I am very disappointed in all the celebs attending the BEZOS GALA tonight.

[Coventina]

AKA the "Met" Gala

That includes celebrities that I admired.

*sigh*

Kudos to Mamdani and Stephen Colbert for NOT going.

Now. let's all eat cake!

[Bluestocking]

1. We are in a Gilded Age after all

This is the way rich people act. It’s 1926 all over again. Nothing has changed other than the names of the people involved.

[popsdenver]

23. I think

they were named, (perfectly), ROBBER BARRONS........

[Tasmanian Devil]

2. Museum of Costume Art

It's a fund raiser for the "Museum of Costume Art" ... which doesn't seem to need the money. So it's just the 0.1% people being seen and showing off how little they need their money.

Sad it's not a fund raiser for something actually worthwhile.

[Bettie]

86. Sometimes, it feels like they hold these highly publicized events

to show us that they can throw money away and will do so before EVER helping anyone of lesser means.

Its all a performance of a show called "Suck it losers!".

[chouchou]

3. Keep names.

[Coventina]

4. Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams, Beyonce, Teyana Taylor,

Rihanna
Cher
Anne Hathaway (Meryl Streep refused to go once she learned of Bezos' involvement, KUDOS!)
Sam Smith
Charli XCX
Katy Perry
AL Sharpton (another big disappointment)

I'm sure there are more to come...

(I've skipped a lot of names I didn't recognize)

[chouchou]

5. Whoa! Some of the names are really surprising.

Who's next ...Bernie Sanders? (No..at least that..)

[Coventina]

6. I know what you mean. Stevie Nicks arrived after I posted previously

I expected better of her.

[Coventina]

7. Hailey Bieber (Justin Bieber's wife) just showed up in a 24 karat gold bustier.

Time to oil up some guillotines.

I think I'm kidding.....?

[CTyankee]

83. Anne shudda learned from her idol Meryl! Whatsamata with her?!

[luv2fly]

8. It's a bit like DUers who bitch about billionaires and then shop on Amazon

Also disappointing.

[Coventina]

9. I've been boycotting Amazon for a while now.

It's sickening.

They ask their workers to just work around dead co-workers and keep going!

[luv2fly]

12. Same here

I left some time ago and never looked back. Haven't missed it either, and local businesses enjoy my money 👍

[Coventina]

13. Same. I've found buying direct or local fulfills all my needs.

No need for that creep and his plastic sex toy.

[GenThePerservering]

42. There's stuff I can't get locally

but I try to make my purchases as few as possible.

[Bettie]

87. Same....

I limit what I get, but some things are not available locally and Walmart and Target are the two stores in my area, so it's hard to avoid terrible retailers.

Can't boycott everything.

[Polybius]

17. Some of us can't help that

My buying taste is quite unique. Amazon has certain things I can't get elsewhere.

[BeneteauBum]

25. Same here

I live in a rural area that has limited availability for certain items. A lot of items that are available are so expensive, shopping online saves money. Some things I just wait until I go to the mainland to buy.

Peace ☮️

[LeftInTX]

28. Heck, my Revlon Colorsilk Mushroom Blonde hair dye ain't available anywhere else!

And I live in San Antonio, not exactly rural. I used to buy it at Walmart, but Walmart stopped carrying it. So now I have to buy it on Amazon.

Revlon Colorsilk isn't exactly a "niche" product either. Brick and mortar is pushing everything on to Amazon.

[Abolishinist]

32. Just to let you know,

my self-deleted post had nothing to do with you. But after review, my attempt at humor was off the charts bad.

[Wiz Imp]

37. I'm sure that could be ordered directly from Revlon.

[LeftInTX]

39. Nope. Can't order online from Revlon

https://www.revlon.com/products/colorsilk-beautiful-color-permanent-hair-dye?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20379315996&gbraid=0AAAAApJtm9J3cJ737U8THj-74JEVqSMNF&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh-HPBhCIARIsAC0p3ccTIaBQ9BR5RI9NB20VMDc5mszsJZaCGZZXA2uOZqk_II7IEhvZU8kaAviDEALw_wcB

However, there is a Revlon Store on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/stores/RevlonConsumerProductsCorp/page/DCE0D58B-B4A8-4325-89E2-8478826BF56A?lp_asin=B01LPRLNG6&ref_=ast_bln&store_ref=bl_ast_dp_brandlogo_sto

I would think ordering cosmetics from Revlon, would be like ordering underwear from Hanes.....or nail polish from Sally Hansen or canned goods from Libby's or Coke from Minute Maid...They only sell wholesale.

[BlueKota]

34. I can't drive anymore, and there really aren't many local retailers.

It's mostly multiple car washes, fast food restaurants, pizza, and coffee shops. Now we even have 3 autoparts stores. The only chain stores we have are discount stores like Ollie's, TJ Max, and Sierra, and Walmart. Instacart is too expensive. So if I need stuff that isn't sold in a grocery store I am pretty much out of luck. Amazon is one of the few places I can get other stuff.

[Raine]

79. I shop Amazon a lot. l don't like driving and I'm so glad to have delivery. 🙂 nt

[Skittles]

20. or use Facebook

[LeftInTX]

24. Half of the stuff I buy isn't available anywhere else, including my hair dye!

This color is no longer available in stores.


And this belt is not available anywhere. I'm real small and need and infinite buckling belt



Phone lanyard for traveling and pass port holder for travel. DU is always talking about how much better Mexico is than the US.





You cannot buy these in stores



Plus I'm a canvasser and have to buy lit bags. Where else am I gonna buy them?
Name a place!!!


Not a fan of being shamed.

My kids were really turned off by the 2019 presidential debate when the candidates talked about shutting down Amazon. Young people basically live on Amazon. They work all the time and don't have time to shop. Plus one of my granddaughters is severly autistic.

https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-repeatedly-call-out-amazon-in-presidential-debates-2019-6

[ColoringFool]

27. You Know What Else Is "Disappointing"? MY BAD BACK. MY CANE. BEING JUDGED....

BY people who AREN'T 76 YEARS OLD AND CAN'T WALK AROUND MALLS ANYMORE.

I'd say more, but it would probably break the ToS.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

36. You aren't alone

[orleans]

66. i totally understand.

it makes a lot of sense for you to have that convenience available to you.

and it makes a lot of sense for you to use that convenience.

not everyone has mobility issues or health issues and if they have stores and shops they are able to get to then they are in the perfect position to not order on amazon. not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to do that.

[LeftInTX]

69. Stores don't carry what I need or can afford...

I'm on a WalMart budget, but WalMart often doesn't carry products that it advertises and their shipping is outrageous.

One time, they claimed that they didn't have a product in stock and would have to order it. So I did. The thing arrived at my house in a shopping bag later that afternoon! Bag wasn't even sealed. It was an opening shopping bag.
And they charged outrageous shipping.
It was a cheap pair of shorts. Athletic Works Women's ButterCore Gym Shorts $8.98. It obviously wasn't shipped. It was picked up from the store and put in a bag and dropped off at my door. I paid $16.21!

I will take Amazon any day over this!

[LeftInTX]

68. I can't afford mall prices. I buy my clothes at WalMart, Old Navy, Ross and Amazon but it's a pain.

I do not like ordering clothing. I like to try it on.
I long for the days of when brick and mortar had better selections, but those days are gone.
WalMart is going the route of Amazon and their shipping rates are outrageous.
Old Navy is good when I can find something. (I'm 69, so low cut spaghetti strap sundresses are out)
Ross: I bought a dress there in 2024
Amazon: I've had good luck ordering blouses. Ordered a few dresses. (A bit too long, but I jack up the hem by wearing a belt) I do order pettipants etc from them.

[City Lights]

33. Not me. Used to have Amazon Prime...cancelled.

Rather than give Amazon a dime, I opt to either do without, or pay a higher price elsewhere.

FUCK Bezos.

[eShirl]

35. I buy on ebay to avoid amazon

[Melon]

40. Half the "deals" on eBay these days are broken down pallets of old stock or returns bought from Amazon...

My buddy does this.

[Initech]

82. And don't forget Paypal spawned mega billionaire parasites Elon Musk and Peter Theil.

[GenThePerservering]

43. Thank you for patronising eBay (I'm a small seller there)

unfortunately, the commodities you're buying more than likely come from an Amazon multi-channel seller.

There are a lot of small sellers on Amazon, too.

[fujiyamasan]

49. Sorry, not everyone lives by your standards

Some of us don’t have the time, motivation or simply the money to “buy local” for everything.

Do you use an HMO? Any form of health insurance? Do you have money in a 401k? Do you pay taxes? Do you get medical care? Guess what? You’re probably supporting billionaires. Quit with the shaming and holier than thou lecturing over something as stupid as where people shop. A multi TRILLION dollar market cap company which derives most of its profits from its AWS platform (which is really b2c for the most part), really wouldn’t be a impacted by a few hundred people “boycotting” them.

Your issue is with capitalism itself. Keep your criticism focused, rather than acting like we’re the problem. It’s not like shopping at Wal Mart and supporting the Walton family is that much better.

[luv2fly]

60. Seems I struck a nerve

My comment was about people who bitch about billionaires and then they spend money on Amazon supporting the world's biggest billionaire, who just so happens to support Trump, hook, line and sinker. If that works for you, cool.

[fujiyamasan]

63. Sorry the guilt trip isn't working

I buy what I need, where I can get it, and when i can get it at a reasonable price.

Once again, do you have a 401k? Do you know what % of the s&p500 is made up by Amazon?

Buying things at Amazon is no better or worse than buying things from other big box stores. Supporting the Walton family isn’t much better.

[LeftInTX]

70. My husband's retirement plan is United Health.....

I'm screwing the world......

[Keepthesoulalive]

59. We all pick our battles

I hate Bezos and i got rid of my w post sub and don’t shop at whole paycheck but we are rural and our town is small so I shop at the home of the bald headed satan because I can’t find the same electronics and computer supples locally. We have lost so many retail outlets our choices are limited. We compromise where we must to survive. I also use eBay and Etsy . There are no angels in this shit show.

[fujiyamasan]

64. No there aren't

And look at Etsy’s political contributions in the past.

They gave a shit ton to republicans.

[UpInArms]

77. Have you looked at Newegg

For Computer and electronics supplies?

https://www.newegg.com/

I have been shopping there for years

[fujiyamasan]

78. I second newegg

Been shopping with them for over two decades now.

Prices are definitely competitive.

[Keepthesoulalive]

80. Used to shop there many years back

But they had some issues. For Routers, nas and hard drives I use the great Satan because I live in the country and when a piece of equipment goes down I need it yesterday. I have used B&H out of New York no problems but again shipping.

[Initech]

81. As much as I hate using Amazon, there's times when you can't help it.

I wanted to get the new Ween box set, it was sold out on the official site. Amazon had it.

[Grim Chieftain]

10. Ego above values

How cheaply they are bought

[Coventina]

11. Biggest heartbreak so far: Jon Batiste!

Really?

Why?

This goes against everything I thought he stood for!

[Grim Chieftain]

15. Damn!

Well, we're seeing the true colors of celebrities tonight. For what it's worth, celebs, we have long memories.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. By trade most of them are congenitally unable to decline adulation.

I am happy for those who were able to summons the moral fortitude to stay away.

[Cha]

16. Mahalo, Coventina.. Could we have a link

Please?

Do they have a clue who and what they're acquiescing to?
Good on the ones who are savvy enough to know.

[highplainsdem]

41. Here's the Guardian's article, Cha, with lots of photos:

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2026/may/05/met-gala-2026-red-carpet

I usually think the Met Gala outfits look stupid and make the celebrities look stupider, but that's even more true this year.

[LeftInTX]

45. Oh no! Miss "Free Palestine" Gigi Higad is there...Oh the hypocrisy!

I think all the outfits are hideous.

[Cha]

53. That is weird.. Gigi Higad goes to a

Traitor's Billionaire pimping Bezos' party that is killing off Gaza.

[Cha]

50. TY hpd!

[Coventina]

44. Hi Cha, apologies, I was away from my computer for most of the evening.

The Guardian article linked above is what I was looking at.

[Cha]

55. No worries, Coventina.. I know you

have a life outside of DU..

Mahalo for the thread!

[a kennedy]

18. Zendaya didn't go.

[Javaman]

19. They fiddle while Rome burns nt

[BannonsLiver]

21. The whole event seems wildly out of touch.

Climbing gas, food and housing costs amid very low to no economic growth. Grim employment prospects for millions in an economy teetering on the edge of calamity.

[FHRRK1]

26. I've been done with actors since Ricky Gervais hosted the Oscar's

He made fun of them and most were really butt hurt by his jokes.

Fuck em, they get paid millions, get a 5k gift bag and can’t take a guy making fun of them.

Save lives, cure a disease, buy housing for homeless. That deserves respect. Don’t respect a thing coming from Robert Downey Jr., if he can’t take a joke about doing jail time.

[ColoringFool]

29. IF YOU INTEND TO NOT PARTAKE OF ANYTHING OFFERED/SOLD BY.....

BILLIONAIRES, YOU WOULDN'T :

EAT. OR AT LEAST, NOT ANYTHING WITH SUGAR.

OWN A CELLPHONE, SMART TV, AUTOMOBILE, DIAMOND RING, KITCHEN APPLIANCE.

WATCH TV PROGRAMMING.

GO TO/STREAM THE MOVIES.

If you catch my drift.

[choie]

30. Fiddling while Rome burns.

[Coventina]

46. To all those personally offended by my negativity toward Bezos.

I'm not going to apologize.

If you can live with yourself by supporting that guy, then, whatever.
You have your reasons, that's between you and your conscience.

Cheers!

[fujiyamasan]

51. I don't think anyone here is supporting Bezos

Or any billionaire willingly, but we all have lives to lead. That may mean buying stuff from one of the largest retailers in the country.

We vote for democrats to keep the likes of Bezos and Musk in check. The issue is a system that allows people to accumulate and horde such wealth without any consequences.

[NJCher]

57. Your last sentence

Sums it all up. That is the real issue.

[fujiyamasan]

65. Yes, I think we should avoid shaming people for living their lives

The real focus should be on Amazon’s treatment of its employees at its warehouses and delivery drivers, and its obvious avoidance of taxes (both by major shareholders like Bezos and at the corporate level). Next, make sure the rest of society benefits to some extent with all the profit they’re making from AI investments (they’re making a ton with AWS of course, but poised to make a lot when Anthropic goes public).

We’re not going anywhere by simply lecturing people to stop shopping at whichever places saves people a buck or two, especially in this economy where wallets are stretched thin.

[luv2fly]

62. My apologies of course

I didn't realize you were being forced to shop at Amazon. That changes everything.

[luv2fly]

61. Nor should you apologize

I wonder how our ancestors survived before Amazon 🙄

[Coventina]

67. 'tis a mystery!

Seriously, though I remember life before Amazon!

GIVE ME CONVENIENCE OR GIVE ME DEATH!1

[luv2fly]

75. I understand the convenience

What I don't understand is the disconnect.

If folks are feeling offended, I suspect the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other are having a conversation.

We all pick our poisons. This particular poison is representative of so much wrong with the system we as Democrats profess to want to change.

[LeftInTX]

71. The stores they shopped at have all gone out of business!

Where do you live? Tru Valu Hardware land or something?

Do you shop at Sears? Montegomery Ward? Steinmart, Bed Bath and Beyond, the list goes on and on...

And before automobiles, guess how most people got their stuff? They ordered it from Sears!!!! Sears was the Amazon of the late 19th Century.

I knew people in northern WI who had no department stores. They used the Sears catalog.

[fujiyamasan]

74. The interesting thing is Sears was well poised to have become what Amazon now is

They had the logistics and even investments in either compuserv or prodigy. They really blew it though with that he CEO they had near the end.

[BoomaofBandM]

47. Disgusting show of wealth.

[H2O Man]

48. Recommended.

I agree.

[walkingman]

52. I think history will look back on this period as the second roaring 20s, except we still are in

a never-ending war for whatever reason.

[GenThePerservering]

54. I suspect a lot of them

show up for fear that they'll sink out of the public consciousness if they don't.

[RandySF]

56. The world is on fire

so it’s hard for me to get angry over a party.

[Initech]

58. There isn't a middle finger big enough in the world for Jeff Bezos.

Fuck that guy!

[orleans]

72. list & some pics of people who attended

https://www.today.com/popculture/news/met-gala-guest-list-2026-rcna343154

and the three people that didn't go
(apparently meryl streep never goes & it had nothing to do with bezos)

https://pagesix.com/2026/05/04/celebrity-news/bella-hadid-joins-zendaya-and-more-a-listers-in-skipping-jeff-bezos-backed-met-gala-2026/

[LeftInTX]

73. I remember DU posts from 10 years ago, shaming DU members for shopping at WalMart.

Now it's Amazon...

Has always seemed elitist to me. I have always shopped at WalMart because it was what I could afford. Now Amazon is affordable. I guess I'm a bad person because I don't have enough money to buy boutique clothes that don't fit me.

[fujiyamasan]

76. Honestly I don't care about any of these people one way or the other

It’s like other events for elites like Davos, or Cannes.

What bothers me more is their influence on the political system, their ability to get out of paying taxes, and somehow their brilliant foresight to invest in things that always go up… while those of us in the middle class get fucked and audited for the most minor things. And we’re also used for exit liquidity. This is why I can’t trust a hedge funder like Streyer, who made his money manipulating markets.

Fuck them. I don’t care about their political contributions or their causes. They’re all part of the top 0.1%

Make them all pay more taxes.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

84. I didn't even know the Met Gala was happening before this thread

Keeping a tally of attending celebrities seems like a waste of time.

[Coventina]

85. I think keeping track of folks supporting corporate-fascism is important.

It will definitely affect any spending I might do on music / movies / television.

I've cut wayyyyy back since 2024, but I want to be informed on the quislings that are falling in line.

[LeftInTX]

88. This event did not support Bezos. It supported the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costumes Art.

Bezos was an honorary chair of the event. The chairs were: Anna Wintour, Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams
Chairs of events organize, speak, order things, make donations etc.


Take what you will from it, but no funds were sent to Bezos.

I believe they were appointed honorary chairs by Anna Wintour
https://archive.ph/YG39V


Streep didn't bow out. She never participates, because these events are not "her thing"

I think she's pushing 80 and well, these costumes show a ton of skin.

I think the event is dumb and has always been excess of whatever....