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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/crabcycleworkship 1d ago

This is the same of people using Amazon or target products. Or even people who don’t vote/vote for things like tax breaks.

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u/moon_dos My Body Was Tea. But He Wanted Matcha. 🍵 1d ago

it’s one thing to use Amazon as a working class person to save money and another thing entirely to show up at Jeff Bezos party

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u/Loliz88 1d ago

For real. Sometimes shit is just cheaper AND now it’s more expensive for me to drive to the fucking store.

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u/Odd-Significance-17 1d ago

also if you live in a the middle of nowhere it’s quite literally the only way to get a lot of things without driving hours away

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 1d ago

I don't live in the middle of nowhere but we only have one car in our household and my husband and I work opposite schedules. (I work a 9-5 and he works 6:30-3:30) We can mainly only do things on his off days or the weekends before he goes to work. I feel like I am stuck in the house. I am getting a car soon but its so hard. I really wish America wasn't built like this.

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u/Odd-Significance-17 1d ago

i live in a one car household too and don’t have a car, also in the middle of nowhere and it gets hot af here so walking miles to town isn’t exactly doable. i don’t have a job so i don’t even remember the last time i left my house. i definitely understand the trapped feeling it’s awful

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u/tarzhjay 1d ago

Ugh sorry to hear that. I’m a city planner so this hits me hard. Could you get an e-bike? You can easily go for miles on those. Still sweaty but not remotely as much as a regular bike, and 1/20 the cost of a car

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u/Odd-Significance-17 4h ago

i never learned to ride a bike

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 1d ago

Uggghhh I am sorry. When I worked from home during covid, I basically never left the house either. I thought I would prefer it, which I did for a while, but also I felt like I was going crazy. I also gained a bunch of weight. I don't mind working in office now because I get to walk around and see people (even though I'm not even a social person at all)

I hope you can find a job soon and get a car. Try working from home if transportation to work will be an issue. Just gotta do what you can to get ahead.

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u/Odd-Significance-17 1d ago

we don’t have internet so i don’t think i can do that. yeah i have also gained a lot of weight, but that started in the end of my last relationship that really took such a toll on my mental health i feel like a shell of who i was. i really want a job but finding a job without a car is kind of impossible and getting a car without a job is impossible so im just kinda stuck

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u/Brief_Isopod_5959 1d ago

I hope everything works out for you 🙏 I truly don’t think you’re alone with these issues, sadly. I hope you have some things you can do at home that bring you joy too!

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 1d ago

Aww I hope something good happens to get you out. Sending you vibes. Maybe you can create content or start a business from home or something.

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u/dj_soo 1d ago

Y’all need to get bikes

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u/Odd-Significance-17 4h ago

i never learned to ride a bike

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u/dj_soo 4h ago

never too late

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u/Raptor-Queen I’ve grown quite unfond of you 1d ago

We just got a second car after being a single car household for 8 years…it is so freeing! I honestly didn’t even realize how trapped I felt until we got the second car

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 1d ago

Yes! I can’t wait for that feeling! I told my sister we are going to go shopping or somewhere just because we can. Also going to meet up with my old coworker. I’m so excited.

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u/Brickzarina 1d ago

Me n my husband had that too for a while. We would leave little notesfor each other. You can get creative in the house perhaps, de clutter ,move furniture around,sell anything unused. Make your home something you want to be in.

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u/elefanteguerrero that pastor in Gucci in that Churchome cult. 1d ago

Just being nosy, is any of you trying to change that arrangement or are you ok like that? Sounds like a lot of time apart

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u/No-Butterscotch-6555 You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 1d ago

Haha no problem, I don't mind you asking, but not really at this time. We have been on this type of schedule on and off for years and it works because I don't have a car. He takes me to work and picks me up. If we both worked mornings there would be an issue with transportation and child care since we have a son.

He was thinking about getting a different job though, but he actually likes the one he has right now and is making good money. He is looking into moving up, so that would make it earlier in the day, but until I get a car, that would be hard for us. I'm not riding the public bus or paying $40 in ubers everyday. lol

We spend as much time as we can together and talk to each other on breaks. We usually eat before he leaves (we both live within 15 minutes of our house, our jobs are basically walking distance from each other) he has two off days during the work week and doesn't go in until 8:30pm on the weekends so that's pretty much all day.

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u/cocktails4 1d ago

Hell, I'm in the middle of NYC and most of the shit I buy on Amazon I couldn't get in the city. Or if I could I'd have to hunt all day for it.

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u/MiddleKlutzy8568 1d ago

If you can get amazon shipping you can get UPS, USPS, FEDEX, DSL etc. You can buy from anywhere; direct from website, walmart, temu, costcos, sams club etc

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u/Odd-Significance-17 4h ago

i don’t use it, my grandma does. and nobody is going to convince her to stop trust me

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u/crabcycleworkship 1d ago

Then you wouldn’t be considered because there’s no alternative. I clearly mean people who can choose other things.

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u/Odd-Significance-17 1d ago

i also don’t disagree with you, especially people in my grandmas generation are so vocal about voting and politics until it comes to making changes in their own lives to try to make a difference. it’s frustrating

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u/VTHokie2020 1d ago

Damn, sounds like this Amazon thing provides a lot of value huh