Louis Vuitton Global Ambassador Zendaya’ and Meryl Streep Boycott Met Gala

• Their reported absence coincides with calls for a boycott of the event due to the involvement of Amazon Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez, as lead donors and honorary co-chairs.
• While Zendaya’s reason is also attributed to taking a break from press tours, Meryl Streep’s representative stated she has never attended the Met Gala, and it has “never quite been her scene.”

The gala is overseen by former Vogue editor Anna Wintour, who now serves as global chief content officer for publisher Condé Nast, and raises millions of dollars for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.

Bezos’s sponsorship has sparked backlash, with activist groups organizing poster campaigns near the Metropolitan Museum to protest his involvement.

Amazon workers staged their own “Ball without Billionaires” in New York on Monday afternoon.

Another activist group placed nearly 300 miniature bottles of fake urine throughout the Met museum in reference to multiple employees at Amazon alleging that they don’t get toilet breaks.

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