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Molly Rogers denounces Met Gala, backs Amazon protest.

5/8/2026

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Molly Rogers said she would not have attended the Met Gala and condemned the cast of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” for attending.
Hundreds staged a “Ball Without Billionaires” protest before the gala, using Amazon workers as models.
Organizer Chris Smalls was arrested after trying to join the carpet with an anti-Amazon sign.
Rogers praised Smalls’s protest as “real artistry” and mocked co-host Lauren Sánchez Bezos’s dress as “cheap.”

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Molly Rogers said she would not have attended the Met Gala and condemned the cast of “The Devil Wears Prada 2” for attending.
Hundreds staged a “Ball Without Billionaires” protest before the gala, using Amazon workers as models.
Organizer Chris Smalls was arrested after trying to join the carpet with an anti-Amazon sign.
Rogers praised Smalls’s protest as “real artistry” and mocked co-host Lauren Sánchez Bezos’s dress as “cheap.”