Vicious Met Gala plot to humiliate Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos in worst way imaginable… and they’re not the only A-listers who should be worried

From the moment Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s involvement in this year’s Met Gala was revealed, the couple were met with instant backlash.

The Amazon tycoon, 62, who is worth an estimated $224.2 billion, and his wife, 56, are footing most of the bill for the May 4 event in New York City. 

In response, posters created by anti-capitalist groups have been plastered on lampposts and billboards in the Manhattan streets near to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. They sport scathing messages calling for a ‘boycott’ of ‘The Bezos Met Gala… brought to you by worker exploitation.’

Vogue grande dame Anna Wintour, who has overseen fashion’s biggest annual event for 30 years, had previously attempted to quiet the growing furor by gushing in an interview about the couple and insisting that Sanchez would be a ‘wonderful asset to the museum and the event.’

‘We are very grateful for her incredible generosity,’ Wintour told CNN of Sanchez in November. ‘So we are thrilled she’s part of the night.’ 

Sadly, those efforts appear to have done little to quell public outcry.

For the Daily Mail has now learned details of an audacious protester-led plot scheduled for the night of the star-studded gala – always held on the first Monday in May – that could threaten to derail the festivities.

Activists from the ‘Everyone Hates Elon’ group – formed to voice opposition against Tesla owner Elon Musk and other billionaires – told the Daily Mail how they plan to ‘humiliate’ and ‘ridicule’ the Bezoses, while also issuing a chilling warning to Vogue and the Met Museum. 

One protestor, using the pseudonym Jane, told the Daily Mail that the anti-Bezos ‘movement’ is picking up pace in New York.

‘We have had many volunteers get involved – already people have been ordering stickers to spread across New York and even hacking subway ads,’ Jane claimed. ‘The movement is building because people are angry.’

Jane also claimed that the group had been flooded with fund donations, raising a massive $13,500 in a single week.

Asked about what’s driving the plans for protest, Jane hit out at the current political climate in America and likened it to ‘living in the Hunger Games,’ adding: ‘As people are murdered in an unnecessary war in Iran or being kidnapped by ICE, an oligarch who makes all of this possible is hosting a party to launder his image.

‘We’re supposed to shut up and look at the dresses, but we can all see what’s behind the scenes: one of the many billionaires who keeps Trump’s evil empire in power.’

Asked about the specifics of the protest plan for May 4, Jane teased: ‘I can’t say exactly what else we will do as we need to keep those plans secret… but I can tell you what we have done before. 

‘We are the group who took [the] Trump and Epstein [photos] to Windsor Castle when Trump was visiting and the group who went viral trolling Elon Musk with spoof Tesla ads and donating to trans rights and refugees every time he tweeted.’

(During President Trump’s state visit to mee the Royal family in the UK last September, photos of him and the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto the walls of Windsor Castle.)

As for Everyone Hates Elon’s upcoming protest, it appears the Bezoses are not their only target.

‘We also have a message for Vogue and the Met Museum. You are allowing yourselves to be used for image laundering. You should drop [Bezos] as chair, unless you stand by his crimes. Read the public mood and act on it,’ Jane said.

‘Art and fashion can be a force for good – so why is it being used to help a man whose servers power ICE?’

And the group is willing to suffer the risks that come with protesting at events attended by high-profile individuals.

‘We sometimes face off with the police, but the risk is worth it,’ Jane said.

‘Billionaires should stop scrounging off the rest of us and pay their fair share – and until they do the Met and Vogue should stop celebrating people like Jeff Bezos.

‘It’s time to stand up to Trump’s circle of evil billionaires who make everything he does possible. Don’t accept your part in The Hunger Games, fight back instead.’

The Everyone Hates Elon group were behind the anti-Bezos posters that were recently erected throughout NYC – and emblazoned with very bold messages. 

One depicted what appeared to be a plastic water bottle filled with urine on a red carpet in front of flashing camera lights.

‘The Bezos Met Gala,’ the sign read. ‘Brought to you by worker exploitation.’

Another large red poster declared: ‘Boycott the Bezos Met Gala.’ 

Underneath, in smaller font: ‘There’s no dressing it up. Met Gala chair Jeff Bezos avoids tax, enables ICE, and backs Trump. Don’t let him get away with it.’

The posters seem to be in reference to previous allegations against Bezos’ company.

In 2023, three Amazon delivery drivers, including an Iraq War veteran, claimed in a lawsuit they were forced to urinate in bottles and defecate in dog waste bags to keep up with the company’s demands.

The lawsuit accused Amazon of subjecting employees to ‘inhumane’ working conditions that saw them go to the bathroom inside delivery vans.

In response, an Amazon spokesperson said at the time: ‘We want to make it clear that we encourage our Delivery Service Partners to support their drivers. That includes giving drivers the time they need for breaks in between stops, providing a list within the Amazon Delivery app of nearby restroom facilities and gas stations, and building in time on routes to use the restroom or take longer breaks.’

The case has been stayed.

The Everyone Hates Elon protestors were also involved in the demonstrations that took place in Venice, Italy, during Bezos and Sanchez’s lavish three-day wedding last June.

Many other anti-capitalist groups – ranging from Greenpeace to Extinction Rebellion – also descended on St Mark’s Square, the iconic heart of Venice, with placards and banners emblazoned with slogans such as ‘we are the 99 percent we have the power’ and ‘the planet burns.’

A member of the Everyone Hates Elon group said at the time that they had carried out the protest to highlight the ‘environmental and social injustice of the wedding.’

‘Bezos encapsulates an economic and social model which is steering us towards collapse,’ the protester said.

‘All too often now social injustice travels on an equal par with the climate, on one side the arrogance of a few billionaires who have a lifestyle that devastates the planet, the other people who suffer daily from the environment crisis.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for the Met, Vogue, Bezos, Sanchez and the New York Police Department for comment. 

This year’s dress code at the Met Gala is ‘fashion is art,’ which will serve as a more specific baseline for guests against the gala’s overall theme of ‘costume art.’

This year’s gala marks the first in Wintour’s new role as Vogue’s global creative director and chief content officer for Conde Nast, with Chloe Malle having been appointed as head of editorial content for US Vogue last September.