Cardi B is inadvertently offering everyone who boycotted the 2026 Met Gala a tiny bit of solace: She may have gotten everyone in attendance sick.
While walking the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Monday night, the Grammy-winner casually informed everyone that she was under the weather.
“You wanna know a secret?” she said inches from reporters’ mics in a video published on X by Variety. “I’m actually sick, and I have a fever.”
Despite not feeling well, the “I Like It” rapper didn’t let her illness fade her shine. Immediately after making the confession that she was sick, a reporter asked her “if she was art or the artist tonight?” a reference to the night’s dress code, which was “Fashion is Art.”
“I am both, honey!” Cardi B playfully shot back.
This year’s Met Gala was considered an especially controversial event considering that its main sponsors and honorary chairs were billionaire couple Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, who brought a stink of “let them eat cake” to the event amid rising “eat the rich” sentiments.
This year’s fashion fundraiser was heavily protested on the ground and online with several celebrities speaking out about how bad the optics looked for celebrities who actually attended this years’ fete.
Notably, “Empire” and “Hidden Figures” star Taraji P. Henson responded to a viral video titled “A warning for celebs” by influencer Meredith Lynch that called out celebrities who attended this year’s gala and opted to ignore the Bezos’ aspect of it.
“👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾I am so confused by some ppl that are going,” Henson said in the comment section of Lynch’s vide. “I am just like WTF ARE WE DOING!?!?!?!”
It should be noted that Bella Hadid also liked Lynch’s video.