According to reports, an anti-Jeff Bezos protester rushed towards the entry. <\/p>\n
According to an onlooker, the uninvited guest \u201cpushed his way through the crowd of fans and press\u201d behind a steel barrier on the east side of Fifth Avenue. He reportedly leapt over the first of two steel barriers and sprinted through traffic before police stepped in and arrested him – just 20-feet from some big-name stars posing for photographs.<\/p>\n
Heated Rivalry star Connor Storrie was spotted nearby as chaos unfolded, as was US designer Tom Ford, who fiercely jumped in to protect actress Julianne Moore during the incident.<\/p>\n
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The pair arrived together and had their pictures taken before Ford realised what was happening and decided to take on the role of Moore\u2019s unofficial bodyguard. <\/p>\n
\u201cTom instinctively put his arms around Julianne to protect her,\u201d a witness told Page Six.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was only about 20 feet away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s true what they say about not all heroes wearing capes. Some wear a dashing black tux and smell impeccable (I imagine; he\u2019s never tried to protect me on a red carpet so I can\u2019t confirm). <\/p>\n
While plenty of big names hit the Met Gala this year – including Kim Kardashian, Sabrina Carpenter, Anne Hathaway, Beyonce, Nicole Kidman (with daughter Sunday Rose), Blake Lively, and more – a handful of celebrities opted to boycott the event amid Amazon founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 financial backing. <\/p>\n
The glam bash was overshadowed by intense backlash and protests after Bezos and his wife Lauren S\u00e1nchez, became lead sponsors and honorary co-chairs following a reported US $10 million donation.<\/p>\n
Zendaya, Meryl Streep and Bella Hadid were among a few names who reportedly skipped the event because of their move. <\/p>\n
Bezos\u2019 wife had reportedly already walked the red carpet and was safely inside the event when the protester attempted to storm the VIP area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The theme for the Met Gala this year was simple: Fashion is Art AND protect Julianne Moore at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-412415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}