Fake Urine Bottles Planted In Museum Before Met Gala to Protest Jeff Bezos
Protesters from the group Everyone Hates Elon planted fake urine bottles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ahead of the 2026 Met Gala to criticize Jeff Bezos and Amazon's labor practices. The bottles referenced a class-action lawsuit alleging Amazon delivery drivers are forced to urinate in bottles due to strict work policies. While the protest drew attention, it may have also disrupted museum staff and influenced Bezos to avoid the red carpet.
- ▪A group called Everyone Hates Elon planted fake urine bottles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art before the 2026 Met Gala.
- ▪The protest referenced a Colorado class-action lawsuit alleging Amazon forces delivery drivers to urinate in bottles due to restrictive work policies.
- ▪Jeff Bezos avoided the Met Gala red carpet, entering the event through a different entrance, while his wife Lauren Sánchez served as an honorary co-chair.
- ▪The fake urine bottles were labeled with a message urging people to 'Boycott the Bezos Met Gala' and included a disclaimer stating they contained only water and food coloring.
- ▪Amazon previously denied the allegations about bathroom restrictions but later issued an apology for its initial denial.
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A group of protesters from an organization called Everyone Hates Elon have stuck it to Jeff Bezos by planting little fake pee bottles in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the days before Monday’s Met Gala. Monday, at the event itself, there were more traditional protesters as well.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000754487","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"culture","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"culture","TAGS":"jeff-bezos,met-gala,urine","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); According to Fox News, Jeff Bezos avoided the red carpet on Monday and quietly went inside the…
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