{"id":412728,"date":"2026-05-05T10:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/412728\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:37:08","slug":"jaafar-jacksons-debut-look-echoes-michael-jackson-at-met-gala-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/412728\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaafar Jackson’s debut look echoes Michael Jackson at Met Gala 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JaafarJaafar Jackson’s debut look echoes Michael Jackson at Met Gala 2026 <\/p>\n

The King of Pop\u2019s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, made his first appearance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 4, 2006.<\/p>\n

Jaafar Jackson, who made a cameo as Michael Jackson in the biopic Michael, sent netizens into a frenzy<\/a> at fashion\u2019s biggest gala.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old actor dazzled in a black velvet Ralph Lauren suit, a black bowtie, red socks and black ballet-style flats to complete the whole look.<\/p>\n

Jackson, in an interview on the red-carpet told the hosts that the ensemble still stayed within his uncle\u2019s pop kingdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has a timeless feel, and it just felt right when I had it on,\u201d Jaafar said.<\/p>\n

He revealed who gave the go-ahead for the ensemble, saying, \u201cThe look even got the approval of his fianc\u00e9e, Maddie Simpson.\u2019<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s dress code theme is \u201cFashion is Art,\u201d with Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour co-hosting this year\u2019s \u201cCostume Art\u201d themed Met Gala 2026.<\/p>\n

Michael<\/a>, the biopic on the King of Pop\u2019s life, was released in theaters on April 24, 2025.<\/p>\n

The young Michael is played by Juliano Krue Valdi.<\/p>\n

The cast also features Colman Domingo as Michael\u2019s father Joe Jackson, Nia Long as Michael\u2019s mother Katherine Jackson, and Miles Teller as John Branca, a showbiz attorney and manager.<\/p>\n

Lauren Farrier appears as Suzanne de Passe, the music executive; Kendrick Sampson takes on the role of iconic producer Quincy Jones; Larenz Tate brings to life the all-powerful Motown chief Berry Gordy; Liv Symone steps into the shoes of singer Gladys knight; and Kevin Shinick plays TV legend Dick Clark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaafar Jackson’s debut look echoes Michael Jackson at Met Gala 2026 The King of Pop\u2019s nephew, Jaafar Jackson,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-412728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412728","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=412728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}