The 2026 Met Gala took place this past Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, raising $42 million for the Costume Institute under the theme Fashion is Art. The event, which launched the new Costume Art exhibition, was chaired by Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
Podcast hosts remain divided between viewing the gala as a harmless cultural touchstone and a symbol of corporate excess. Rachel Hollis remains a devoted fan, noting on The Rachel Hollis Podcast that "I have looked at this red carpet every year for a decade. It's one of my favorite things." Similarly, Therapy for Black Girls frames the event as a vital space for "creative expression," with hosts actively polling their audience on "who are you most looking forward to seeing at the Met Gala?"
The involvement of Jeff Bezos as an honorary chair drew sharp derision from Tim Dillon, who argued on The Tim Dillon Show that attendees are hypocritical for participating in an event "now owned by a true lunatic, Jeff Bezos, who's on a super yacht." Meanwhile, industry observers like Planet Money continue to focus on the event as a standard fixture for high-profile figures like Angel Reese, cementing its place in the celebrity calendar despite the mounting criticism of its new leadership.
