Katy Perry is going viral again just weeks after her ‘cringey’ Blue Origin space trip sparked incredible online backlash.

However, the Teenage Dream hitmaker can take a sigh of relief as she isn’t getting any flack this go around.

Despite being absent from Monday’s star-studded Met Gala, Perry was declared ‘best dressed’ after AI-generated pH๏τos of her at the event began circulating on X.

The realistic images show Perry modeling a skinтιԍнт black latex gown with a cut-out pinstripe blazer bodice on the museum’s iconic staircase.

The edgy getup looked incredible on the fake Katy Perry, who many on social media believed was actually the star.

Fans said that Perry’s look was the ‘outfit of the night’ — placing her above actual attendees like Kim Kardashian, Rihanna and Gigi Hadid.

AI-generated images of Katy Perry at the 2025 Met Gala are going viral after the star failed to attend the star-studded event for the second year in a row

The fake pH๏τos of Perry were so convincing that fans believed they were actually of her at the Met Gala

Fans said that Perry’s look was the ‘outfit of the night’ — placing her above actual attendees like Kim Kardashian , Rihanna and Gigi Hadid

Several even began referring to Perry as the ‘Queen of the Met Gala’ after coming across the AI pH๏τos. 

While many were fooled, Perry’s most devoted fans were quick to identify the images as being AI-generated.

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One X user pointed out a ‘sloppy’ detail on Perry’s waist in one sH๏τ, which saw the dress become one with her skin, that proved the pH๏τos were fake.

Fans also noted that Perry was not on the Met Gala’s leaked guest list and that she most likely did not attend because she is preparing to start the North American leg of her Lifetimes Tour this week.

AI images of Perry also went viral online last year when she skipped the 2024 Met Gala.

Fans created stunning fake pH๏τos of her at the annual invite-only soiree in a dramatic floral gown that quickly gained traction across X, Instagram and Reddit.

Perry took the AI images in stride, posting two of the fakes of ‘her’ on Instagram at the time, along with a text from her mom, who was one of the many who were fooled. 

‘Couldn’t make it to the MET, had to work,’ Perry said in the caption of the post, sent out to her 207 million followers.

Several even began referring to Perry as the ‘Queen of the Met Gala’ after coming across the AI pH๏τos

AI images of Perry also went viral online last year when she skipped the 2024 Met Gala 

The images were so convincing that even Perry’s own mom, Mary Hudson, was tricked  

Perry took the AI images in stride, posting two of the fakes of ‘her’ on Instagram at the time 

The text from her mom Mary read, ‘Ha Feather! Didn’t know you went to the Met. What a gorgeous gown. You look like the Rose Parade, you are your own float lol.’

Mary’s text also included one of the faked pH๏τos, but Perry responded to the text, ‘lol mom the AI got you too, BEWARE!’ 

Perry has not attended the Met Gala, often referred to as fashion’s biggest night, since 2022. 

Since making her Met Gala debut in 2009, the Grammy Award nominee has attended the invite-only event nine times.

Along with Perry, a slew of A-list guests were also absent from the 2025 event.

Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lady Gaga, Blake Lively, Bella Hadid and Beyonce did not attend.

Fashion’s biggest night out took place on Monday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The event has a theme each year, with this year’s theme as ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,’ inspired by Monica Miller’s work, which includes her book Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Idenтιтy.

Monica is the chair of Africana Studies at Barnard College, as well as a professor at the insтιтute.

Perry has not attended the Met Gala, often referred to as fashion’s biggest night, since 2022; seen at the 2022 Met Gala

The Grammy Award nominee has attended the invite-only event nine times; seen at the 2019 Met Gala

According to Monica, Black dandyism is ‘a strategy and a tool to rethink idenтιтy, to reimagine the self in a different context.

‘To really push a boundary – especially during the time of enslavement, to really push a boundary on who and what counts as human, even,’ via Vogue.

The accompanying exhibit showcases everything from garments to paintings, pH๏τographs, and video, all spotlighting the fashion of Black men.

The 2025 gala theme focused on menswear, 22 years after the ‘Men In Skirts’ theme – which was the first gala to focus only on menswear.

The Met Gala 2025 was co-chaired by Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour, with Lebron James as the honorary chair.

The guest list for the annual soiree was leaked just hours before kick off.