The Met Gala’s controversial upcoming theme

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The theme of the 2023 Met Gala is causing controversy …

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00:00Next year's Met Gala will honor former Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld,

00:04but we need to talk about the backlash the event is already facing.

00:07Vogue revealed that next May's event will center around the Met's upcoming Karl Lagerfeld A Line of Beauty exhibition.

00:13While the announcement was met with much excitement, some people, most notably actress Jamila Jamil, took to Instagram to criticize the decision.

00:21Jamil stated that he quote, used his platform in such a distinctly hateful way,

00:25mostly towards women and repeatedly attacked them up until the last years of his life, showing no remorse.

00:31She then shared a series of fatphobic quotes from Lagerfeld, as well as dismissive comments he made about the Me Too movement.

00:37Others called out his controversial comments made about sexual assault survivors, plus-sized women, same-sex couples, and Muslim refugees.

00:45Quote,

00:45Why is this who we celebrate when there are so many amazing designers out there who aren't bigoted white men, Jamil wrote.

00:51What happened to everyone's principles and advocacy?

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