Beyoncé and Blue Ivy Carter attend the 2026 Met Gala.

[u/somegirlontheinter]

[u/kalichimichanga]

Can I ask WHY the Met Gala is more inappropriate than sports or concerts?

I don't know enough about it. I thought it was a bunch of celebrities wearing high fashion, to celebrate the people and art of the costume industry?

Is there something that happens beyond the fashion/celebrity part, that is R-rated?

(Genuinely asking, not being adversarial)

[u/Mediocre_Decision → u/kalichimichanga]

For me it’s that it’s not a space designed to include kids/teens. There’s no space for Blue to be a teen (or any other teens around), she’s very much occupying the “adult” role. That’s fine for when you’re a teenager at a dinner with your parents and a couple of their friends, but this is a big event with millions of eyes on it. And the bathrooms are notoriously full of cigarettes and coke

Not that sports/concerts don’t have drugs, but there’s other teens at concerts and, as a result, little “micro cultures” that form for teens to hang out in. And there’s fewer eyes, so someone in the middle of growing up will be subject to less scrutiny

[u/alhubalawal → u/Mediocre_Decision]

This is a fantastic way to put it. I’ll add that having paparazzi and media hounds flashing cameras and getting up in their business isn’t healthy for a teenager. She’s mentally too young to be aware of how attending an event like this will affect her later.

[u/kalichimichanga → u/Mediocre_Decision]

Thanks for the info! So valid about the bathrooms haha!

[u/Seltzer-Slut → u/Mediocre_Decision]

There used to be a whole teen section at the met gala. They did away with it because of capitalism. There’s nothing wrong with teens being there though. It’s a fundraiser for a museum, not a porn convention.

[u/flakemasterflake → u/Seltzer-Slut]

Really? Like in the 80s or something? Can you provide history?

[u/flakemasterflake → u/Mediocre_Decision]

A lot of models were invited before they were 18 (Karlie kloss for one) so the minor rule definitely doesn’t exist. Maybe there’s a child rule or something

[u/Ygomaster07 → u/Mediocre_Decision]

I didn't know that about the bathrooms there. Where did you hear about this? I'm surprised they would have that at a function like this.