{"id":774024,"date":"2026-05-05T03:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/774024\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T03:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:31:14","slug":"bad-bunny-looks-unrecognizable-on-met-gala-2026-red-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/774024\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny looks unrecognizable on Met Gala 2026 red carpet\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bad Bunny proved he will age like fine wine with a head-turning appearance at the 2026 Met Gala red carpet.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMonaco\u201d crooner \u2014 born Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio \u2014 looked unrecognizable with facial prosthetics that made him appear 50 years older to honor the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/23\/style\/the-met-gala-2026-dress-code-will-be-fashion-is-art\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cFashion Is Art\u201d theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Makeup artist\u00a0Mike Marino brought the 32-year-old\u2019s hyper-realistic look to life with wrinkles, sunspots, and sagging facial features, leading down the latter\u2019s neck.<\/p>\n<p>Bad Bunny appeared 50 years older at the 2026 Met Gala red carpet on Monday night. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>The hitmaker \u2014 born Benito Antonio Mart\u00ednez Ocasio \u2014 stepped out in facial prosthetics to honor the\u00a0\u201cFashion Is Art\u201d theme. Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Even Bunny\u2019s hands looked aged.<\/p>\n<p>He also sported a white wig, eyebrows and facial hair to bring his costume to life.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDtmf\u201d emcee wore a black suit with a massive satin bow tie. He carried a cane while posing for photographers.<\/p>\n<p>He brought his look to life with a gray wig and facial hair. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Bunny also wore a black suit. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Bunny\u2019s red carpet attire appeared to be a nod to the Costume Institute\u2019s exhibit, which will show different forms of bodies via art from the past 5,000 years,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/everything-to-know-met-gala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> per Vogue.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the bodies, including pregnant to naked forms, will be the \u201cAging Body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBaile Inolvidable\u201d singer told Vogue interviewer La La Anthony that he \u201calways [tries] to do something different\u201d for the annual star-studded event, explaining he enjoys \u201cbeing creative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBaile Inolvidable\u201d singer carried a cane. Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/p>\n<p>Bunny told Vogue that his time in the makeup chair was \u201cworth\u201d it. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Bunny didn\u2019t share how long he spent in the makeup chair, but said it \u201ctook a little bit,\u201d and it was \u201cworth it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The six-time Grammy winner\u2019s iconic look was a switch-up from the brown suit and pava hat he rocked<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/06\/style\/the-best-dressed-celebrities-at-the-met-gala-2025-rihanna-zendaya-and-more\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> at the 2025 Met Gala.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/05\/06\/style\/bad-bunny-is-a-fashion-matador-on-the-2024-met-gala-red-carpet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made a statement<\/a> in a Maison Margiela navy suit and voluminous hat while <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/15\/style\/met-gala-2024-co-chairs-revealed-jennifer-lopez-zendaya-bad-bunny\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">serving as a co-chair<\/a>\u00a0the year prior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bad Bunny proved he will age like fine wine with a head-turning appearance at the 2026 Met Gala&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":774025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[71844,185,172,171,10574,10569,975,128642,10413,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-774024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bad-bunny","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-fashion","13":"tag-met-gala","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-page-six-style","16":"tag-red-carpet","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116519861481369999","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}