Bezos-Sánchez Met Gala: Star Power vs. Backlash

0:00Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez are stepping up big time for the 2026 Met Gala, announced as the main sponsors and honorary, co-chairs back in March. This comes right after their flashy wedding in Venice last year, and the Metropolitan Museum picked them to help run the high-profile fundraiser on, May 4th. The news dropped quietly in Volve's dress code reveal, but it's stirring up the pot since Bezos did this back in 2012 with way less noise. Both co-chairs include Anna Wintour, Beyonce, Nicole Kidman, and Venus Williams, all tying into the theme of costume art where fashion meets fine, art, protests hit New York streets hard, with posters everywhere calling to boycott the Bezos back gala, over claims of worker mistreatment at Amazon. Warehouses and the company's cloud deals with immigration enforcement, groups like everyone hates Elon, are leading the charge, slamming Bezos for enabling those ties. Biden denies any worker issues, and reports show they and Microsoft sold over $140 million

1:05in services to border agencies last year. Even New York City's mayor, Zoraan Mamdani, says he's sitting it out to focus on making the city more affordable for folks. As the first Monday in May approaches, this drama's got everyone talking about who's really behind the glitz. Will the backlash stick or will the star? Power Shine through? All news, powered by AI. This is Durham News Today, I'm Cory with the story.