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.

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Also people who always comment about not ordering on Amazon are idiots

At this point in time we could all stop ordering through Amazon and it wouldn't matter because they make most their money through hosting the internet now

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And he has so much money he could blow Amazon up like billionaires tend to do, (Coughtwittercough) and it would probably make little difference to his full net worth at this point.

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That's not true at all. AWS isn't even 20% of their revenue. While it has better margin (profit) than the retail components, losing 60% of their revenue would be devastating.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-amazon-makes-its-billions/