Rachel Zegler Responds to Criticism Over Celebrities Attending The Met Gala

[just444]

this is not some kind of twitter stan issue and when it gets treated as such, it delegitimizes the reason for donating, for sharing information. when you decide to point fingers instead of educating, you make people afraid to speak- to say the wrong thing, to not say enough,
- rachel zegler (she/her/hers) (@rachelzegler) May 9, 2024
Rachel attended

Comments

[sandstorm]

She's right. Fashion is a part of a culture and history, and this helps to preserve it.

I think people who are angry are going "Well, why is this televised" after x amt of years of it existing semi-televised without their notice also have a point. There are plenty of galas for causes that aren't televised; in the end, they don't have to watch it, or they could watch and donate to various fundraisers

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- eevee 🐬 (@lordeoceanic) May 6, 2024

[purrple_267]

I agree. There's a point to boycotting Eurovision, but this is silly.

[aleksie]

I think there is something to be said about this. There's not only a genocide in Palestine but also the protests at CUNY and Columbia are not that far from the Met.

It does feel off.

[lauren901]

I just don’t understand why I see on tik tok people are now “over” celebrities and how the met gala put over the edge? Like they want all these famous people to speak about Palestine but you can’t force people , they could speak but ppl will still criticize them? So what do people want?

[genbu_no_miko24]

People want celebs to be their personal avatar or spokesperson. I think it’s an extension of the parasocial relationship concept.

It’s very if I like a celeb they now need to completely align with my beliefs and priorities and act how I’d act in certain situations which is pretty unrealistic. Obvs you want people to be good but lol you can’t every celeb to up to your standards.

It’s nice if a celebs happens to line up with your personality but you can’t force people to do things.

[xdecadentx]

I think it's mad that you consider 'not backing a genocide' as an unrealistic expectation.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I think it’s unrealistic to act like some people don’t risk losing careers for saying or showing support especially if they’re not huge A-listers who are safe.

If you read my other comments, I said people should hold bigger celebs like Taylor, Beyoncé, and the like more to the fire cause they’re safe instead of lower-tier celebs.

And again whether you like it or not, you can’t force people to speak out on anything they don’t want to. Just like you have the choice to not follow or support anyone who doesn’t align with your belief or straight up don’t care.

[xdecadentx]

For that you'd have to assume any of these celebrities care about genocide.

It's not really surprising that "Israel" have used big US events (Oscars, Met Gala) as a distraction to do horrendous things (in a sea of horrendous things lbr) because the distraction works for most people.

[lauren901]

According to tik tok Kim has lost 3 million followers already?

[xdecadentx]

What does that have to do with anything?

[lauren901]

I’m stating if ur on tik tok there’s a big celeb block trend now