By Lillie Liska
Fashion might have been art at the Met Gala last night, but that didn’t stop some celebs from trying to make ridiculous statements.
Actress Sarah Paulson, for example, decided to walk the carpet with a dollar bill covering her eyes to supposedly snub the wealthy 1%, which is ironic because her estimated net worth of $12 million puts her squarely in that demographic, according to Forbes’ definition.
Tickets for the invite-only event aren’t cheap either. CBS News reported that one ticket cost $100,000 in 2026, up from $75,000 last year. A table of 10 started at $350,000.
The average American salary is only $62,088 per year. The disparity is not to say that events like the Met Gala shouldn’t happen, or that people shouldn’t work hard to grow their wealth, or that wealth should be redistributed in some sort of socialist scheme.
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But Paulson stumbling up the Met Gala steps blinded by a dollar bill seems to exemplify the mindset of many in Hollywood as she apparently can’t see the irony of her costume. Riches can blind us to reality if we’re not careful.
X users caught on too.
“The 1% protesting the 1% at an event exclusively for the 1%,” one person wrote. “The Entertainment industry never fails to entertain. Peak ridiculousness.”
“She does know she’s IN the 1%, right?” someone else commented.
On Instagram, one person quipped, “It’s giving HUNGER GAMES meets THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA.”
Events like these should remind believers that ultimately, all the status, riches and accolades of this world won’t ever really satisfy us.
We can clamor against the 1%, but that won’t change our eternal reward. We can bask in the praise of others, but in quiet moments of reflection, we know that our accomplishments will quickly fade. We can use our wealth to store up treasures on earth, but time will eventually steal them away.
So we have to ask ourselves: what will be left when all those things vanish?
Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount that we must store up our treasure in heaven, “where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
What do you treasure? For the one who follows Christ, He is our ultimate treasure, the source of our hope if we trust in Him for our salvation.
When Jesus’ death and resurrection inform our mindset, our acts of service, our unnoticed hard work, our patient perseverance and how we use our talents to glorify God build up our heavenly reward.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord,” Paul writes in Colossians 3:23-24, “not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
While the Met Gala attendees’ tone-deaf messaging is ironic, it should remind us to keep our gaze focused on Christ, not this world’s riches.
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