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Doja Cat pretends she is… a cat – The singer dressed up as a cat at the 2023 gala in honour of designer Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved pet, Choupette. She also chose to meow in response to questions on the red carpet.
Solange Knowles and Jay-Z’s elevator fight – This happened in 2014 at a Met Gala afterparty, with video of the incident leaked to TMZ. The aftermath dominated popular culture headlines and both Beyoncé and Jay-Z later seemingly referenced the fight in song lyrics.
Kim Kardashian’s Marilyn Monroe dress – Kardashian wore Marilyn Monroe’s gown to the Met Gala in 2022, the same dress Monroe wore when she famously sang Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy. It sparked a wave of backlash over concerns the dress had been damaged, a claim the dress owner, Ripley’s Believe it or Not, later denied.
Bathroom selfies – There’s a no phone policy at the Met Gala – but it isn’t always followed. A bathroom selfie taken by Kylie Jenner alongside Brie Larson, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Paris Jackson, Frank Ocean, A$AP Rocky, Lily Aldridge, Kim Kardashian and Kendall Jenner went viral after the gala in 2017. It quickly clocked up millions of likes on Jenner’s Instagram page.