Sharing her thoughts. Jameela Jamil isn’t pleased with the Met Gala‘s decision to center its 2023 event around late designer Karl Lagerfeld.The Good Place alum, 36, criticized the theme in a lengthy post shared via Instagram on Sunday, October 2. “Karl Lagerfeld is the theme for the entire Met Gala next year.
This man … was indeed, supremely talented, but used his platform [in] such a distinctly hateful way, mostly towards women, so repeatedly and up until the last years of his life,” Jamil began in the caption of the social media post. “Showing no remorse, offering no atonement, no apology, no help to groups he attacked … there was no explanation for his cruel outbursts.”Jamil continued: “Those groups were women who were sexually assaulted, the entire #MeToo movement, gay couples who wanted to adopt, all fat people, specifically fat women, and some of his greatest harm was against Muslim refugees, and the disgusting way he spoke about people fleeing their homes for fear of their lives.”She then questioned: “Why is THIS who we celebrate when there are so many AMAZING designers out there who aren’t bigoted white men?
What happened to everyone’s principles and ‘advocacy.’ You don’t get to stand for justice in these areas, and then attend the celebration of someone who reveled in his own public disdain for marginalized people.”She added: “Sorry, but no.
This isn’t the ’90s. We didn’t fight all this s–t just to throw it all away because some white guy made some pretty clothes for people’s skinny faves … come on now.”Alongside her caption, Jamil shared a series of “receipts,” which highlighted several interviews with Lagerfeld during which he made controversial remarks.“No one wants to see curvy women,” Lagerfeld told Focus
Read more on usmagazine.com