The Met Monday Met Gala was historic for several reasons. If you missed it, the cohort and the completely black host committee was a major factor, as well as the platform for the incredible 2025 costume exhibition which focused on black dandyism.
It was a fantastic night, and a ton of stars from all over the industry made an appearance. As always, the event was organized and organized by the one and only editor -in -chief of Vogue, Anna Wintour.
Such a star making an appearance, who had never made his Met Gala debut before this year, was none other than the King of Bollywood himself: Shah Rukh Khan. But what was to be a historic moment caused a ton of online speeches concerning its presumed treatment during the event.
To really explain what happened, I will give you a context. Although it has never appeared in a Hollywood film and to maintain its appearances on the red carpet in the United States at least during his 30-year career, Shah Rukh Khan is a very prolific actor. And in case you are not familiar, when I say that this guy is a big problem, I mean that this guy is a biiiiiiig agreement.
The Met Gala is the celebrity event of the year. But everywhere in the east of Europe, Shah Rukh (or SRK, as it is widely known) is probably better known than the real puts. He is the most famous actor to emerge from India, if not in South Asia as a whole, was in more than 100 films, and has translated his work in almost all imaginable languages. It is difficult to really describe the inheritance of SRK, but Forbes Assume it fairly well when, in 2015, they estimated that it was the largest movie star in the world.
Although a lot of time has passed from this point, the current image of SRK has gone from the world superstar to a film legend. If you've seen a Bollywood film, you will probably know your face. And directing one of the largest film industries in the world means that it is very famous.
Do you still have the image? Now imagine the horror spreading through the South Asian community since Monday, when SRK attended the Met Gala and a well-intentioned journalist asked her his name. The very idea!
Seriously, Vogue and the two MET hosts, Teyana Taylor and Ego Nwodim, have been the subject of huge meticulous online examination since Monday, after a clip of them interviewing Shah Rukh and designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee (another legend, attention) has become viral to be fair So embarrassing.
Although certainly not intentionally disdainful, Ego and Teyana apparently did not have much idea exactly to whom they were talking. Although they have slightly highlighted how SRK made history as the first male Indian actor to walk on the red carpet at the Met, which followed has since triggered a ton of online speeches.
After asking him what he thought of being at the Met, Shah Rukh said he was “extremely nervous” and excited, and he pointed out how Sabyasachi convinced him to attend. “I haven't done too many red carpets, I'm very shy,” he said. Ego and Teyana then tried to reassure him, stressing that the carpet was blue instead of red, and asked him if it released his nerves. Srk played, joking that he was “completely well now”.
And over the conversation, it has become clear that SRK minimizes a lot how it was a big problem that it was there, perhaps for the benefit of interviewers. At that time, Sabyasachi himself rang and gave essential information. After Shah Rukh described his gaze of the night, Sabyasachi jumped, saying: “Just to give you some context, Shah Rukh Khan is probably one of the most famous men in the world”, before Ego and Teyana were both surprised.
“His next fan is legendary,” continued Sabyasachi. “We almost had a stampede outside the hotel when it came out. And when you get a man like this on the red carpet, especially when it is a black dandy, I think that the representation is the most important thing, and we wanted to represent Shah Rukh Khan as Shah Rukh Khan and no one else.
Vogue's interview, as well as this viral clip where SRK can be seen presenting itself by name after a journalist asked him who he was, were shared thousands of times online by indignant fans. A commentator said“You know that there is a whole world outside America. Because you don't know who it is does not mean that billions of others do not, it is literally one of the biggest stars that no one can deny.” Another Its global impact, saying: “guy has 3 generations of races and multiple ethnic groups in its fans base.”
Another user underlined the difference between Shah Rukh's experience in the United States compared to an interview Of his which was led to London, in which journalists stressed the fact that at one point, he was a more paid actor than Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp. “Sorry, it's very vulgar to talk about money, but it's very impressive,” said one of the news presenters, before others accept, saying, “We want to be in doubt that people know how important you are.”
After Monday, the New York Times Has hand at Vogue on the counterpoup on the interview with Shah Rukh. Vogue repliedSaying that the ego had in fact pointed out that Shah Rukh was the first male actor in Bollywood to attend the MET. So that's it for them, I suppose.
Vogue also replied has critical About the treatment of another South Asian guest present at the Met, Diljit Dosanjh: another Bollywood superstar that you could have seen in its magnificent turban and jewelry on the carpet. The fans were turned upside down by the fact that Diljit, who sold stadiums in North America, did not even obtain an interview with vogue like many other guests, and had the goal of the camera live for about three or four seconds. The representative of Vogue said that the camera which moved from Diljit was so quickly “certainly not intentional”.
And everything has the South Asian community in arms. A creator expressed his disappointment with regard to Vogue's response, demanding “apologies, not justification”. Another commentator suggested that “it's ok the Americans do not know who SRK is, which is not ok, is that interviewers are not doing their research on it.”
SRK, however, said that his experience in the United States differs considerably from the rest of the world. When you give a speech to Yale in 2012He said memorably: “Whenever I start to feel too arrogant towards myself, I always make a trip to the United States.”
Anyway, as South Asian, what is important is that we call the BS and we make sure to support each other, especially at the moment. Do we all remember our value and we check each other, yes? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
