Met Gala 2025: Billie Eilish Hits Back At AI Photos
As you may recall, this year's Met Gala took place last week, and a whole bunch of A-listers were in attendance to show off their interpretation of the 'Tailored for You' dress code, in association with the Met's Superfine: Tailoring Black Style theme.
And, just like clockwork, the amateur fashion police of social media were on hand to critique each and every celeb's look, with many being publicly chastised for their underwhelming outfits or lack of commitment to the theme. Sometimes even both.
One of the celebrities to feel the wrath of these critics was Billie Eilish, who was dragged when photos of her on the red carpet emerged online. There's just one problem… Billie didn't actually attend this year's Met Gala, and the pictures are completely fake.
Meanwhile, a particularly viral TikTok included an image of Billie wearing a black corset and feather-trimmed miniskirt amid a compilation of real photos of celebrities who actually attended the gala:
At the time of writing, this video has been seen more than 3.7 million times and has over 85k likes.
But whichever look Billie was feeling the backlash from, she understandably had enough of the #FakeNews, and took to her Instagram story to set the record straight on Tuesday.
'Seeing people talk about what I wore to this year's Met Gala being trash… I wasn't there!' Billie began before bursting into laughter. 'That's AI! I had a show in Europe that night! Let me be, I wasn't even there!'
And if this sounds familiar, then you may recall that Katy Perry recently spoke out about AI photos of her at the Met Gala circulating online for the second year running.
Last year, the singer revealed that her own mom was among the thousands fooled by a fake picture of her wearing a stunning gown embellished with flowers, butterflies, and an attention-grabbing moss trim at the Met.This year, the trolls went one step further when they claimed that Katy not only attended the Met, but was wearing a brand new type of fabric for her look. Sharing the AI-generated images, a self-proclaimed 'parody account' on X wrote: 'Katy Perry's dress at the #MetGala2025 features never-before-seen, custom-made fabric by Mugler. 'Lustratex®, a cutting-edge fusion of liquid vinyl and adaptive smart polymers, was innovated in secret textile labs across Paris & Seoul', VOGUE reports.'The tweet was seen over 400k times before Katy shut it down by writing on her Instagram page: 'couldn't make it to the MET, I'm on The Lifetimes Tour (see you in Houston tomorrow IRL‼️)'Thankfully, Katy confirmed that her mom was not fooled the second time around, adding: 'P.s. this year I was actually with my mom so she's safe from the bots but I'm praying for the rest of y'all.'
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