--- description: Sarah Paulson photobombed Tracee Ellis Ross on the 2019 Met Gala red carpet, turning herself into an undeniable meme. title: Sarah Paulson's 2019 Met Gala Photobomb Is the Candid Moment We Needed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfad4192c3ec09dcc/6989498ab3fce325940c392f/sarah-paulson-photo-bomb.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sarah Paulson's Brilliant 2019 Met Gala Photobomb Is the Candid Moment We All Needed  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 7, 2019 2:43 AM CUT  Sarah Paulson and Tracee Ellis Ross attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. Sarah Paulson and Tracee Ellis Ross attend The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City.Mike Coppola/MG19—Getty Images for The Met Museum  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 7, 2019 2:43 AM CUT [Sarah Paulson](http://time.com/5433710/bird-box-trailer-a-quiet-place/ "undefined") is no stranger to a red carpet. But at Monday night’s annual occasion of the [Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit](http://time.com/5581638/best-dressed-met-gala-2019/ "undefined"), Paulson’s red carpet moment also included a bit of an accidental photo bomb on her part. (At least, we presume it was accidental.) Photo bombs at the Met Gala are inevitable: the evening offers a crush of celebrities, from [Lady Gaga](http://time.com/5580073/lady-gaga-met-gala-2019/ "undefined") to the Kardashian-Jenner clan to not one but two Jonas brothers and their respective star actress wives, [Priyanka Chopra](http://time.com/5572816/priyanka-chopra-met-gala-2019/ "undefined") and [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/5584520/sophie-turner-met-gala-2019/ "undefined"). So perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise when celebrities end up in other stars’ red carpet pics, given the crowd. This time, Paulson was snapped trying to lean out of a photo of [Tracee Ellis Ross](http://time.com/5052044/tracee-ellis-ross-on-sexual-assault-kimmel/ "undefined"), who the actress was adjacent to during their turns down the carpet before entering the festivities within. Paulson, ever the dramatic actress, delivered an impressive side-eye to the camera as she attempted to evade Ross’s spotlight. This isn’t the first time the [_American Horror Story_](http://time.com/3820251/sarah-paulson-american-horror-story-hotel/ "undefined") star has become a photobomb meme at the Met Gala, either: in 2017, the actress was also spotted having a dramatic reaction in the background [upon spotting Madonna](https://celebrity.nine.com.au/2017/05/03/04/48/sarah-paulson-photobombs-madonna-at-met-gala "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/helenasbby/status/1125570181475049473) > [](https://twitter.com/paulsie4pres/status/1125567163467612160) > [](https://twitter.com/catebullcok/status/1125551686511222786) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5584634/sarah-paulson-met-gala-2019/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5584634/sarah-paulson-met-gala-2019/"},"headline":"Sarah Paulson's Brilliant 2019 Met Gala Photobomb Is the Candid Moment We All Needed","datePublished":"2019-05-07T02:43:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:55.444Z","description":"Sarah Paulson is a meme machine","url":"https://time.com/5584634/sarah-paulson-met-gala-2019/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Met Gala 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfad4192c3ec09dcc/6989498ab3fce325940c392f/sarah-paulson-photo-bomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfad4192c3ec09dcc/6989498ab3fce325940c392f/sarah-paulson-photo-bomb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Red Carpet","caption":"The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion - Red Carpet","creditText":"Mike Coppola/MG19—Getty Images for The Met Museum","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/5584634/sarah-paulson-met-gala-2019/","name":"Sarah Paulson's Brilliant 2019 Met Gala Photobomb Is the Candid Moment We All Needed"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best and Most Outrageous Looks of the 2019 Met Gala","description":"The Best and Most Outrageous Looks of the 2019 Met Gala","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/XEW1rXCU/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-05-07T03:21:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/XEW1rXCU.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5584634/sarah-paulson-met-gala-2019/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5584634/sarah-paulson-met-gala-2019/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```