Katy Perry didn\u2019t actually attend the Met Gala 2025\u2014but if you were scrolling through social media, you might\u2019ve been fooled into thinking otherwise. Once again, the pop icon has gone viral, thanks to some incredibly realistic AI-generated images that had fans convinced she walked the red carpet in style.<\/p>\n
As the Met Gala buzz took over the internet on May 5, a series of photos showing Katy in a sleek black latex gown started spreading like wildfire on X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong>. In the images, she appeared to be rocking a bold, form-fitting outfit with a sharp pinstripe blazer-style bodice, posing confidently on the famous Met Museum steps. It looked so real that thousands believed she was actually there.<\/p>\n People quickly started raving about her (fake) look, with many saying she outshined<\/em> actual attendees like Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, and Gigi Hadid. Some even declared Katy the \u201cQueen of the Met Gala<\/strong>\u201d and crowned her outfit the best of the night. But eagle-eyed fans began to notice telltale signs that the photos weren\u2019t genuine\u2014like how the latex dress seemed to awkwardly blend into her skin at the waist. That little glitch gave away the AI magic.<\/p>\n In reality, Katy Perry was nowhere near the Met Gala this year. She wasn\u2019t on the leaked guest list, and fans guessed she skipped the event to focus on her Lifetimes Tour<\/strong>, which kicks off this week across North America, according to the Daily Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n Interestingly, this isn\u2019t even the first time Katy has gone viral for not<\/em> attending the Met. Last year, AI-generated photos of her in an elaborate floral dress made waves across platforms like Instagram and Reddit. Katy joined in on the fun, sharing the fakes herself with the hilarious caption:<\/p>\n \u201cCouldn\u2019t make it to the MET; had to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n She even posted a text from her mom, who thought the images were real! Her mom messaged her:<\/p>\n \u201cDidn\u2019t know you went to the Met. What a gorgeous gown. You look like the Rose Parade; you are your own float, lol.\u201d While Katy and several other A-listers like Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez<\/strong>, and Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong> were absent this year, the Met Gala still had plenty of star power. The theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style<\/em>, was inspired by Monica Miller\u2019s book on Black dandyism and celebrated the artistry and cultural significance of Black menswear throughout history.<\/p>\n Co-chairs Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Pharrell Williams<\/strong>, and Anna Wintour<\/strong>\u2014along with LeBron James<\/strong> as honorary chair\u2014helped bring the theme to life, making the night unforgettable\u2026 even if some of the most viral \u201cmoments\u201d didn\u2019t actually happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Katy Perry didn\u2019t actually attend the Met Gala 2025\u2014but if you were scrolling through social media, you might\u2019ve been fooled\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":73094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2901],"class_list":["post-73093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-katy-perry"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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To which Katy replied,
\u201clol mom the AI got you too, BEWARE!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n