IHIP News: 🚨 Jeff Bezos BOYCOTTED As MAYHEM Unfolds Before the MET GALA!

All right, we are in New York City at. the iHeart New Studios. I'm joined by. our producers Kylie and Ryan and we are. outraged. I mean absolutely outraged at. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos Met. Gala. And we are not the only ones. outraged. It is being met with fierce. backlash from Hollywood. Let's pop this. up, Kylie. Bella Hadid joins Zendaya and. more A-listers in skipping Jeff Bezos. backed Met Gala 2026.

Uh Ryan notes here that Meryl Streep. also will not be attending reportedly. because of Bezos' involvement with the. event according to The Hollywood. Reporter. Bezos and Sanchez paid at. least $10 million to be involved in the. event, the first time a billionaire. couple replaced a fashion house as the. primary sponsor, which is so pathetic. Amazon has already laid off 14,000. workers this year and they have record.

profits and Jeff Bezos' net worth has. just insurmountably grown because of. Donald Trump and because of his bending. the knee to Donald Trump. And let's make these same billionaires. who can afford essential to essentially. buy the Met Gala pay their fair share. instead of cutting lifeline services. like teachers pay, libraries, social. workers and food assurance. Kylie, what. are you going to the Met Gala? >> I'm not going, not just cuz I wasn't. invited. If I was invited, I still would. not go. Good. And Ryan, are you going to.

the Met Gala? >> Um my invite got lost in the mail, but. no. I think that this is one of those. events that's cultural events that's. quickly losing its relevance and people. are just so fed up with how rich these. billionaires are getting and with Jeff. Bezos being a sponsor, I just can't see. why someone would want to go, to be. honest. I really, you guys, I can't wrap. my head around that you're that wealthy. and they've got everything on the planet.

that they could ever want materially and. what they don't want, they're buying. $10 million, we're going to be the. sponsors of the Met Gala. So they're. buying their way into this inner circle. I think what disgusts me so much are the. people who are still going to go. The. people who see all of the wealth. inequality, they see that the Trump. regime. powered by Amazon, powered by Palantir. are shooting um people in Minneapolis,

are rounding up kids, rounding up. adults, separating families and putting. them in these concentration camps and to. me, this isn't just passive support for. Trump. The fact that Bezos put his name. on this, any celebrity that goes, in my. opinion, it is an active endorsement of. MAGA and Trumpism. And we just can't. look at it any other way. That this is. fascist collaboration and they are. fascist collaborators. What do y'all. think? Is that too bold of me or do you. think? >> I completely agree. I think in this day.

and age, it's like what we learned about. how to fight racism as white people, right? It's not enough to not be racist, you have to be anti-racist and call it. out. And so anyone that's not saying. that's still going to these. events, honestly that's going in a. rocket ship up into space and coming. back down. I think they're saying to people that. they're okay with what Trump is doing. Ryan. >> [sighs]. >> You know, as much as I love seeing what. everyone's wearing on the Met Gala red.

carpet and you know, I have watched in. the past, I think this will probably be. the first year where I'm checked out and. you know, ICE uses Amazon's technology and. cloud and facial recognition. We've seen what's going on with ICE in. this country. There was just another. damning report, I believe it was The. Washington Post today about how brutal.

these people are treated in these. facilities. So no. I can't be watching. >> I I think that if you go to this based. on Jeff Bezos, based on Lauren Sanchez. and they are total fascists. They're not. just fascist collaborators, they are. fascists, the Bezos' are. And I think. these celebrities that can't just sit. this out and go stand with workers and. stand with regular New Yorkers, I think shame on them. And here is.

a clip of Amazon workers, an Amazon. worker calling out Jeff Bezos. Play the. clip. Bezos. My name is Mary Hill. I'm a 72-year-old. warehouse worker at one of your. facilities. When we struggle from. paycheck to paycheck, from week. to week, we need. anger sweep. Because if it were but every assumption,

in every Amazon facility, he wouldn't. have all those zeros behind his name. Shame on you, Jeff Bezos. The people. that need to be being celebrated at the. Met Gala are the workers, people. I stand with her. I mean, I just I'm. with her. I'm with her all day, every. day. It is just such a travesty that you. have people that are celebrating these. thirst trap broken empty billionaires. have to buy their way into relevance.

Who cannot stand up for her and we are. celebrating the villains who are firing, you know, 14, 15,000 people. He's. notorious for union busting. He's. notorious for just just overt greed and. not to mention the stuff that you. mentioned in The Washington Post. article, denying people freedom and due process. because of ICE. And so every celebrity. that goes to the Met Gala, uh we'll do a. roll roll call tomorrow morning, rest. assured. It will not slip by on our.

watch. But it's just terrific. And Mayor. Mumdani is breaking tradition and will. not be attending tonight's Met Gala. choosing to highlight those behind the. scenes instead. Let's pop this up. The fashion industry is made possible by. the thousands of workers behind the. scenes, seamstresses, tailors, retail. workers, delivery drivers whose immense. talent and dedication deserves to be. celebrated. Mayor Zoran Mumdani tells ID.

exclusively. Ryan, what are you going to. say? One thing I just want to note about that. video that we just showed before, that. woman's 72 years old. She's, you know, out there breaking her back delivering. for Jeff Bezos and. the way that Amazon treats its. employees, I there are reports of people being made. to pee into water bottles because they. don't have enough time to take a. bathroom break. You know, I'm not going to lie, I'm.

guilty of ordering on Amazon myself. But. it's just horrible and these people. deserve to be treated better than that. Especially considering the disparity. between how much he makes and how much. the employees make. If Jeff Bezos paid. taxes, if Jeff Bezos gave his uh uh. workers a livable wage, he would still. be rich AF. Right, Kylie? I mean, it's. just it it's so greedy.

>> $10 million is a drop in the bucket. >> Totally. 100% agree. All of these billionaires, what is it? They could give away like. $999 billion and still have a billion. dollars, which we can't even fathom how. much a billion dollars is. So again, it's back to it's a choice. They're. doing they know what they're doing. And I think Zoran Mumdani is setting a. an example. I think when you have. politicians that make you think and make. you strive to be a better person.

people dressed in beautiful clothing. Call me shallow, guilty as charged. But. it can't be at the expense of the way we. treat people and what kind of thumbprint. this country has. And right now we have. a greedy, corrupt, psychotic president.

that the richest people in this country. have bent the knee to and they have. you money. Jeff Bezos doesn't have to do. any of this stuff. And I think this is a. really smart move by Mayor Mumdani. because. you know, you still see conservatives. highlighting when AOC went to the Met. Gala a few years ago and she wore that. dress and it said tax the rich on the. back and people, you know, especially. conservative media still, you know, call. out how out of touch that was.

So I think that this is a really. politically savvy move by the mayor. I'm. not surprised because I mean, I just. can't imagine. him there in the first place, but. >> And that's my thing, you guys. Like. conviction. Have conviction. This is a. four-year time to show the world who you. are. And I think that these billionaires. are so nihilistic. They believe in. absolutely nothing. If it behooves them.

to have pride flags in their country in. their companies' bio and be a sponsor to. gay pride, they're like, okay, that. gives us It's not because they believe. in it. >> Absolutely. They don't believe in it at. all. And the second they thought, oh, the country's rejecting woke, then. they're bending the knee to this guy. And on top of all of that, the biggest. lie that has been perpetrated on the. American public is that wealth trickles. down. And if that were true, you would.

not have that 72-year-old. gorgeous Amazon worker who's still. working at 72. Um. pleading. with Jeff Bezos to not be such a greedy. dick. And it doesn't trickle down. It doesn't. trickle down at all. In fact, Jeff Bezos. has gotten wealthier. Jeff Bezos is. firing people and he's going to replace. them not with immigrants, not with trans. people, not with drag queens, but with. of course robots. And here is all you. need to know about MAGA economies. It.

always ends like this with Republicans. War, deficit, stock market tank out, rich richer poor poorer. Pop up this. graph. This is stunning. Monthly job creation in the United. States from November 2020. to March 2026. So you get at the end of. COVID. Obviously those first two where. you have the red lines. Then Joe Biden. comes in and you see just, you know, massive growth, massive growth. The Wall.

Street Journal, which is as conservative. as it gets, owned by Rupert Murdoch that. also owns Fox News, said a week before, front cover of their newspaper, "Whoever. wins will inherit the world's strongest. economy.". And pop that back up, Kylie. That's what he did with the world's. strongest economy. That is a dedication. to being a That is like. hyperopic focus on I want to this. up. All he had to do was grab the baton.

and he could have focused on his. interior design projects because the. money and the economy was doing really. well. Right. But I also think about this. and I have problems with Joe Biden. fundamentally because. uh Trump wasn't prosecuted and put in. jail. But. Democrats, like his um uh cabinet and. all of the people he appointed was the. most diverse ever. It was representative. of what America looks like now. America. is not just a a white Christian. hegemony. It is this beautiful uh.

country of all of this diversity. And then you have all. Trump and then all of these. billionaires. And all of their customer base is. diverse. And that they treat their. customer base like this and that the. president treats the American public. like this. I just I cannot wait till tomorrow's. episode to do a roll call on every. celebrity that goes there. And I know. I'm probably going to have my heart. broken. I'm sure there's somebody three. or four, but I'll tell you what, I'm a. big girl and I will they will be on the.

list. Well, and I think. that it's just such an indictment of the. Democratic brand that you know, the Republicans are able to say, you. know, we're the party of the economy and. jobs. And people, you know, I'm from a. family where, you know, I have a parent. who voted for Donald Trump and. the Democratic brand has become so toxic. that no matter what. you say or do, you would never be able.

to convince. you know, someone like my dad to vote. for a Democrat. And even though we have. the information so available to us in. that graph showing how much Donald Trump. is tearing apart our economy, But you bring up a great point and it is. it's not that the Democratic brand has. become so toxic in and of itself. There's a lot there. But the propaganda. in right-wing circles. >> Well, and that's what I'm more sensitive. to. Yeah. It's so they are so good at. that. They're so good at like For those.

who have been, you know, brainwashed by. the Republican conservative They're. relentless. Exactly. >> They are relentless in this. >> to be. to be fair. He is a Democrat. He did not vote for. Trump not one time. Did you? No, I didn't. Okay, good. Um. Kylie, I want to get your take on this. So. the uh fashion industry is, I would say, women drive that. Is there men's. fashion? Yes. But the.

the feminine overarching uh plot of the. fashion industry to me is just really. fantastic. It's a place where women can. really shine. And uh. it's stunning to me that the most. misogynist uh administration, the most. anti-woman administration I've ever seen. in my lifetime. I was born in 1974. Um and how. hyperfocused they are on denying women. freedom. um in this anti-abortion movement. Uh.

pop this up. So the number of abortions have. increased year after year post-Roe. The FDA approved a new generic of the. abortion pill and failed to finish a. safety review of mifepristone. "Trump is the problem," the head of the. of SBA tells the Wall Street Journal. "The president is the problem.". And here's more reporting on that.

This is just insulting, right? This is. not what we voted for. Advancing. American Freedoms Mark Weitz told the. Wall Street Journal, while Family. Research Council President Tony Perkins, and that guy is a five-star prick, let. me tell you, accused the Trump. administration of undermining. conservative states. You have Republican. states that are challenging a Republican. administration over this because their. laws are being undermined. "Perkins. protested. Pro-life voters are going to. be wondering what's going on when they. head into the polls in November." And um.

so basically a lower court um tried to. cease and halt the shipping of. mifepristone, which is a safe. over-the-counter. uh. abortion pill that women can take even. in abortion-ban America. And SCOTUS came. in, I believe this morning, and restored. the abortion pill access. But I just want to say this. The women, and this is not mine, I read this.

online. It's so brilliant. The women. that carry the water for the patriarchy. are the first to drown. And. coming from abortion-ban America, Kylie. and I both Oklahomans, you cannot go a week without hearing a. story about a woman who is pregnant. that goes to the doctor, has an. ultrasound, and there's something. severely wrong with the fetus, severely. wrong, and the doctor says, "This baby, if you deliver it to term, is going to. die instantly and it could kill you.

uh if you deliver it, but there's. nothing we can do. My hands are tied.". And this is story after story after. story after story of Republicans not. only. lying to everybody about how good they. are with the economy, and the graph. showed they're clearly not, but also. they're the party of anti-freedom. And even Jeff Bezos isn't that free. Even being a billionaire in Trump's. America, you're not that free because. you still have to pay $10 million to be. a cool kid. Yeah, I mean, I grew up in Massachusetts.

and. abortion access has never really been an. issue there. So it's been. uh enlightening to be here, to hear you. talk about and Kylie talk about, you. know, what it is like in. uh these red states where. literally you can die because you don't. have access to reproductive care. And. it's just so sad and. um I guess the silver lining is that. it's still not good enough for these.

anti-abortion people what Trump has. done. Uh you know, in helping overturn. uh abortion access in this country. Oh, it hasn't pre- prevented one. abortion. It's just caused death. And. like Jen alluded to, I just this week got a heartbreaking. story from a friend. who basically. like went into hiding for about a month. out of shame of shame of her peers and. the religious culture in our state. And. then also literally fearing she was.

going to be arrested. So and it was to protect her health. I it's just. moving to New York. I've had conversations with Democrats. here and people who are obviously super. aligned, but I've noticed people don't. really understand the experience of most. Americans in the middle. And it it's. really scary. And I think here's the problem. It will. happen to other states. This patty cake with fascism that Jeff. Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, and every.

celebrity going to the Met Gala, you might think, "Oh, Jennifer, it's. just a dinner." It's not. You were. giving them a permission structure to. say MAGA. And all of the people that are. funding MAGA, all of the people that are. funding fascism, which make no mistake. about it. If every Fortune 500 CEO came. forward and said, "We will not play ball. with this regime," they would not be. governing this recklessly. Money rules. America. But because all of these.

industry titans bend the knee and go. play uh patty cake with him with their. participation trophies and they have. these uh lunches where they "Oh, President Trump, you're so great. Because of your leadership, we're able. to do all of this with our AI." And. it's such. This these stories that are from the. Bible Belt will come to blue states. And. it starts with fascist collaboration and. capitulation. And that's why. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez suck. They.

could very easily say, "We are going to. be the resistance. We are going to go. sit down when we go to New York with. Zohran Mamdani and talk to him about the. uh. things that he's doing in New York to. give children health care, to give. children child care.". They don't. They're going they're paying. their money to go to try to be cool and. they will never be cool because fascism. is horrifically. homocidally uncool. All right, that's. all we have. I would like to thank the.

New York crew for joining me. That's. some riveting stuff. We'll do a fascist. roll call tomorrow morning. And we will see you then. >> [music].