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Olivia Rodrigo Skips the Met Gala, Likes Anti-Bezos Post and Turns Up to the Saint Laurent Afterparty
Olivia Rodrigo sat out the Met Gala over Jeff Bezos’ involvement, liked a video from an Amazon worker and appeared at Saint Laurent’s afterparty.
Olivia Rodrigo made a quiet but unmistakable statement on Met Gala night: she did not walk the carpet. Instead, the pop star was photographed at Saint Laurent’s Met Gala afterparty, and earlier in the evening she’d signalled her disapproval of the Gala’s links to Jeff Bezos by liking an Instagram post calling him out.
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This year’s star-studded event saw a notable number of absences tied to the involvement of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez. Rumours swirled that Meryl Streep declined a co-hosting role because of their presence, and both Zendaya and New York mayoral figure Zohran Mamdani broke with decades of tradition by not attending.
Rodrigo, who last walked the Met Gala in 2023, wasn’t on the carpet this year. Instead, one simple double-tap on social media did a lot of the talking for her: she liked a video post featuring 72-year-old Amazon warehouse worker Mary Hill, who addressed Bezos directly.
When we struggle from paycheck to paycheck, from week to week, it really angers me because if it weren’t for every associate in every Amazon facility, he wouldn’t have all those zeros behind his name.
Shame on you, Jeff Bezos. The people that need to be celebrated at the Met Gala are the workers. People like me. We deserve that celebration. We deserve so much more than we’re getting.
That like landed in the middle of a much larger conversation about celebrity complicity, philanthropy and where artists choose to place themselves when cultural institutions meet corporate power. For fans who follow Rodrigo’s social accounts, it fit into a pattern they’ve come to expect: she doesn’t shy from taking political stances.
Last November, Rodrigo publicly objected after the White House and the Department of Homeland Security used her music in an immigration enforcement video. Her response was blunt: “Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” she wrote. A Department spokesperson answered back in a terse statement: “Ms. Rodrigo thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice.”
Her activism isn’t limited to online notes of protest. Rodrigo attended anti-ICE protests last June and shared a statement that framed those demonstrations as personal and local.
“I’ve lived in LA my whole life, and I’m deeply upset about these violent deportations of my neighbors under the current administration.
LA simply wouldn’t exist without immigrants. Treating hardworking community members with such little respect, empathy, and due process is awful. I stand with the beautiful, diverse community of Los Angeles and with immigrants all across America. I stand for our right to freedom of speech and freedom to protest.
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Outside of protests and social media, Rodrigo has taken concrete philanthropic steps. In 2024 she launched Fund 4 Good and funnelled proceeds—including $2 million from ticket sales—to global women’s charities. She also contributed a track to the Help(2) charity compilation, which raised funds for War Child.
On the music front, Rodrigo is not slowing down. She’s due to release her new album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, via Geffen on June 12 — pre-order/pre-save here.
