Anna Wintour Responds to Backlash Over Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez’s Involvement in Met Gala 2026

Anna Wintour is providing a comment after the news about Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, and the 2026 Met Gala.

If you didn’t see, they were both announced as lead sponsors for the May 2026 event.

To some, their involvement reflects a concern over high net worth individuals being able to shape cultural institutions through donations. The backlash began amid the announcement of the event’s 2026 theme.

Keep reading to find out more…

Some of the comments the Met has received about the news included, “The Metropolitan Museum of Art, SOLD!!! to the highest bidder. How distasteful,” “the way I rescinded my like when I saw the sponsor,” and “stop platforming Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez with art and fashion, two places that these two awful, unfettered capitalists will never belong in, no matter how much money they want to throw around to buy culture they have never cultivated and will never inhabit.”

When asked, Anna told CNN, “I think Lauren is going to be a wonderful asset to the museum and to the event. [I’m] very grateful for her incredible generosity, and she’s a great lover of costume and obviously of fashion, so we’re thrilled she’s part of the night.”

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