A video of Doechii about to walk the carpet into the Met Gala has started gaining attention due to the entertainer’s saturn tone when addressing her team. Multiple people are calling her out for being mean and aggressive, some even claiming she’s calling people out their name in the heat of the moment. While the video doesn’t show her calling anyone any names, her tone is assertive and direct, demaiding that her team cover her with umbrellas to shield her from paparazzi.
The video shows Doechii dressed in her Met Gala outfit styled by Louis Vuitton at the front of the elevator when it opens. Immediately, she notices paparazzi in front of her and you can see her scurrying away trying to hide from the cameras. Her crew rolls out a portable changing room on wheels and she directs them to bring her umbrellas to go over the top. It’s here you can hear her telling the staff to bring her more [expletive] umbrellas, starting the rumors of her calling her employees out their names.
While Doechii’s tone wasn’t the sweetest, it matched the stress and frustration she might feel being caught off guard by paparazzi and exposing her outfit before she was ready. These nights take a year’s worth of planning to put together, and most celebrities know to bring a jack of some sort to hide what they’re wearing before they get to the gala. This is Doechii’s first year at the event and she was clearly underprepared. That’s to be expected as someone learns the ropes of these types of events. What some people aren’t expecting, or aren’t prepared for, is how someone in charge is going to respond when things don’t go as they expected, or what happens when they don’t know what to expect.
Doechii has been an independent artist releasing music on Youtube for years before her recent blow up. Her current style and appearance is carefully curated through years of hardwork and dedication to her craft, and her ability to lead a team of people in stressful situations. Her voice was the loudest in that stressful moment, as to be expected from someone who has worked as hard in the industry as she has. She knows how to direct those around her and while it didn’t sound pleasant in the moment, it lead to a team of people knowing exactly how to fix their mistake and ensured that the rest of the night went smoothly.