Rich Actress’s Virtue-Signaling Met Gala Stunt Falls Flat: ‘She’s Protesting Herself and Her Friends’

For good or ill, Americans tolerate all sorts of self-indulgent behavior from our rich celebrities. Most of the time, we simply roll our eyes and move on with our lives.

However, when the uber-privileged pose as critics of privilege, we instinctively recoil from their repulsive virtue-signaling.

At Monday’s Met Gala — the annual gathering of fashion-obsessed celebrities that doubles as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City — actress Sarah Paulson wore an outfit designed to protest “the one percent,” prompting one user on the social media platform X to quip that “[s]he’s protesting herself and her friends.”

“What’s the name of this look?” a gala-goer asked in a clip posted to X.

“The one percent,” Paulson replied.

The “look” featured a dollar bill over the actress’s eyes, presumably to signify those blinded by money.

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