2026 Met Gala Faces Intense Global Backlash Over Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez as Honorary Chairs

While the 2026 Met Gala red carpet dazzled visually, massive, intense controversy brewed heavily behind the scenes regarding the highly polarizing selection of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, as honorary chairs. The highly controversial decision to completely elevate the ultra-wealthy billionaire couple to the absolute forefront of fashion’s biggest night has sparked massive, unrelenting backlash across social media and within the global industry. Critics are loudly, fiercely condemning the move, citing the massive, highly insensitive juxtaposition of absolute extreme wealth headlining a charity event.