--- description: At the Met Gala, Jay Z pretended to propose to Beyoncé. title: Jay Z pretended to propose to Beyoncé at the Met Gala, and it was adorable image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7994bccf68fb466/69868e1c3bc999d0601a3537/488344427.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jay Z Pretending to Propose to Beyoncé Proves They're the World's Cutest Couple by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2014 4:24 PM CUT  Jay Z and Beyoncé attend the 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City. Jay Z and Beyoncé attend the 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York City.Jamie McCarthy / FilmMagic / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 6, 2014 4:24 PM CUT While Beyoncé was making her way down the red carpet at the annual Met Gala Monday night, one of her rings fell off her finger. Luckily, her devoted husband Jay Z located it and knelt down to retrieve it. Then he slipped the ring onto Bey’s finger in a mock proposal, much to the delight of the many photographers hovering nearby. Everyone loved this gesture, because it was Jay Z literally [putting a ring on it](http://cdn.sheknows.com/articles/2014/01/Beyonce/beyonce-hand.gif "undefined")! And also because it was adorable and proved once again that Jay and Bey are the most perfect, gorgeous, wonderful couple. And if you disagree, you might want to keep it to yourself, or else [the Beygency will come after you](http://time.com/87100/snl-beyonce-beygency-sketch/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/89471/jay-z-beyonce-met-gala-red-carpet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/89471/jay-z-beyonce-met-gala-red-carpet/"},"headline":"Jay Z Pretending to Propose to Beyoncé Proves They're the World's Cutest Couple","datePublished":"2014-05-06T16:24:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:26.889Z","description":"The sweetest moment at this year's Met Gala","url":"https://time.com/89471/jay-z-beyonce-met-gala-red-carpet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Beyonce","Jay-z","celebrity","Met Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7994bccf68fb466/69868e1c3bc999d0601a3537/488344427.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7994bccf68fb466/69868e1c3bc999d0601a3537/488344427.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Charles James: Beyond Fashion\" Costume Institute Gala","caption":"\"Charles James: Beyond Fashion\" Costume Institute Gala","creditText":"Jamie McCarthy / FilmMagic / 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/89471/jay-z-beyonce-met-gala-red-carpet/","name":"Jay Z Pretending to Propose to Beyoncé Proves They're the World's Cutest Couple"}}]}] ```