The Red Carpet Moment That Answers The Blake Lively Question
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Hello and welcome to Mamma Mia Out Loud. It's what women are actually talking about on Wednesday, 6th of May. I'm Holly Wainwright and the first thing I'm going to do, the first order of business, very simple. Out Louders, if you love your show, please vote for us in the upcoming Australian Audio Awards. There's a People's Choice category. It's really straightforward. We're going to put a link in the show notes. We're probably going to put it on social. We're going to put it everywhere. We would love your support to help us get there. That is the end of my manifesto for the day.
Okay. Well, I just would like to say as a lazy girl that there are all these things to fill out. You only have to fill us out. Yeah. You don't have to do everything. You can just take bubble beer out loud. It's just so important for the lazy girls out there.
And as a bossy girl, I just concur with Holly. I know it took a lot out of you to make that ask of people, and I think that's a great step towards greater self-assertiveness.
I'm growing. I'm growing, Amelia. I'm growing. I'm Amelia Lester. And I'm Clare Stephens. And here's what's made our agenda for today. So now that it's all over and many damning text messages scatter the ruins of what was the biggest celebrity story for a couple of years, just who did win in the whole Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni court case drama?
Plus Cameron Diaz is a mother again at 53 and Holly has some thoughts.
And veteran broadcaster James Valentine filmed the last year of his life for the ABC. And between a living wake and his openness around voluntary assisted dying, he's opened a conversation around what it means to die a good death. But first, Amelia Lester.
The Met Gala. Did it feel different this year? A lot of people said that it did. Amy O'Dell, a fashion writer, wrote in her background newsletter that the Met Gala was all money, no soul. And she wasn't alone in this criticism. Basically, people are saying that because Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sanchez Bezos, sponsored the event, it just started to feel a little craven, a little gross. and less fun than it used to be. So there were a lot of protests in New York in the lead up to the event. They were all centered around Amazon's labor practices, its environmental damage. And then there are those who say, no, that's not true. The Met Gala has always been about rich people giving their money towards a good cause, which is the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute.
And look, they did raise a lot of money on Monday night. The Bezoses bought the event for about $10 million, but then the event itself raised about $41 million. This is US dollars, which is a lot for this event. It's apparently kind of record-breaking. So are we just complaining about nothing? Holly, do you feel like celebrities stayed away? Did they agree that this was a sort of off event this year?
So I'm going to give you a list of the celebrities who people say boycotted because none of the people so far who everyone is saying had boycotted actually verbalised that they were boycotting. Well, we all boycotted.
Yeah. Obviously we did.
We just had to take a stand. Because I... I do feel a little bit like what soul when you said it's all money, no soul. Like I do feel a bit that. I don't think this is the first year it has been pointed out in the culture, particularly since Trumpism and all those things, that this feels very... Hunger games. Yes, yes. And although there's a more direct... link here you know with the Bezos is buying it I do feel like Jeff sort of bought it for Lauren as a gift which is a nice gift it's nice but it feels more overt so anyway let's look at this because when I was watching it on Tuesday and then I did a subscriber episode with Mia straight afterwards I was like well all the celebrities are there like Beyonce's there all the famous people I was expecting to be there were there well actually a lot of famous people we didn't expect to be there were there yeah and then it was pointed out to me who was not
Billie Eilish.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:06
2
Who boycotted the Met Gala and why?
4:06–6:10
3
What controversies surrounded Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni?
6:10–6:16
4
How did the Met Gala feel different this year?
6:16–15:19
5
What was the significance of Cameron Diaz's pregnancy at 53?
15:19–50:59
Speakers
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