00:00Introducing our new red carpet host for the Met Gala 2026.
00:04Am I late?
00:05You won't see pee time.
00:06I mean, I mean, come on friend, come on friend.
00:08We are here with the one and the only Miss Kayla Walker.
00:17Kayla Walker here for the SEs with Essence at the Met Gala,
00:22where fashion is art and black culture shows out like no other.
00:27Shall we go?
00:34Now, this is just the first look, y'all.
00:36Don't get too comfortable because we want to switch it up.
00:39Everybody is at home talking about the Met Gala comfortably on their couch in their sweats and like,
00:45I wouldn't have wore that.
00:46No, you couldn't because you can't.
00:47Do you understand what it is to wear this dress for 12 hours or how much work goes into these
00:53looks?
00:54This is not just a gala.
00:56It is a costume ball.
00:58People must show up and they must show out and they must be bold.
01:02Tonight is fashion is art.
01:03So you make a statement in your style.
01:05What will your fashion say about you?
01:07What will your look say?
01:09That's what the Met Gala is about, evoking a feeling.
01:13Love it.
01:14Hate it.
01:15But you got to feel it.
01:16I know y'all only think of women and what they got going on and Kayla looks fantastic.
01:20But the men kind of need some love too.
01:23Haircuts, custom pieces.
01:25And to be very honest, like we don't really get the proper care and treatment and love and respect that
01:32we do.
01:33One time for the fellas to show up and show out for the Met Gala.
01:36It's not all about women.
01:38Diamonds are forever, forever, forever.
01:43Why am I looking at this?
01:46They said fashion is art.
01:48But baby.
01:48Baby.
01:49Hello, hi.
01:50She understood the assignment.
01:51The assignment is understood.
01:53Look at you.
01:53Glammed up, dolled up, moisturized.
01:56What do you most likely look forward to seeing this year on the Met Gala carpet?
02:01Like what are we, what's going on?
02:03I look forward to seeing us on the carpet.
02:04Not just us, but like the black elegance, the black brilliance, the black glamour and how we show up and
02:11show up.
02:11Because you talk about trendsetters?
02:12Yeah.
02:13You talk about when we step on that carpet, people take notes.
02:15Come on.
02:16And they copy and they paste in their style throughout the year.
02:18So I can't wait to see us on that carpet.
02:21And who this year are you most looking forward to seeing?
02:25It goes without saying, the queen is back.
02:29Beyonce is back in her rightful place.
02:31It's been a decade.
02:33Ten years and the queen is returning to the Met Gala as a co-chair, which means she is in
02:39charge of curating the guest list, the energy, the experience.
02:42She's standing right beside Anna Wintour as a host this year.
02:45So it's going to be an amazing.
02:47Big B.
02:48Big B.
02:49Never the little.
02:50Never the little bit.
02:51Now we have tonight, our 2026 Met Gala red carpet host.
02:5713 years in a row.
02:58First year here with Essence.
02:59The one.
03:00The only.
03:01The one.
03:01The one.
03:01The one.
03:02The one!
03:06Let's go.
03:07Kayla Walker here with Essence.
03:09For you Essies, We are hitting the red carpet where fashion is art and we are showing
03:13up and showing out.
03:14Let's do it shall we?
03:16We shall.
03:19I kinda want Anna.
03:20Back in the morning.
03:21I think we can get Anna.
03:22I kinda want Anna.
03:23She's a lot nicer these days.
03:24Let's see it.
03:25I think so.
