Met Gala faces protests, calls for boycotts over Jeff Bezos
Activists say Bezos’ sponsorship lets Amazon’s labor and ICE ties be glossed over, and more than 300 fake urine bottles were placed at the museum, organizers said.
- On Monday, May 4, 2026, the Met Gala proceeded at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos serving as lead sponsors and honorary co-chairs despite ongoing boycott calls.
- Activist group Everyone Hates Elon launched the boycott campaign, citing Amazon's labor practices and ties to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, warning the gala risks "artwashing the harms of extreme wealth."
- In a symbolic protest, group members claimed to have hidden hundreds of fake urine bottles inside the Met Museum on May 2, while plastering New York with posters reading "Boycott the Bezos Met Gala."
- Breaking a tradition of mayoral attendance, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani skipped the event amid boycott pressure, while other high-profile figures also faced online scrutiny over the billionaire couple's sponsorship.
- Museum officials maintained operations continued without disruption, emphasizing the event's role in funding the Costume Institute, though the campaign underscores growing scrutiny of billionaire influence in cultural institutions.
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Jeff Bezos Mocked as ‘Temu Lex Luthor’ Amid Met Gala 2026 Boycott
Photo Credit: @FightForAUnion / YouTube The Met Gala, long synonymous with spectacle and exclusivity, is facing a different kind of attention this year. Boycott calls are circulating, late-night jokes are writing themselves, and one of tech’s most recognizable figures just got a new nickname. The jab came from actress Lisa Ann Walter, who took aim at Jeff Bezos, comparing him to a “Temu Lex Luthor.” Jeff Bezos roasted by top actress amid Met Gal…
The press for this year's Met Gala has not been good. Social media has been filled with posts criticizing the Jeff Bezos-sponsored event for months, and even the streets of New York have been covered in posters calling for a boycott of the gala. However, this year's Met Gala especially deserved to be about what it wanted to be about. About how fashion is art.
In the face of the protest campaign and the calls for boycott brought about by the financing of the New York rout by Amazon's boss, the latter did not appear on the red carpet. A relative setback.
Quite a few big names were absent from one of the most important fashion evenings.
In the net the annual spectacle was hotly discussed. Not only the outfits of the stars were a topic, but also the reasons for boycott calls.
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