Okay, let’s talk about it. I don’t know if it’s the exact year ago today that I spoke about this, but it’s probably pretty close ’cause I’m pretty sure this event happens around the same time in May every year.
The Met Gala happened last night in New York City, and I had the same take last year. I’ll repeat it again this year. I don’t get it. I, I understand people love this event because they love seeing all the wacky outfits that people wear. It’s just like, it’s really no different than Golden Globe stuff and Oscar stuff.
Obviously at the Golden Globe and Oscars, you wear something a little more formal versus you’re allowed the Met Gal. The whole point is to show up on the red carpet in something ridiculous that everybody’s gonna be talking about. Some people dress classy. And I’m not saying the outfits aren’t classy.
I’m just saying it’s not, you wouldn’t wear something to the Met Gala. Some of these things you’ve seen at the Met Gala, you wouldn’t see at the Oscars or Golden Gloves, but I, I, I don’t understand the hype behind this and people freak out about it every year. Look at so and so on the red carpet and what you’ve seen them numerous times in other places.
What, what’s the big deal? Maybe the outfit is outlandish, but I don’t understand, and I think I asked the same question last year and I probably got all your answers, and it’s been a year later and now I’ve forgotten. What is this thing? Is it a charity function? Are all these people donating money? Is there a good cause?
At least behind this thing, they get so much attention once a year for people wearing ridiculous outfits. Can someone just fill me in? I don’t want to Google Met Gala. You know what? Hang on a second. Let me Google it. Okay. That was simple. I’m reading right now off of just Googling, what is the Met Gala?
The Met Gala, formerly known as the Costume Institute Benefit. Okay. Is an annual fundraising event. Oh good. It is a fundraiser. And fashion show for the Metropolitan Museum of the Arts Costume Institute. It is a highly prestigious and glamorous event known for its celebrities, attend celebrity attendees, and elaborate themed fashion.
The MET Gala also serves as the launch of the Costume Institute’s Spring exhibition. It’s costume party now. I’m throwing a costume party on May 31st. Anybody talking about that? No. I’m not comparing my party to the Met Gala, although I will say. There is gonna be a costume contest at my party. Best eighties outfit.
I think we’re gonna do top three places best costumes at my party, best eighties costume. We’ll get prizes and not gonna say they would be equivalent to showing up at the Met Gala in, but I’ll give my listeners and readers and attendees credit for it. Why don’t we just call it the Met Gala 2.0? The Met Gala in Vegas.
Also known as reality Steve’s 50th birthday party. Maybe it’s not a fundraising event. Maybe it’s not as prestige as the Hotty Totties and the people of high society that attend the Metropolitan Museum of the Arts Costume Institute. But hey, I can dream. I’m looking forward to some of the costumes at my party that night.
Finally, I wanted to end with this. I saw this story on people and I started to read it because the headline caught me and no, it wasn’t a headline and a story that somebody from people, some author from people.com, took off of Reddit. It says, influencer slams critics who call her a selfish mom for leaving kids behind on vacation.
As she binds, wants her Bali girls trip to serve as a lesson to her kids about prioritizing themselves and their wellbeing. So this woman is an lifestyle influencer. She’s an Australian mom of two and she’s been posting from Bali with her friends and she got a lot of messages and she posted on Instagram.
She got a lot of negative messages for it. And see, these were some of the messages she said that she’s gotten. While she’s been in Bali without her husband and her kids out there with her influencer friends, you should be with your family. Good moms don’t leave their kids behind on a holiday. Such a selfish mom and partner.
Poor Steve. Having the kids to himself while you relax in Bali. Moms shouldn’t wear that. How embarrassing. Look, we know that mom shaming is a major, major sport. On the internet. It happens anytime any mother literally posts anything. You can be walking your kid, somebody will find something wrong with it.
So I know this happens, but this is different at least for me because this is an influencer and obviously influencers get shit no matter what they do. And I had never even heard of Bines. I have no idea who this woman is. I’ve never seen her stuff until I saw this story. But I saw her post this and I was just looking at some of the comments that people made that I just read to you.
And I’m just curious. I I, I’m, I’m gonna go out on a limb here. I don’t even think it’s much of a limb, but I’m venturing to guess that nobody who left that comment a comment like that, you should be with your family. Such a selfish mom. Mom shouldn’t wear that. How embarrassing. My guess is none of the people that left comments like that have ever been to Bali.
This seems to just stem from jealousy because I don’t think other influencers, I guess what I’m saying is the people who leave comments like that are people that are rooted in jealousy because they’re not in Bali and they can’t go to Bali because I guarantee. No influencers are writing that to her. So who’s doing that?
People who can’t go to Bali. Now, I understand that an influencer’s life might not be your own, but if you’re taking the time to write that on Ashy, what’s her last name again? Binds. If you’re taking the time to write that on bin’s Instagram or send her a message about this, it clearly means you follow her, right?
And if you follow her, you know what her life is. You already know she’s an influencer. So writing this to her, what does it accomplish? I’m sure her husband is fine with the kids. She says even in that post that her husband, she said, here’s the truth, Steve, her husband is incredibly supportive and very capable.
Hands-on father. I refuse to live my life or neglect my own needs because of what others think. Now, I don’t know Ashe Binds. If she was doing trips every single weekend without her husband and her kids, then I think you would have a complaint or at least be like, gee, this woman is never with her kids.
This looks to be, Hey, she went on a trip with her influencer friends, which is what all influencers do, whether they have kids or not. Plenty of them do. Just because you don’t have this life doesn’t mean others aren’t allowed to live it. And I just don’t understand the hate. I know nothing about Asie Binds, but this headline and reading this story really pissed me off because I don’t understand what Asie binds going on.
This trip has any effect on your life whatsoever. You’re not paying for it. If she did something and started a GoFundMe and used that money to pay for a trip, yeah, you’d have reason to complain. But what is an influencer going on a trip without her husband and kids? Why does it trigger somebody so much?
Why does it bother anybody this much to call her such a selfish mom and partner? Good moms don’t leave their kids behind on a holiday. You should be with your family. Who are you to tell somebody you don’t even know that, and I know I’m just, you know, I’m screaming into the wind here. I get it because this happens all the time, all day, every day on the internet.
It was just this story. I’m just kind of bringing it to the forefront of anybody who has such an issue with this. First off, why would you even be following her in the first place? Just don’t follow her. ’cause then you wouldn’t see her extravagant lifestyle. My guess is the reason you follow her is ’cause you wanna live vicariously through her, but you can’t live vicariously through somebody who you might also be jealous of that gets to do things that you don’t get to do.
But I’m just telling you the negative comments I would, you know me, I’m all about transparency. When people send a negative comment and an influencer calls them out, I want their Instagram handle out there and attached to the message that they sent because these people need to be exposed for saying the things that they do.
Because I would love to go to these five different comments that she got. I would love to see the Instagram handles attached to these people, and I guarantee none of them are influencers. It’s only the people who don’t get to do this, that get so bothered by others that do. Just live your life. Let ashy live her life.
You live yours. What does it matter? Again, if she was going every weekend and she was never around her kids and she wasn’t even parenting her kids, sure, but that doesn’t seem what’s happening here. She said it. My husband has no problem taking care of the kids. I’m on a trip with my girlfriends. I’m enjoying life.
I guess I’ll just never understand it. Anyway, thank you all for listening. I really appreciate it. Follow me on Apple Podcast. Also, rate and review, but you gotta hit play. It’s the only way it counts is a download Sports Daily coming up in an hour for now, so go check that out. Again, thank you all for listening.
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