{"id":934446,"date":"2026-05-03T06:22:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/934446\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:22:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:22:35","slug":"zendaya-and-meryl-streep-to-skip-met-gala-on-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchezs-first-year-as-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/934446\/","title":{"rendered":"Zendaya and Meryl Streep to skip Met Gala on Jeff Bezos and Lauren S\u00e1nchez\u2019s first year as sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n

Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong>Read more<\/p>\n

Zendaya and Meryl Streep are reportedly among the A-listers to skip this year\u2019s Met Gala <\/a>\u2014 set to take place Monday (May 4).<\/a><\/p>\n

The news comes amid calls for celebrities to boycott the event<\/a> over the involvement of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren S\u00e1nchez<\/a>. The couple \u2014 who married last year in a multimillion-dollar, star-studded ceremony in Venice \u2014 have been named lead donors and honorary co-chairs of this year\u2019s Met Gala.<\/p>\n

Elle<\/a> reported Friday that Zendaya will miss the New York City ceremony to take a break from the spotlight after doing two near-simultaneous press tours for The Drama and Euphoria season three.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reported this week that Meryl Streep was rumored to have turned down a co-chair role at the Met Gala because of Bezos and Sanchez\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n

Streep can currently be seen playing Miranda Priestly \u2014 a character inspired by longtime Met Gala chair and Vogue editor Anna Wintour \u2014 in The Devil Wears Prada 2, and appears on the May 2026 Vogue cover.<\/p>\n

\"ZendayaZendaya (left) and Meryl Streep (right) are among the A-listers to miss this year\u2019s Met Gala, which is sponsored for the first time by Lauren S\u00e1nchez and Jeff Bezos (Getty\/PA)\"ZendayaZendaya is reportedly taking a break from the spotlight after promoting \u2018The Drama\u2019 and \u2018Euphoria\u2019 season three back-to-back (Reuters)<\/p>\n

Her representative told The Independent: \u201cMeryl has been invited to the Met Gala for many years but has never attended. While she appreciates Vogue, Anna, and her incredible imagination and stamina, it has never quite been her scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Streep\u2019s daughters, Grace and Mamie Gummer, are attending, as are her Devil Wears Prada 2 co-stars Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci, according to Page Six Hollywood <\/a>sources.<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted representatives for Zendaya and Streep for comment.<\/p>\n

Zendaya has quickly become one of the belles of the Met Gala, attending seven times since her 2015 debut, co-chairing in 2024, and stealing the show last year in an all-white Louis Vuitton suit.<\/a><\/p>\n

The sponsorship by Bezos \u2014 who recently spent millions on a movie by First Lady Melania Trump via his Amazon MGM film studios<\/a> \u2014 sparked backlash from critics who accused him of buying influence at the prestigious fashion ball.<\/p>\n

At various locations near the Metropolitan Museum in New York City,<\/a> posters have popped up with the words: \u201cBezos Met Gala: Brought to you by the firm that powers ICE\u201d and \u201cBoycott the Bezos Met Gala.\u201d<\/p>\n

The flyer campaign was organized by the British political activist group Everyone Hates Elon, which describes itself as anti-billionaire. The group\u2019s name is inspired by the Tesla tech mogul Elon Musk.<\/p>\n

Wintour has attempted to quell the backlash over the couple\u2019s involvement, telling CNN in November: \u201cI think Lauren is going to be a wonderful asset to the museum and to the event. I\u2019m very grateful for her incredible generosity, and she\u2019s a great lover of costume and obviously of fashion, so we\u2019re thrilled she\u2019s part of the night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BezosBezos and S\u00e1nchez were named as lead sponsors and honorary co-chairs of the Met Gala in November last year (AFP\/Getty)\"AA flyer campaign in New York City was organized by the British political activist group Everyone Hates Elon to protest Bezos\u2019s sponsorship (Reuters)<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s sponsorship of the Met Gala breaks precedent by having a legacy fashion house as the primary sponsor.<\/p>\n

The dress code for the 4 May event is \u201cCostume Art,\u201d which explores the \u201ccentrality of the dressed body\u201d through depictions and interpretations of the human form in the Met\u2019s extensive collection.<\/p>\n

The dress code is said to encourage guests to think about how they can use their bodies as a blank canvas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat connects every curatorial department and what connects every single gallery in the museum is fashion, or the dressed body,\u201d Andrew Bolton, the curator in charge of the Costume Institute, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the common thread throughout the whole museum, which is really what the initial idea for the exhibition was.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s co-chairs, who act as honorary hosts for the fundraiser, are Beyonc\u00e9, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams. Members of the Gala Host Committee \u2014 co-chaired by Anthony Vaccarello and Zo\u00eb Kravitz \u2014 include singer Sabrina Carpenter, musician Doja Cat, ballerina Misty Copeland, Girls creator Lena Dunham, singer Sam Smith and One Battle After Another actor Teyana Taylor, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4021,4080,2766,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-934446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-culture","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116509209505574064","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}