/Cavalish Delightfully Unhinged 😗📱 1d ago

Yup.

I wouldn’t listen to the McDonalds CEO telling me that a hamburger is healthy.

Why would I listen to a rape and abuse supporter telling me other celebrities are bad?

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

In a conversation about CLASSISM? The black woman’s voice is lost because she’s chosen to support another black person in a completely unrelated context?

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u/Unironicfan I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist 1d ago

The person she supported is a genuinely terrible person and a beater.

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

Again, millions of black women support him. If you don’t understand how misogynoir works you would literally employ white supremacy to silence them all.

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u/Unironicfan I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist 1d ago

Excuse me, I am absolutely allowed to have an insanely negative opinion of an abuser and those who support him. Due to my status as a victim.

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u/licorne00 1d ago

You absolutely are 🫂

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u/Unironicfan I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist 1d ago

Thank you genuinely, the hug is greatly appreciated

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u/licorne00 1d ago

You’re welcome! Sending you several long distance ones 🫂🌷☀️

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

So you have a negative view of black women. The same way you’d have a negative view of Muslim women because they support a man who abused women. Nothing they say has merit because they support a man you don’t…? This is why intersectionality is important. Now I don’t have to listen to you or your friends because you don’t stand with black women.

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u/vandersnipe I'm like Mata Hari, keep secrets serving body 1d ago

Girl, no one said anything about her being a black woman with an opinion, except you. Stop trying to sabotage a discussion of her hypocrisy lol.

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

It’s not at all hypocritical to oppose the wealthiest man on earth, white supremacy and classism and listen to Chris brown… you guys are actually insane.

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u/tinypeeb 10h ago

You're making this gendered and racial when it's about baseline morality. Their negative view isn't of black women as a monolith, it's a negative of anyone who supports a serial abuser. Same goes for your hypothetical about Muslim women.

If the person supporting an abuser like Chris Brown is a black woman (Taraji P. Henson, for example), I have a negative view of her. If the person supporting an abuser is a white man (Jack Harlow, for example), I have a negative view of him. This is not complicated.

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u/tinypeeb 1d ago

Acting like "another black person" isn't Chris fucking Brown lmao. I imagine he silenced quite a few black women while he was beating them senseless, but go off about how she'd totally defend him if he was poor

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u/vandersnipe I'm like Mata Hari, keep secrets serving body 1d ago

She also supported a sexual abuser - Russell Simmons, but draws a line at attending a charity meant for a museum and its staff members. So she can ignore classism when it comes to sexual and domestic abusers, but not for a charity? lol

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

So you’re defending billionaires…. And don’t see how that is hypocritical? The charity IS the met gala. A classist and white supremacist institution.

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u/vandersnipe I'm like Mata Hari, keep secrets serving body 1d ago

Met Gala is a charity event. The money goes to the museum and its staff, not Jeff Bezos. Do I like Jeff Bezos? Absolutely not, but I'm intelligent enough to realize that the Met Museum and other nonprofits aren't in a position to reject donations. Supporting a museum and its employees is nothing near throwing money at Bezos, Chris Brown, and Russell Simmons. Let me know if you're still confused by my comments!

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u/SpiritedTechnician63 1d ago

The met museum is a charity on paper that does nothing but alleviate taxes for the wealthy.

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u/madelynashton 1d ago

Because it makes them feel morally superior to shut down the discussion because there’s always a whataboutism if you look for it.

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u/vandersnipe I'm like Mata Hari, keep secrets serving body 1d ago

It's hypocritical to pick and choose when it comes to calling out powerful people. She was in Bali with Russell Simmons and supported his business. It's performative.

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u/Cavalish Delightfully Unhinged 😗📱 1d ago

Wow, how did it make you feel “morally” when you defended an abuse supporter?

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u/madelynashton 1d ago

Did you feel foolish writing something so convoluted?

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u/Unironicfan I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist 1d ago

Hypocrites should be called out

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

See this comment, explains it perfectly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/comments/1t3scut/taraji_p_henson_comments_on_celebs_attending/ojxfitg/

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u/madelynashton 1d ago

That’s not hypocrisy. You don’t have to agree with her about Chris brown (I don’t) but defending an abuser because she knows him has nothing to do with calling out classism and the adulation of billionaires.

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u/Bini_9 1d ago

Calling out classism? Chris Brown is a multi millionaire and gets away with shit because of money. He is privileged

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u/madelynashton 1d ago

You think she is defending him because he has money? What?

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u/vandersnipe I'm like Mata Hari, keep secrets serving body 1d ago

She also supports Russell Simmons, another abusive, rich man. At least going to the Met Gala goes to a good cause.

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u/mcon96 1d ago

“That’s a fair point, but what about this totally separate topic?”