In general, when a person says they “don’t care” about something and then they proceed to trash it anyway, it’s usually a pretty good indicator that they do, indeed, care. Such appears to be the case with Meghan McCain and the Met Gala.
This week, John McCain’s daughter took to Twitter to whine about how she wasn’t invited to stupid she thinks the Met Gala is, even though she loves fashion, and to criticize people for living in excess and not donating more money to food banks.
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“Am I allowed to not care about the Met Gala?” she wrote. “I love fashion as much as the next woman but would have been pretty amazing if all those celebrities took the 35K it costs for a table and donated it to essential workers and food banks in the country. The time of excess seems dated.”
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Am I allowed to not care about the Met Gala? I love fashion as much as the next woman but would have been pretty amazing if all those celebrities took the 35K it costs for a table and donated it to essential workers and food banks in the country.
The time of excess seems dated.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) September 14, 2021
The Met Gala is, in fact, a charity event. It funds the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City. Also, the vast majority of the celebrities who attended Monday night’s soiree also work with a number of other charities, including food banks.
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Considering she got her degree in art history, you’d think McCain, who is reported to be worth around $10 million, would already know this and would understand how museum fundraisers work. Then again, considering she’s, well, Meghan McCain, maybe that’s expecting too much of her.
Now, here are some of the responses to her “I totally don’t care!” tweet…
Evidently you do care about the Met Gala.
And how much have you donated to essential workers and food banks?— Blaidd (@Blaidd3_14159) September 14, 2021
Says (Megan McCain) a supporter of the Republican Party which stopped poor kids having free school meals!!!
— martin J mcmahon (@MartinJmcmah) September 14, 2021
Um, it’s a fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. And most tables are paid for by corporations (tax deductible!). Glad you’re concerned about essential workers though so can we count on you to use your platform to help raise wages for them?
— Judy W (@judemonster) September 14, 2021
Better idea. Instead of billionares shooting themselves in to space, maybe they could start paying taxes!
— Leslie Jones (@Spiker715) September 14, 2021
Oh, jeez, sounds like sour grapes for not getting invited. It’s a fundraiser. Just bc it’s not the fund you may want to support right now, it’s still an important one, and I also bet that 90% of the attendees have also donated to covid related causes. Why don’t you donate $35k?
— TeeRav (@TheOnlyRealTrav) September 14, 2021
You would think she would care about museums since she has an art history degree FFS. pic.twitter.com/pIXfWgDNGi
— Moon til Noon #SaveLodge49 (@moontilnoon) September 14, 2021
Someone didn’t get invited…….
— Laura Reed (@Reed626) September 14, 2021
Doesn’t the Gala fund the Met? Information is always good. So are the arts. Perhaps if republicans weren’t always defunding social services, those donations to food banks, etc., as necessities, would be a moot point. Just curious how much you have donated to arts or food this yr.
— Diane 🇺🇸Biden is My President {45 is 5150 Gone} (@NorisDiDi) September 14, 2021
We’ve seen how you dress, and what you do your hair and makeup. You, ma’am, do not “love fashion”.
Sorry you weren’t invited. pic.twitter.com/51t4NhjVSn
— Just Me (@jerkurselfasoda) September 14, 2021
Meghan believes that fundraisers to help museums is “excess” and “dated”.
Meanwhile she is complaining that those essential workers are lazy when it is unsafe for them to work.
Hey Meghan, why don’t you donate some money and buy a clue.
— Vaccinated Host Body (@Jamie_Wisconsin) September 14, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Donston
So, y’all just committed to posting something about Meghan every other day.
Vince
Good. She’s a spoiled hypocrite and everyone hates her.
Max
clueless McCain speaks again. ugh.
Cam
Meghan of course thinks spending her money to help fund her husband’s bigoted hate site is a better use for money.
scotty
well ha ha and too bad…she shot her mouth off and someone showed her what that hole was for.
apologies to chrissie hynde
Fahd
I suppose that Meghan’s twitter feed has now become part of Queerty’s right wing watch, since she is no longer on the View and really, really less relevant than ever.
It’s surprising to me that a right wing celebrity who’s the opposite of fashionable would somehow hope to be invited to the Met Gala.
mikeTigg
Fashion and Meghan McCain in the same sentence would be a hilarious contradiction in terms. How does one make a blob of lard fashionable?
greekboy
Fat girls with bad hair dont get invited…just ask Ivanka…meow
David
I wanted to say that, but then I figured someone would flag me and get me dismissed! So thanks for saying what I was thinking. She’s irrelevant. Her only claim to fame is her dad, other than that she’s as useless a piece of humanity as Trump or Jenner.
Heywood Jablowme
How dare you? You can’t ever call a FAT woman FAT because… uh… well there’s some reason, I’ve lost track!
Mack
Face it, she’s a republican therefore her comments aren’t honest.
zealot
So “Smeagle” McCain got left off the Met Gala guest list? [insincere shock registered here]– Oh, Ms. McCorn…just because you care about fashion does not mean it cares about you. I just love how hate-spewing, misinformed half-truth peddlers like Kraken McClueless claim entitlement to one of Ms. Wintour’s soirees! What nerve!
BoomerMyles
Loved how Joy Behar dissed Meghan on today’s View.
The interview guest Reese Witherspoon speaking about her show, The Morning Show said the questions they get asked about morning shows like the View are if all of the hosts get along and like each other.
Joy quickly responded, “Well right now, yeah!” an obvious dig at Meghan not being on the show anymore.
fredk3
Joy is a hoot. And honest as all hell – entitled wa-wa-wa woe is me types have a hard time swallowing her truth.
Mr. Stadnick
Had she previously been invited? I sincerely doubt Anna Wintour has Ms John McCain’s Daughter on speed dial.
Gay Thomas
Has there ever been a trashy hag more hated by the left and the right both, than Meghan McCain? Even her hairdresser hates her, snickering while taking her money.
Jim
The Met Galla is for narcissistic twits. No telling why she wasn’t invited!
scotshot
Tax the rich…
paul dorian lord fredine
it’s so obvious she’s into fashion, just look at that hair **screams into pillow * *.
Tombear
I blame her gay hairdresser, gay make up artist and her gay dresser for making her look like Godzilla!