The paparazzi at the Met Gala 2024 are drawing flak from fans due to their rude comments against Stray Kids.
Here's what happened.
Stray Kids Disrespected By Paparazzi at Met Gala 2024, STAYs Enraged With 'Rude' Comments
On May 6, Stray Kids attended the Met Gala 2024 and became one of the event's main highlights. The members, namely Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N stole the spotlight with their presence, visuals, and Tommy Hilfiger fits.
Stray Kids didn't just garner attention online and at the venue for their appearance, but also became the first-ever K-pop group to attend a Met Gala with full members. The octet also engaged in a short interview with the event's hosts alongside Tommy Hilfiger.
Fans were more than happy to see the "S-CLASS" singers flaunt their dashing visuals on the venue and even expressed their gratitude to Tommy Hilfiger for inviting the members to the prestigious fashion event.
While the fandom and K-pop community celebrated Stray Kids' achievement and raved about their presence at the Met Gala, several on-site photographers unfortunately spoiled the party.
On social media platform X (Twitter), numerous videos were uploaded online, showing several members inside the paparazzi making offensive remarks during the boy group's red carpet introduction.
According to the transcripts, the paparazzi made comments regarding Stray Kids' facial expressions, energy, and one even claimed they members were "robot-like."
Paparazzi #1:"How many are there? Guys, you need to be on the same level, you all look crooked. Get close! Level up. They're diagonal, that guy is like 20,000 feet back."
Paparazzi #2:"Guys could you take a step back? Back up, back up. Move back, back. Close, can everybody face us? We need them straight. Can you guys get closer together!"
Paparazzi #3:"It is what it is."
Paparazzi #2: "Alright guys, tone it down! Tone it down, girls."
Paparazzi #1:"I've never seen so many unemotional faces in my life."
Paparazzi #3:"They're like robots."
Paparazzi #1:"Yeah, right?"
Paparazzi #2:"Oh, the reveal. Now we're going to have to do it again. Maybe now would be better this time."
Paparazzi #1:"Now let's do it with feelings!"
The clip immediately went viral on the platform, which led STAYs to call out the paparazzi, expressing how disrespectful and unprofessional they were.
do they not realize that we can clearly hear them? it's always the F weird white man and woman acting like they are good and perfect? they just become paparazzi and chase glamorous people for clout and that's their F job! so just respect people and shut the hell up!!😒 https://t.co/cb2LU8woON
I am so upset. The fashion industry is still so racist. It’s gotten slightly more accepting because of how big Kpop has gotten, but you can tell that people still don’t respect asian artists. Stray Kids deserved better. This was absolutely appalling behavior from the paparazzi. https://t.co/vVcRBdFRVo
