{"id":624430,"date":"2026-05-05T07:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/624430\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:15:09","slug":"taraji-p-henson-slams-celebs-attending-bezos-sponsored-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/624430\/","title":{"rendered":"Taraji P. Henson Slams Celebs Attending Bezos-Sponsored Met Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTaraji P. Henson<\/a> is censuring her fellow A-Listers for attending this year\u2019s Met Gala<\/a>, which is controversially sponsored by honorary co-chairs Jeff Bezos<\/a> and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Bezos.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Empire actress co-signed a social media post<\/a> from Meredith Lynch titled \u201ca warning for celebs,\u201d in which she cautioned those attending to not wear ICE Out pins given that Bezos is \u201cpart of the reason we\u2019re in this f\u2014ing mess.\u201d While Lynch acknowledged the fundraising nature of fashion\u2019s biggest night, she said it\u2019s \u201cwild to me that this event is sponsored by Jeff Bezos, who has backed Trump, who has slashed arts funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHenson commented in response, alongside clapping emojis of endorsement: \u201cI am so confused by some ppl that are going. I am just like WTF ARE WE DOING!?!?!?!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tSeparately, the Oscar nominee reposted a photo from EU reproductive rights organization My Voice My Choice<\/a> that juxtaposed Bezos\u2019 $500 million superyacht with the fact that \u201cimmigrant workers in Amazon warehouses face precarious conditions, low wages, and high injury rates.\u201d She captioned the Instagram Story with, \u201cEnjoy the MET \ud83d\ude12.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBezos reportedly contributed $10 million to sponsor the gala.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHenson has been a staple attendee at the May fete, as have Zendaya, Bella Hadid and Ariana Grande, who also did not attend<\/a>, though their reasoning has been unconfirmed.<\/p>\n

\n\tNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u00a0also said<\/a>\u00a0he would not attend this year\u2019s Met Gala \u2014 eschewing the path taken by his predecessors, including Eric Adams \u2014 noting that he wants to focus on affordability issues instead.<\/p>\n

\n\tEspecially as tax the rich sentiment reaches a boiling point, The New York Times reported<\/a> that an activist group called Everyone Hates Elon \u2014 a namesake of another ire-drawing billionaire, Elon Musk \u2014 has been calling\u00a0for a boycott<\/a>\u00a0of the event. Ahead of the weekend and leading up to the event, the group deposited nearly 300 bottles of fake urine inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in a statement calling attention to longstanding allegations that Amazon drivers are forced to pee in containers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Met Gala serves as the primary fundraiser for the Costume Institute at New York City\u2019s Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u00a0This year, attendees included<\/a> Blake Lively, Rihanna, Beyonc\u00e9, Madonna, Janelle Monae, Sabrina Carpenter, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Bad Bunny, Emma Chamberlain, Heated Rivalry\u2018s Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, and many others. <\/p>\n