As we told you last night, the Met Gala took place in New York City on Monday with this year’s theme of “Heavenly bodies: Fashion and the Catholic imagination.”
And as we told you, that meant a bunch of vacuous celebs dressing up in some sort of odd Catholic role-play. Such as Rihanna as a pope:
Pope RiRi has arrived! All hail @Rihanna at the #MetGala https://t.co/KGbqRCPSCt pic.twitter.com/iFQzK8mAjT
— Variety (@Variety) May 7, 2018
And Jared Leto as Jesus:
https://twitter.com/Iasttoleave/status/993625425866903559
You get the picture.
Anyway, also in attendance was Jesuit priest James Martin who collected actual “verbatim” quotes from folks he talked to at the event.
Actually said to me at the #MetGala tonight:
"I love your costume."
"Is that, like, for real?"
"Funky outfit!"
"You're the best dressed dude here, bro." (High fives me.)
"You look just like the real thing."
And, truly: "I love that you got dressed up as a sexy priest."— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) May 8, 2018
Those are verbatim.
— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) May 8, 2018
Life imitates The Onion once again.
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 8, 2018
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