--- title: Tom Brady Becomes Meme at 2018 Met Gala description: Tom Brady became a meme at the 2018 Met Gala again and the jokes are pretty great. canonical: https://time.com/5269249/tom-brady-2018-met-gala/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T13:46:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:43.095Z og:title: Tom Brady's 2018 Met Gala Outfit Supplied Endless Meme Material og:description: Is that a magician? og:url: https://time.com/5269249/tom-brady-2018-met-gala/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2820444c2b3fa95/69892fc7bc6cfc68b33e5e11/tom-brady-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4423 og:image:height: 2488 og:image:alt: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Brady's 2018 Met Gala Outfit Supplied Endless Meme Material twitter:description: Is that a magician? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2820444c2b3fa95/69892fc7bc6cfc68b33e5e11/tom-brady-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Brady's 2018 Met Gala Outfit Supplied Endless Meme Material > Sponsored content. 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Taylor Hill—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 8, 2018 1:46 PM UTC [Tom Brady](http://time.com/4955499/tom-brady-donald-trump-nfl-protests/) still can’t leave the house without becoming a meme. Jokes spread when supermodel [Gisele Bündchen’s](http://Gisele Bündchen) hit the [2018 Met Gala red carpet](http://time.com/5268745/katy-perry-met-gala-2018/) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday night with a choice accessory, her husband the athlete. Some of Brady’s male counterparts wore forgettable tuxedos, but the Patriots quarterback chose to capture the theme, “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” To that end, Brady complemented his wife’s gold Versace gown with a Versace look of his own. He wore a black turtleneck under a black jacket with golden scrollwork embroidered on his lapels. Bündchen said her date looked like a “cutie.” > [](https://twitter.com/OnlyInBOS/status/993631814534254598) But the piping detailing on Brady’s jacket served up some very irresistible joke material for the internet on a platter. He wasn’t dressed as a magician or a ’90s Nicolas Cage villain or a bunch of other takes that quickly took over the internet in meme-form. See below for a selection of Tom Brady at the 2018 Met Gala memes. > [](https://twitter.com/minakimes/status/993641079852355584) > [](https://twitter.com/RaulNBCBoston/status/993644212087386114) > [](https://twitter.com/Atom%5FMurray/status/993645279973851136) > [](https://twitter.com/gilbertjasono/status/993652996440514560) > [](https://twitter.com/alex%5Fnavarro/status/993645852945272832) > [](https://twitter.com/brianbuck13/status/993646362209148928) > [](https://twitter.com/marvinvenis/status/993644554678042624) > [](https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/993641625598427136) > [](https://twitter.com/JPSportsRuckus/status/993643403484303360) Brady also became a meme at the [2017 Met Gala when reporter Carly Steel](http://time.com/4763567/met-gala-2017-carly-steel-interview/), a legend on the sidelines, had an excellent to the kiss he shared with his wife. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5269249/tom-brady-2018-met-gala/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5269249/tom-brady-2018-met-gala/"},"headline":"Tom Brady's 2018 Met Gala Outfit Supplied Endless Meme Material","datePublished":"2018-05-08T13:46:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:43.095Z","description":"Tom Brady became a meme at the 2018 Met Gala again and the jokes are pretty great.","url":"https://time.com/5269249/tom-brady-2018-met-gala/","keywords":["Newsfeed","onetime","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2820444c2b3fa95/69892fc7bc6cfc68b33e5e11/tom-brady-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2820444c2b3fa95/69892fc7bc6cfc68b33e5e11/tom-brady-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala","caption":"Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala","creditText":"Taylor Hill—Getty Images","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/5269249/tom-brady-2018-met-gala/","name":"Tom Brady's 2018 Met Gala Outfit Supplied Endless Meme Material"}}]}] ```