Activist Protests Target Jeff Bezos at Met Gala Over Amazon and ICE Ties

Tue, 05 May 2026 03:01:00 +0200

Ahead of the 2026 Met Gala, co-chaired for the first time by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos, activist group Everyone Hates Elon has organized a series of creative protests criticizing Bezos' political and business connections. The protests aim to highlight Bezos' ties to former President Donald Trump and to ICE, pointing out that Amazon has provided at least $140 million in cloud computing services to the agency. The group has staged several guerrilla actions, including parody ads in New York mocking the Met Gala as a symbol of privilege and ignorance, leaving small bottles of fake urine inside the Met Museum to symbolize harsh working conditions for Amazon employees, and projecting video interviews of Amazon workers onto iconic buildings in New York City. Some social media personalities have joined the conversation, warning celebrities that attending the gala could conflict with public stances against ICE. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani anno