--- title: Met Gala 2017: Sarah Paulson Reacts to Madonna description: Sarah Paulson had the best reaction to Madonna at the Met Gala canonical: https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-02T18:17:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:48.432Z og:title: Sarah Paulson Had the Best Reaction to Madonna at Met Gala og:description: The American Horror Story star had a very relatable reaction og:url: https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2309bffb4460d84/6988cba1bc6cfc6baf3e12bd/gettyimages-675639446.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3212 og:image:height: 1807 og:image:alt: "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sarah Paulson Had the Best Reaction to Madonna at Met Gala twitter:description: The American Horror Story star had a very relatable reaction twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2309bffb4460d84/6988cba1bc6cfc6baf3e12bd/gettyimages-675639446.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sarah Paulson Had the Best Reaction to Madonna's Met Gala Dress > Sponsored content. 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At Monday night’s Met Gala, the Emmy Award-winning actor spotted [Madonna](http://time.com/4642440/madonna-womens-march/?iid=sr-link2) on her way to celebrate the Costume Institute’s new exhibit on Comme des Garçon designer Rei Kawakubo. Like anyone who just ran into the Material Girl in real life, Paulson fully stopped and gawked at the Material Girl and her over-the-top camouflage ball gown. Paulson could have dropped her jaw and pointed in excitement at spotting the Queen of Pop and gone on her way and the world would never know that she loved [Madonna](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2029774%5F2029776%5F2031853,00.html?iid=sr-link10) as much as her fans do. However, the Met Gala is one of the most photographed events in the world and the entire moment was captured on camera and shared with the world. Twitter was all over it, too, because it’s just so relatable. Perhaps Paulson will understand if everyone (politely) stops and gawk at her now. > [](https://twitter.com/iGabrielAndrade/status/859225568436473857) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/"},"headline":"Sarah Paulson Had the Best Reaction to Madonna's Met Gala Dress","datePublished":"2017-05-02T18:17:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:48.432Z","description":"The American Horror Story star had a very relatable reaction","url":"https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","fashion","Madonna","Met Gala","Met Gala 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2309bffb4460d84/6988cba1bc6cfc6baf3e12bd/gettyimages-675639446.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2309bffb4460d84/6988cba1bc6cfc6baf3e12bd/gettyimages-675639446.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between\" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals","caption":"\"Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between\" Costume Institute Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"Taylor Hill—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/","name":"Sarah Paulson Had the Best Reaction to Madonna's Met Gala Dress"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The American Horror Story star had a very relatable reaction","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4763115/met-gala-sarah-paulson-reaction/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```