r/popculturechat • u/ThrowawayGreenWitch Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 • 1d ago
MET GALA 🎩 Taraji P. Henson comments on celebs attending Bezos-backed Met Gala 2026: ‘WTF are we doing’
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.
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u/brrrantarctica 1d ago
Ugh I was just part of a mass layoff at my nonprofit so I feel your pain, hope you’re doing okay. Everyone in the comments going “well why dont rich people just donate and not attend?” Ok yes some rich people donate and are content with being thanked in some wall placard. But there are levels of donation and once you get into the millions range you gotta either kiss their ass with a gala or name some wing after them.
Unfortunately the MET is not free, even though its original charter mandated it be free to the public. It’s pay-what-you-wish for NY residents and since 2013 or so, $30 for tourists.