--- title: Met Gala 2023: Doja Cat Channels Lagerfeld's Cat Choupette description: The artist showed up on the red carpet meowing in a prosthetic cat nose, while the real Choupette stayed cozy at home. canonical: https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/ author: Mariah Espada article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-05-02T00:08:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-19T07:15:38.098Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Doja Cat Channels Lagerfeld's Cat Choupette at Met Gala og:description: The artist showed up on the red carpet meowing in a prosthetic cat nose, while the real Choupette stayed cozy at home og:url: https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96590c22906623f1/698a3c7d09208f056d41a4f0/met-gala-looks-2023-doja-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1601 og:image:height: 901 og:image:alt: met-gala-looks-2023-doja-cat og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Doja Cat Channels Lagerfeld's Cat Choupette at Met Gala twitter:description: The artist showed up on the red carpet meowing in a prosthetic cat nose, while the real Choupette stayed cozy at home twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96590c22906623f1/698a3c7d09208f056d41a4f0/met-gala-looks-2023-doja-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:01 video:published: 2023-05-02 section: style topics: red carpet photography, posing directions, fashion looks, camera angles, outfit display, celebrity arrivals genre: event coverage, red carpet footage tones: playful, energetic, celebratory emotions: excitement (medium), amusement (low), approval (medium) sentiment: positive audience: fashion enthusiasts, red carpet viewers, style readers, entertainment followers people: Mr. Leto, Nuz transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Doja Cat Channels Karl Lagerfeld's Beloved Cat Choupette at the 2023 Met Gala > Sponsored content. 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This year’s Met Gala theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, inspired several gorgeous and outrageous outfits worn in homage to the late designer’s work—as well as a number of feline looks paying tribute to Lagerfeld’s 11-year-old Birman cat, Choupette._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary The video is a short red carpet clip that shows people posing and turning for the camera at an event. Speakers call out directions such as turning around and showing the outfit from another angle. Remarks about who is winning and sliding ahead appear near the end. The transcript itself offers little detail beyond these short lines of direction and reaction. ## Key points - A speaker asks someone named Mr. Leto to turn toward the camera. (00:30) - Repeated calls of 'This way!' direct the subject to face the camera from different angles. (00:36) - A speaker tells someone named Nuz that they win tonight. (00:41) - A speaker jokes about sliding ahead of another person. (00:45) - A speaker asks for the shoulder to be opened, referring to how the outfit is displayed. (00:48) - Speakers react with excitement, saying 'Come on, look at that!' and 'this is a good thing!' (00:50) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:30] Opening before the photo calls. The transcript has no spoken lines in this opening stretch. - [00:30 to 00:53] Directing poses and reacting to looks. Speakers direct subjects to turn and pose for the camera, then react with praise and playful remarks about winning. - [00:53 to 01:01] Closing. The transcript has no spoken lines in this closing stretch. ## Key quotes - [00:36] photographer: "This way!" - [00:41] photographer: "Wow Nuz, you win tonight!" - [00:45] photographer: "Oh, I slid ahead of you like that!" - [00:48] photographer: "Open the shoulder!" - [00:53] photographer: "Come on, this is a good thing!" ## Questions this video answers - How do the speakers direct the subjects to pose for the camera? [00:30] - Who is described as winning tonight? [00:41] - What adjustment is requested for the outfit's shoulder? [00:48] - How do the speakers react to the looks being photographed? [00:50]  by [Mariah Espada](https://time.com/author/mariah-espada/)  ## Mariah Espada May 2, 2023 12:08 AM UTC This year’s Met Gala theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, inspired several gorgeous and outrageous outfits worn in homage to the late designer’s work—as well as a number of feline looks paying tribute to Lagerfeld’s 11-year-old Birman cat, Choupette.  by [Mariah Espada](https://time.com/author/mariah-espada/)  ## Mariah Espada May 2, 2023 12:08 AM UTC The rapper Doja Cat attended her first Met Gala on May 1, dressed as Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved cat Choupette. This year’s theme for the annual gala is “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” a tribute to the late Chanel creative director who died in 2019\. > [](https://twitter.com/21metgala/status/1653177325096165378) The 27-year-old artist, who was recently named one of [TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269994/doja-cat-2023/), was seen leaving her New York City hotel [surrounded by umbrellas](https://twitter.com/DiamondsOnShai/status/1653163937381208064) before arriving at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the event is held every year. > [](https://twitter.com/DiamondsOnShai/status/1653163937381208064) She graced the red carpet with a floor-length silver jeweled gown that covered her head with cat ears, alongside a prosthetic cat nose and cat claw nails. She even [meowed](https://twitter.com/joudalmd/status/1653180819458990080) when speaking to Vogue host LaLa Anthony. > [](https://twitter.com/joudalmd/status/1653180819458990080) The internet quickly reacted not only to the artist’s look, but also to her being seen vaping on the carpet. > [](https://twitter.com/belairbbe/status/1653177998571446277) The real Choupette, whose attendance at the Gala had been rumored, announced via her Instagram ahead of the event that she “preferred to stay peacefully & cozy at home.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/"},"headline":"Doja Cat Channels Karl Lagerfeld's Beloved Cat Choupette at the 2023 Met Gala","datePublished":"2023-05-02T00:08:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-19T07:15:38.098Z","description":"The artist showed up on the red carpet meowing in a prosthetic cat nose, while the real Choupette stayed cozy at home","url":"https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/","keywords":["fashion","culturepod"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96590c22906623f1/698a3c7d09208f056d41a4f0/met-gala-looks-2023-doja-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mariah Espada","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mariah-espada/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96590c22906623f1/698a3c7d09208f056d41a4f0/met-gala-looks-2023-doja-cat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"met-gala-looks-2023-doja-cat","caption":"","creditText":"John Shearer—WireImage/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":"https://time.com/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/fashion/","name":"fashion"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/","name":"Doja Cat Channels Karl Lagerfeld's Beloved Cat Choupette at the 2023 Met Gala"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Cats Dominated the 2023 Met Gala Red Carpet","description":"This year’s Met Gala theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty, inspired several gorgeous and outrageous outfits worn in homage to the late designer’s work—as well as a number of feline looks paying tribute to Lagerfeld’s 11-year-old Birman cat, Choupette.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/9XxUx9j1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-05-02T06:13:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/9XxUx9j1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/6276231/doja-cat-choupette-met-gala-2023/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```