The annual Met Gala always brings out the stars, some of them dressed to the nines, some of them dressed to turn heads. This year was no different. What was the wildest outfit? Was it Lil Nas X looking like a mix of the Tin Man and Mystique from X-Men? Was it Jared Leto and Doja Cat both dressed as felines? Was it David Byrne arriving on his bicycle? Who’s to say, although they were all arguably upstaged by something that wasn’t even human.
As people on social media shared images of their favorite looks, video emerged of a cockroach tooling around the red (or white with blue and red lines) carpet. It’s not an unusual sight in New York City, a town swarming in all manner of bugs and vermin. It could have been worse! It could have been one of the 2 million brown Norway rats that live among the eight million humans.
The cockroach caught the attention of multiple photographers, and different videos with different glimpses of the invading critter popped up on social media.
Roach Roacherson has arrived! 🤭🪳 #MetGala pic.twitter.com/ag8OkbflNA
— People (@people) May 2, 2023
A cockroach slays on the Met Gala red carpet pic.twitter.com/eN2CdtGIIE
— Vulture (@vulture) May 2, 2023
When a cockroach crashes the #MetGala pic.twitter.com/skXWfhNqkf
— Marc Malkin (@marcmalkin) May 2, 2023
The final guest of the evening at tonight's #MetGala … A freaking cockroach hahahahaha pic.twitter.com/BYNUBttAM4
— Nọ́lá Thee Journalist (@NolaMarianna) May 2, 2023
And you know what? People loved the Met Gala cockroach.
Cockroach Gala ! https://t.co/R85YhjNJhu
— John Cusack (@johncusack) May 2, 2023
the cockroach enjoying a meal at the #MetGala pic.twitter.com/dOZqsWECaG
— Patrønus [lll] (@FerPafri) May 2, 2023
Not a cockroach arriving before Rihanna… I’m crying PLEASE IM BEGGING 😭pic.twitter.com/uZu7OLdTg5
— onna🤠 (@onnaelise10) May 2, 2023
https://twitter.com/sheeshgwws/status/1653212763014017024
Were the bright and beautiful really upstaged by something no New Yorker enjoys seeing inside their apartments? It sure seems that way.