BEST Met Gala 2023 Moments: Cardi B, Anne Hathaway, Halle Bailey & More

First determination was the fly at the 2020 vice statesmanlike debate. Then, determination was the spider astatine Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. Now, a cockroach is trying to scurry into the action.

Despite a parade of well-heeled stars astatine the 2023 Met Gala, each eyes were connected the six-legged uninvited impermanent climbing up the steps of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

After Variety shared a video of the cockroach crawling crossed the carpet and lensman Kevin Mazur captured the cameo, it wasn't agelong earlier the insect went viral.

"Omg!" 1 societal media idiosyncratic tweeted. "Who she wearing????" Asked another, "Did the lensman get its bully side?" Chimed successful a third, "It was the prima astatine the moment."

However, the cockroach's fame was short-lived arsenic the outlet aboriginal confirmed the bug had met its end—likely nether a brace of designer stilettos.

"It is with heavy sadness that we indispensable study the #MetGala cockroach was stepped on," Variety tweeted aboriginal that evening. "#RIP." 

But this wasn't the lone infinitesimal of the nighttime that near america all, um, floored. From pregnancy announcements and hair transformations to wardrobe changes and jaw-dropping outfits the Met Gala, which honored the precocious decorator Karl Lagerfeld this year, was afloat of unforgettable moments.