Doechii reacts to critics following Met Gala outburst
Doechii is reacting to critics who claim she was mistreating her team ahead of the 2025 Met Gala.
Questions arose after a clip surfaced on social media in which the rapper demanded more umbrellas to further hide her Met Gala look from surrounding fans and paparazzi.
"I'm ready ... no, stop, give me another umbrella, now," Doechii can be heard saying in the video, as she's blocked by an umbrella and rolling box made out of a clothing rack.
"And another one. Who has an umbrella? I need four f****** umbrellas," she continues. "Because they're gonna try to stick their f****** cameras in here."
She can also be heard shouting profanities as she tells her team to keep the umbrellas still.
Doechii later took to TikTok and made light of the situation, posting a video of herself with the song "Easy" by The Commodores.
"God forbid a girl needs more umbrellas," she wrote in text overlaid in the video.
In the caption, she wrote, "All jokes aside this was such an overstimulating night but I wouldn't trade it for the world!"
"This was the night we all dreamed of and my team killed it (umbrellas aside) 😭🥴," she added.
She also shared the video on her Instagram story, writing, "We've been dreaming about this Met for a long time and the theme this year is in such alignment with who I am what I stand for. it's nothing but God that this year was our debut," she continued. "Everyone killed it. We nailed the theme. and a time was had."
The Grammy Award winner made her Met Gala debut on Monday night in a look from Louis Vuitton, which was designed by Pharrell.
"I worked closely with Pharrell," Doechii told Vogue on Monday at the Met Gala, speaking about her look, which she said took months to create. "We were heavily inspired by Monica Miller's book and her exhibit. We studied a little bit on this character, Julius Soubise, which really stood out to me. And I felt very inspired by him tonight."
This year's Met Gala embraced a "Tailored for You" dress code -- a tribute to menswear and the exhibition's theme, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style."
See all the best looks from the night here.
