Fact Check: Is viral video showing Donald Trump complaining about Met Gala 'ban' real?
WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump did not attend the recently held Met Gala 2025, and there were rumors that he had been banned by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who in 2017 named the MAGA leader as a person she would "never invite back" to the prestigious event.
The last time Trump attended the event, held annually on the first Monday of May to raise funds for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, was in 2012.
Following this year's gala, a video went viral, purportedly showing Trump delivering a speech in which he complained about the organizers of the Met Gala allegedly banning him from attending their event.
Why is trump whining about not being invited to the met gala lol 😂. pic.twitter.com/jaqDbPO74o
— Mahamat Ali (@mhtalidjaya) May 8, 2025
But is there any truth to this? Let us find out below.
Claim: Donald Trump complained about the Met Gala 'ban'
An X (formerly Twitter) user @mhtalidjaya shared the clip, which showed Donald Trump complaining about former Vice President Kamala Harris' attendance at the 2025 event and protesting his alleged ban, according to fact-checking outlet Snopes.
The user captioned the post, "Why is trump whining about not being invited to the met gala lol."
In the video, Trump can be heard saying, "Listen. These pitiful Met Gala organizers actually let Kamala Harris walk the red carpet, but they dared to ban me, the greatest president in American history, from attending."
"This is simply the biggest scandal in the fashion industry, the United States. No one understands the red carpet better than I do. During the golden era I created when I was in the White House, over 100,000 designer jobs were added in New York," he adds.
He further says, "But these ungrateful fashion experts now would rather invite Harris, who can't even speak coherently, than allow a, a real star like me to enter. The Met Gala is nothing but a money laundering club of the Democratic Party."
"There must be taxpayers and money hidden in that ridiculous gown Harris wore. Just you wait. These corrupt fashion shows won't get any tax breaks anymore," Trump declares.
The video concludes with him saying, "I will make the American red carpet great again and burn all those shabby gowns with socialist buttons."
Fact Check: No credible evidence to prove video of Donald Trump making such statements is real
The video posted by the X user was not a genuine clip and was made with the help of Artificial Intelligence tools, according to Snopes.
The fact-checking outlet also mentioned that the X user's clip displayed a watermark for the TikTok user @7.dazzle_daily.
The TikTok user's account hosted videos labeled as the products of AI tools, and so far, the in-question clip no longer publicly appears on their account.
Moreover, regarding the video, a White House spokesperson said, "This is fake news," according to the fact-checking outlet.
Real video shows Donald Trump delivering a speech about American investments
The original, unaltered video showed Donald Trump delivering a speech about American investments at the White House on April 30, 2025, Snopes reported.
PBS NewsHour's YouTube channel contains a video with the president's full remarks.
Meanwhile, @7.dazzle_daily posted another inauthentic video on May 8, with a clip allegedly showing first lady Melania Trump saying, "I actually regret marrying Trump."
The fake video contained a TikTok notice that read, "Creator labeled as AI-generated." The same label appeared on some of the user's other clips, Snopes reported.
