The steps of NYC's Met Museum are the focus of a lot of eyes today – and it's only natural that there are plenty of antics, fashion moments and outrageous viral bits that have captured our attention. It's where spectacle meets satire, couture collides with chaos, and pop culture crystallises into meme-worthy magic.
Each year, the Met Gala plays out like a fever dream of references and reinvention on the red carpet, its most surreal moments often unplanned, unfiltered and instantly immortalised. Whether it's an entrance that stuns, a prop that puzzles, or a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it slip of realness beneath the layers of tulle and tailoring, the red carpet has become as much about disruption as it is about design.
In 2025, the internet once again did what it does best: plucked the strange, the iconic, and the joyously absurd from a sea of glamour and gave us the viral currency we didn't know we needed. So if you were distracted, overwhelmed or simply not online (imagine), here’s what everyone’s been talking about from this year’s Met Gala – the quirks, the quick takes, and the moments that made us zoom in.
For all the Met Gala 2025 viral moments, read on...
Who's in the box?
A mystery person encased in a white box, exiting The Carlyle? The internet has been kept on its toes guessing who might be inside.
A white box stuns for the #MetGala. pic.twitter.com/fiYB0wZvlb
— Pop Base (@PopBase) May 5, 2025
Zendaya hurries her way through the carpet
Despite roving the carpet TWICE last year (in archival Galliano no less), this year she was quick to exit the carpet – shooing away cameras as she ascended the steps.
Zendaya at the #MetGala pic.twitter.com/XXopgdoJsu
— Variety (@Variety) May 5, 2025
Central Cee's accessory of the night... a baby?
Central Cee showed up on the carpet in a dapper fit – and with a matching mini me in his arms.
Central Cee at the 2025 #MetGala pic.twitter.com/e1TaeJr7tA
— UK Rap Daily (@UKRapDaily) May 5, 2025
It's a Milchik Met
Severance star Tramell Tillman left the severed floor to make his Met debut.
"Severance" favorite Tramell Tillman walks the #MetGala carpet. https://t.co/MzcTJmcmWO pic.twitter.com/rBr1QHmfYZ
— Variety (@Variety) May 5, 2025
Colman Domingo channels André Leon Talley
Domingo – one of the evening's co-chairs – wore a blue Valentino cape on the carpet. A reference, perhaps, to the late, great André Leon Talley?
co-chair colman domingo in custom valentino for the met gala ★#metgala2025 #metgala pic.twitter.com/WwJWUsHSSc
— cristina (@couturephile) May 5, 2025
Damon Idris pulls off a mid-carpet wardrobe stunt
Idris, wearing a glittering helmet and jumpsuit, managed a cut-away moment on the carpet that turned heads.
Damson Idris look reveal at the #MetGala
pic.twitter.com/6Psf4pOH3B— Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) May 6, 2025
André 3000 strikes all the chords
The musician strapped a miniature baby grand piano to his back, and toted a literal garbage bag.
Wow!
Is this……?#MetGala #MetGala2025 pic.twitter.com/bSzbE859L3
— Chewy Veetton (@bebem00m00) May 6, 2025
