Jameela Jamil slams 2023 Met Gala theme for honoring ‘distinctly hateful’ Karl Lagerfeld

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“Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” on May 1, which will honor the fashion designer, who died in 2019 aged 85.But the theme didn’t sit well with “The Good Place” star, who rushed to Instagram to share some choice words about Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour’s selected theme.Sharing a black-and-white portrait of the late German designer, the 36-year-old actress simply wrote, “Nope.”“Karl Lagerfeld is the theme for the entire Met Gala next year,” she captioned her post. “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, showing no remorse, offering no atonement, no apology, no help to groups he attacked… there was no explanation for his cruel outbursts.”“Those groups were women who were sexually assaulted, the entire me too 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 went on.“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.”A post shared by Jameela Jamil (@jameelajamil)“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,” Jamil added.The actress included “receipts” for her strong stance which she featured in her post..