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Taraji P. Henson is “confused” astir why celebrities are attending nan Met Gala 2026, which is being funded by billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The “Empire” character made her sentiment connected nan taxable known while responding to societal media characteristic Meredith Lynch’s rant astir Bezos’ engagement successful nan event.
“If you are a personage and you be nan Met Gala and you deterioration nan ICE OUT pin, please statement that I will beryllium dragging you successful perpetuity,” Lynch said successful an Instagram video over nan weekend.
“You cannot deterioration nan ICE OUT pin to nan Jeff Bezos-backed Met Gala,” nan influencer continued, blaming nan Amazon CEO for being “part of nan logic we’re successful this f–king mess.”
Lynch besides slammed Bezos, 62, for supporting President Donald Trump, “who has slashed arts funding.”
“If you’re a publicist and astatine nan past infinitesimal you’re thinking, ‘I don’t cognize if my customer should spell to nan Met Gala’: fto this beryllium your video!'” Lynch added.
She captioned her video, “I emotion the ICE retired pins but you can’t deterioration them to the @jeffbezos backed Met Gala!”
In nan comments section, Henson, 55, shared 3 clapping hands emojis and wrote, “I americium truthful confused by immoderate ppl that are going. I americium conscionable for illustration WTF ARE WE DOING!?!?!?!””
Henson has attended nan Met Gala aggregate times, including successful 2015, 2021 and 2025.
Last year, she wore a civilization achromatic corseted minidress by Monse x Post-Imperial and a coordinating blazer pinch tails, a apical hat, cane and heels.
Bezos, who is 1 of the world’s richest men, and his wife, Lauren Sánchez, are nan lead sponsors and honorary co-chairs of nan Met Gala 2026, which has a “Costume Art” theme.
The different co-chairs are Anna Wintour, Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams.
We reported that Bezos and Sánchez, 56, paid astatine slightest $10 cardinal to sponsor nan event.
On Sunday night, activists projected a telephone to “boycott nan Bezos Met Gala” onto a building visible from his penthouse, pinch messages highlighting issues of wealthiness inequality, ambiance accountability and labour rights.
But Bezos and Sánchez ignored nan hate erstwhile they attended Wintour’s pre-Met Gala statement astatine her backstage location successful NYC.
Multiple celebrities are skipping this year’s Met Gala, including Zendaya, Meryl Streep and Bella Hadid, who “liked” Lynch’s viral Instagram post.
A root told Page Six that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will not be because “it goes against everything he believes in.”
