BLACKPINK members pose for Met Gala bathroom selfie

3 articles · Updated · E! NEWS · May 6

The May 4 photo at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art also included Gracie Abrams, Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri and Margot Robbie, and was taken by model Bhavita Mandava.
Fans widely shared the image because phone use and backstage-style documentation have been discouraged inside the gala since Anna Wintour introduced a no-phones rule in 2015.
The selfie offered a rare glimpse inside the 2026 event, co-chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Wintour, despite similar rule-breaking celebrity photos surfacing at recent galas.

Is the Met Gala's 'no selfie' rule now an outdated tradition in an era defined by celebrity social media?

With BLACKPINK leading the charge, are bathroom selfies the Met Gala's new, most anticipated, rule-breaking tradition?