Last night was the Met Gala, arguably the biggest event in the fashion calendar, and this year's theme was "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty." I personally wouldn't have chosen to honor someone who, while a celebrated designer, was known for making racist, misogynistic and fatphobic comments — but OK!
From celebs paying homage to Lagerfeld's pet cat Choupette, to a cockroach stealing the show, here are the best moments from 2023's Met Gala, and some of Twitter's top-tier reactions.
An unexpected guest
A cockroach has arrived at the #MetGala. https://t.co/OcPy5ckhQN pic.twitter.com/4YiEPs5cIT
— Variety (@Variety) May 2, 2023
A cockroach slays on the Met Gala red carpet pic.twitter.com/eN2CdtGIIE
— Vulture (@vulture) May 2, 2023
Kevin Mazur poses with his photo of the cockroach at the #MetGala. https://t.co/OcPy5ckhQN pic.twitter.com/MFkFn8eyUk
— Variety (@Variety) May 2, 2023
The shot pic.twitter.com/QxeuQ2OU5Y
— SIKORA (@iamsikora) May 2, 2023
It is with deep sadness that we must report the #MetGala cockroach was stepped on. #RIP pic.twitter.com/cqtmfFNaKV
— Variety (@Variety) May 2, 2023
Honoring Choupette
This made me sooo uncomfortable ehwhdwuduwhzuwhx pic.twitter.com/Y7t18wvnL6
— mazzy (@mazzypopstar) May 2, 2023
The best part of the Met Gala was this dogs reaction 😂pic.twitter.com/MxqHRDYLLZ
— Stefanie (@fastpitstop) May 2, 2023
DOJA CAT MEOWING AT MET GALA PLSSS pic.twitter.com/f5JE1FoVSX
— ela (@dieforyouus) May 2, 2023
— pussy (@LilNasX) May 2, 2023
jared leto's choupette is uninspired, belongs in times square, a slanderous joke on our feline fashion icon... doja's choupette is elevated, fashion forward, a true homage. in this essay i will
— mina le (@gremlita) May 1, 2023
Absolutely gutted I couldn’t make it to the #MetGala this year as I’m competing in France. Some of the fashion on display was simply divine. Particularly the lad dressed as a cat 🐱
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) May 2, 2023
(has never seen a picture of Doja Cat before) oh thats why they call her that https://t.co/OtSyg272mV
— i frew up :( (@doulbedoink) May 2, 2023
Important questions answered
Halle Bailey when asked whether she’d eat Flounder or Sebastian from ‘THE LITTLE MERMAID’: “I would not eat either of them, they’re my friends!” pic.twitter.com/df38bl4r97
— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) May 1, 2023
Pro-union queen Amanda Seyfried pic.twitter.com/rxyTvjSR1e
— Dame Emma Roberts (@fkapigz) May 2, 2023
Bold (and bald) looks
Did Florence Pugh SHAVE HER HEAD?!? pic.twitter.com/T4jhGoUS3Y
— Tyler McCall (@eiffeltyler) May 1, 2023
rihanna finally showed to the met gala pic.twitter.com/jdPsBuj7wb
— tega✰🇳🇬 (@whereistega) May 2, 2023
— pussy (@LilNasX) May 2, 2023
Karl Lagerfeld was a fatphobic, sexist and racist butthole that hated pink. Quannah Chasinghorse attending the Met in pink, in a gown and style that Karl Lagerfeld would have hated, and in all her Indigenous glory is absolutely the most beautiful way to "honor" an unhonorable man https://t.co/wLuH41CY3C
— Johnnie Jae aka The Burnt Ball of Fury (@johnniejae) May 1, 2023
I do not want a single “what do you expect men to wear” this year. This. I expect this. #MetGala pic.twitter.com/Oi0xtoacMN
— Penelope Garcia’s Emo Phase (@hey_lookitsem) May 1, 2023
PEDRO PASCAL AND HIS SLUTTY LITTLE KNEE pic.twitter.com/Dmg6fm2kUS
— laura (@oipedrito) May 2, 2023
Every year there’s a surprise best dressed person… this year it’s definitely Ava Max pic.twitter.com/DFgAE2lgcZ
— mazzy (@mazzypopstar) May 2, 2023
so glad homophobia in hip hop calmed down enough for Diddy to embrace his true self as a bisexual Castlevania character https://t.co/dhicduX3hF
— rob 🇩🇴 (@lmNOTcatholic) May 2, 2023
Questionable entries And exits
the way he put his hand on her face oh i would’ve bit down and took a couple fingers home bc WHAT https://t.co/ZWQasLRMwK
— tia (@cursedhive) May 1, 2023
hello I’m the girl https://t.co/XOHgHphq80 pic.twitter.com/V7rmRPHqf0
— maddy (@youareasapmadz) May 1, 2023
baby that’s karl lagerfeld https://t.co/y60cPpZodY
— leonardo (@skyferrori) May 1, 2023
*people carrying a dead body*
— kurtis conner (@kurtisconner) May 1, 2023
“omg I wonder which celebrity is in there 😮” https://t.co/t3vg9zSIT5
