--- title: Jennifer Lopez Brushes Past Katy Perry at Met Gala 2019 description: It was the most iconic collision of the 2019 Met Gala and it happened in the bathroom. canonical: https://time.com/5584820/katy-perry-jlo-met-gala-2019/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-05-07T14:25:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:55.607Z og:title: Jennifer Lopez Sauntering Past Hamburger-Clad Katy Perry in the Bathroom Is 2019 Met Gala Magic og:description: The Internet is already in awe og:url: https://time.com/5584820/katy-perry-jlo-met-gala-2019/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0677f823ab64567/6989498b929fad5550bf32ae/katy-perry-met-gala-2019-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: Met Gala 2019 Katy Perry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Lopez Sauntering Past Hamburger-Clad Katy Perry in the Bathroom Is 2019 Met Gala Magic twitter:description: The Internet is already in awe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0677f823ab64567/6989498b929fad5550bf32ae/katy-perry-met-gala-2019-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Lopez Sauntering Past Hamburger-Clad Katy Perry in the Bathroom Is 2019 Met Gala Magic > Sponsored content. 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Katy Perry attends The Met gala celebrating the opening of the "Camp: Notes on Fashion" exhibition on Monday, May 6, 2019, in New York.Charles Sykes—Invision/AP by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 7, 2019 2:25 PM UTC Not content to just light up everyone’s lives in her [cake-like Moschino chandelier look](http://time.com/5584470/katy-perry-met-gala-2019/) that nailed Monday night’s [2019 Met Gala theme](http://time.com/5580073/lady-gaga-met-gala-2019/), [Katy Perry](http://time.com/5581638/best-dressed-met-gala-2019/) changed into a second outfit: a hamburger. And as she squeezed into the seeded bun, wearing a slightly more practical lettuce-like off-the shoulder mini dress in the bathroom, a video captured Jennifer Lopez sauntering past. Yes, JLo in a blingy wig and feather boa brushed by Perry while she was changing in what appears to be the Met Gala bathroom. You just can’t make this stuff up, and it could only happen at the 2019 Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute Benefit in New York. As insiders know, the highlight of the party isn’t the celebrity-saturated red carpet show itself — it’s the interactions inside the event that deserve to be celebrated, and this magical video is one of them. The moment, a collision of two of the Internet’s favorites, is already picking up steam online, where people are already obsessed. > [](https://twitter.com/prissybaby%5F21/status/1125604097875415041) See the look complete with a purple wrapped cellophane toothpick. > [](https://twitter.com/PopAlarms/status/1125572225778589696) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5584820/katy-perry-jlo-met-gala-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5584820/katy-perry-jlo-met-gala-2019/"},"headline":"Jennifer Lopez Sauntering Past Hamburger-Clad Katy Perry in the Bathroom Is 2019 Met Gala Magic","datePublished":"2019-05-07T14:25:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:55.607Z","description":"The Internet is already in awe","url":"https://time.com/5584820/katy-perry-jlo-met-gala-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0677f823ab64567/6989498b929fad5550bf32ae/katy-perry-met-gala-2019-camp.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/blta0677f823ab64567/6989498b929fad5550bf32ae/katy-perry-met-gala-2019-camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Met Gala 2019 Katy Perry","caption":"Katy Perry attends The Met gala celebrating the opening of the \"Camp","creditText":"Charles Sykes—Invision/AP","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/5584820/katy-perry-jlo-met-gala-2019/","name":"Jennifer Lopez Sauntering Past Hamburger-Clad Katy Perry in the Bathroom Is 2019 Met Gala Magic"}}]}] ```