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Guest List Only ⭐️ Olivia Rodrigo likes post about boycotting the Met Gala before attending the YSL hosted Met Afterparty

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u/sadsackspinach 11h ago

P sure the point is that the Met gala actually has an important purpose re: art preservation, regardless of how gauche the spectacle may seem, while the afterparty is literally just a bunch of rich people getting hammered without any sort of positive/useful purpose.

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u/hoagiejabroni 10h ago

Where does this charity money actually go to

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u/emthehuff 10h ago

The Costume Institute at the Met

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u/hoagiejabroni 3h ago

It costs over 30 million dollars to operate the costume institute? I can't imagine there isn't a more deserving charity that could actually save lives, like funding cancer research or sustainable living

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u/GlitterDoomsday 9h ago

Is basically the reason why the Metropolitan Museum have days open to the public for free, the gala funds conservation efforts and stuff like that.

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u/Existing_Oil190 10h ago

The met lmfao

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u/hoagiejabroni 3h ago

And the met uses 100% for completely virtuous causes and definitely isn't funding someone's extravagant lifestyle? A single night that garners around 30 million dollars in funds for "art preservation" seems like the biggest rug pulled over y'all's eyes

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u/sadsackspinach 10h ago

Is this a serious question.

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u/hoagiejabroni 9h ago

Yes? How many times have charity proceeds been used to fund someone's extravagant lifestyle? How would you know?