The Met Gala raised a record $42 million as Silicon Valley picked up the tab—and as celebs protested Jeff Bezos' sponsoring of the event

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The Met Gala is usually packed to the brim with celebrities looking to show off their best iterations of each year’s theme. It’s an event where your stylist can make it or break it, and can even become celebrities of their own accord.

This year’s gala, however, saw a new type of celebrity take center stage: Silicon Valley.