EJ Johnson gave his review of this year’s Met Gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC on Monday.
The flamboyant son of Magic and Cookie Johnson said the 2026 Met Gala was a “graveyard” and Beyoncé dressed fittingly as “Skeletor”.
“It was just sad. All the looks were just awful,” EJ said during a livestream. EJ said fans should look to “new people” to carry fashion forward, “because the names are not naming.”
He said the only star “who came to work” was influencer Emma Chamberlain, a special correspondent for the Met. Emma wore a custom hand-painted Mugler gown.
Emma Chamberlain arrives at the 2026 Met Gala. She serves as Vogue's special correspondent on the red carpet. Chamberlain is wearing custom Mugler by Miguel Castro Freitas.
#MetGala pic.twitter.com/ex9ZlYV3H6— On The Red Carpet (@OnTheRedCarpet) May 4, 2026
“She gave us that vintage Mugler which was so beautiful on her,” EJ said. “It was the pixie cut with the makeup, and then also the hand painting on the gown that made it look like it was painted on her body. She was in theme. It was just a win, and it was like a landslide win because no one else was even trying.
EJ had harsh words for pop star Beyoncé, who wore a sheer crystal-embellished skeleton gown complete with a ribcage, spinal column and pelvic bones designed by Olivier Rousteing.
“It was the graveyard. And then the real kicker for me was Beyoncé comes in at the end, honey, like the Grim Reaper, chile. Dressed like Skeletor, honey, and just was there to break all the souls and then take everyone down to the underworld,” EJ joked.
EJ named Beyoncé, Rihanna and Kim Kardashian as stars “who usually dominate the carpet,” but “they all fell short.”
EJ Johnson says all the looks at this year’s #MetGala were “awful” and that Beyoncé, Rihanna & Kim Kardashian’s looks fell “short” ? pic.twitter.com/fHQU11jwGa
— She’s Fishy ? (@ShesFishy) May 6, 2026
EJ made headlines in March when he said he prefers to date “straight men,” a.k.a men known as “trade.”
“I don’t attract gay men and I’m not attracted to gay men,” EJ said on the “Reality with The King” podcast.
“I don’t go to gay clubs and I don’t go to gay things because the men that I attract are not there. These are not the men that are interested in me in that capacity. It’s always been that way, but now it’s even more so – now that I definitely present in more of a feminine way.”
