Celebs at the Met Gala Are Losing It Over Jared Leto’s Cat Costume

• Jared Leto pulled up to the 2023 Met Gala dressed as Karl Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette.
• The costume comprised a fluffy white suit with a cat head, complete with Choupette’s baby blue eyes. 
• Other celebrities like Doja Cat and Lil Nas X also channeled the feline with cat-inspired costumes.

While celebrities showed up to the 2023 Met Gala in elegant jewels and ballgowns, Jared Leto showed up dressed as a gigantic white cat.

In a homage to the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who inspired this year’s theme — “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” — Leto pulled up to the red carpet dressed as Lagerfeld’s cat, Choupette. 

The costume comprised a fluffy white suit with a fake cat head, complete with Choupette’s baby blue eyes.

The actor’s fluffy costume delighted other celebrities on the red carpet, including Anne Hathaway, who rushed up to hug Leto.

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Even after Leto’s wardrobe change, where he changed into a black dress with a bejeweled cape, he continued to hold the cat’s head with him. Talk show host Jimmy Fallon was seen giving the cat’s head an affectionate kiss on the nose.

Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner also posed for a picture with Leto-as-Choupette.

Lagerfeld adopted his famed Birman cat in 2011 when she was a 10-week-old kitten. She now has a following of 178,000 on Instagram, and is represented by Lucas Bérullier, of My Pet Agency, in Paris, per The New York Times.

Leto was not the only attendee to show up in feline garb. True to her name, Doja Cat channeled Choupette in an ornate white gown with cat ears, complete with prosthetics to make her features appear more cat-like.

And Lil Nas X blinded audiences by wearing just underwear and painting his whole body silver, with whisker-shaped jewels stuck on his face. He also sported long talon-like nail extensions. 

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Choupette has led a lavish life, flying in Lagerfeld’s private jet and eating from Goyard plates, per The Times.

While it was rumored that she would inherit the designer’s wealth after his death in 2019, a report by Bloomberg said that she would not be getting it directly.

Choupette also did not make it to the Met Gala, opting to “stay peacefully & cozy at home,” per an Instagram post on Monday.

“We pay tribute to my Daddy every day since his parting and we are very moved to see one more day dedicated to him,” the post’s caption read.

Representatives for Leto and Choupette did not immediately respond to Insider’s requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.