Lena Waithe: 'Black drag queens invented camp'

The Hollywood heavyweight used her Met Ball outfit to make a real statement.

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Lena Waithe made a statement with her look for the Met Gala. Source: Getty Images North America

Actor, writer and producer Lena Waithe is no stranger to making a statement on the red carpet.

At last year's 'Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination' Met Gala event, she wore an incredible rainbow cape, no doubt making a statement on the treatment of LGBTIQ+ people by the Catholic Church.

This year is no different, with Waithe embracing the Met Gala's 'An Exploration of Camp' theme, wearing a lavender tailor-made pin-striped Pyer Moss suit with the statement “Black drag queens invented camp” embroidered across the back.
Her date, Pyer Moss designer Kerby Jean-Raymond wore a matching look, with the statement "Fix your credit. Pool money. Buy back the block" written on the back of his blazer.

Sharing a snap on social media, Waithe wrote: “I came to slay, b****.”

And look, she's not wrong.

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By Samuel Leighton-Dore


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