06-05-2025
Katy Perry Has Responded After People Fell For An AI-Generated Image Of Her At The Met Gala For The Second Year Running
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If you cast your mind back to last year's Met Gala, you might remember that pop star Katy Perry went seriously viral for her A+ interpretation of the Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion theme and 'Garden of Time' dress code.
Katy Perry. That's it. #MetGala
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In fact, everybody agreed at the time that Katy had one of the best looks of the evening, with photos circulating of the star posing on the red carpet in a stunning gown embellished with flowers, butterflies, and an attention-grabbing moss trim.
There was just one major problem: Katy didn't actually attend last year's Met Gala, and the viral image was completely AI-generated.
However, the thousands of people who fell for the hoax didn't have to feel too bad about it, with Katy revealing at the time that her own mom had believed that the photo was real.
Taking to her Instagram account, the star shared a screenshot of her and her mom's text conversation about the situation, where her mom had written: 'Ha Feather! Didn't know you went to the Met 💥 💥 💥 What a gorgeous gown, you look like the Rose Parade, you are your own float lol,' to which Katy replied: 'lol mom the AI got you too, BEWARE!'
Fast-forward a year and, somehow, history repeated itself when an AI-generated image of Katy at last night's gala went viral. This time, one widely circulated tweet even included a wild claim that Katy was wearing a brand-new type of fabric.
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.
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Sharing the fake photos, 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.'
This tweet was seen over 400k times and has thousands of likes, replies, and retweets at the time of writing. Adding extra validation to their made-up claims, the same user than shared a fake sketch of Katy's outfit alongside the caption: 'MUGLER shares the official project of stunning Katy Perry's #MetGala outfit.'
Needless to say, once again, thousands of social media users blindly believed the photos, with many praising the star for her look and even reposting the red carpet images with credit to the reputable photo agency Getty Images.
And early this morning, Katy debunked the photos on her social media page, sharing the AI images, fake sketch, and a series of funny social media posts about the incident as she wrote: 'couldn't make it to the MET, I'm on The Lifetimes Tour (see you in Houston tomorrow IRL‼️)'
Unlike last year, however, Katy went on to confirm that her mom was not fooled a second time around, writing: '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.'
Katy even included a screenshot of a text that she received from her mom this year, which was a link to the fake photo alongside the message: 'Crystal just sent this 🤣'
