Billboard Calls Out “Racist” Photographers At The 2024 Met Gala
On May 6, JYP Entertainment boy group Stray Kids made history as the first entire K-Pop group to attend the MET Gala. The members wore coordinated Tommy Hilfiger outfits as brand ambassadors.
#StrayKids ready for their first #MetGala pic.twitter.com/2NNTbUL02i
— Tommy Hilfiger (@TommyHilfiger) May 7, 2024
Unfortunately, the group also faced photographers who were heard being “disrespectful” to them in a video captured by media outlets. Some photographers were vocally rude to the members who graciously posed for photos.
Can anybody spread this?? Are paparazzi always this rude…literally after this he said I bet they're gonna start performing hello?? #StrayKids_MetGala #StrayKids #MetGala pic.twitter.com/EJJl72oWAU
— SWEATING 4 TAERAE (@VentisWap) May 6, 2024
Paparazzi 1: Never seen so many unemotional faces in my life.
Paparazzi 2: They’re like robots.
Paparazzi 1: Yeah, right.
Paparazzi 1: Now let’s do it with feeling!
It is expected for photographers to direct poses. Yet, these photographers were notably rude, as one was heard yelling, “Everyone jump,” before another said, “How do you say right in Korean?” One even joked that it looked like they would start performing while they complained about how Stray Kids were standing.
The comments the paparazzi are making?? That's DISPERPECTFUL!
CONGRATS STRAY KIDS!!! #MetGala2024 #StrayKids_MetGala #StrayKids pic.twitter.com/bU9BvGm2Tc— Skz♡ (@_BLCHHFSI) May 6, 2024
STAYs weren’t the only ones disgusted by the photographers’ behavior toward Stray Kids. Billboard News covered The 2024 MET Gala, and host TETRIS did not shy away from this incident.
EVEN BILLBOARD TALKED ABOUT THE RACIST COMMENTS SKZ RECEIVED AT THE MET GALA OMG ?!?)?!?!!!? pic.twitter.com/tEyToo4H6c
— spy ✰ (@aydomino_) May 7, 2024
TETRIS called out the photographers for being “rude” and “racist,” mentioning that one even spoke Japanese to the K-Pop group. He hopes that the MET will rethink its credential choices in the future.
@cherr3y STAYS WE WON #straykids#skz#metgala#skzmetgala#StrayKids_MetGala#스트레이키즈#billboard#billboardnews
TETRIS has been an outspoken K-Pop fan for a while. In the past, he shaded the GRAMMY Awards for snubbing BTS.
It was AN HONOR!!! Here I am announcing @BTS_twt as WINNERS of several @BBMAs!!! #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/7PxOtlyJjj
— TETRIS (@itstetrisbish) May 15, 2022
Not only Billboard but also Rolling Stone called out the disrespectful photographers at The 2024 MET Gala. Read more below.
Rolling Stone Calls Out Disrespectful Photographers At The 2024 Met Gala In Stray Kids Article
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