Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow continues proving his fashion side is certainly no phase at the 2026 Met Gala
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow showed up at the Met Gala for a second straight year alongside Minnesota Vikings wide receiver and former LSU teammate Justin Jefferson.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, fresh off attending the Kentucky Derby with his parents, made another appearance at the Met Gala.
Burrow pulled up in a dark blue suit for the annual charity event and fundraiser for The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson, who played with Burrow at LSU from 2018-19, posed for the camera alongside Cincy’s franchise QB.
Joe Burrow becoming a regular at the Met
What is the Met Gala?
The Met Gala is culturally known as a huge night for celebrities to show off extravagant outfits, but its purpose is to raises significant funds for the Met’s Art’s Costume Institute.
- The Met Gala marks the opening of the department’s spring fashion exhibition.
- Approximately $31 million was raised from last year’s Met Gala, the largest sum in the 77-year history of the event.
- This year’s theme is “Fashion is Art.”
This is the second year in a row Burrow has popped up at the Met. He wore a light blue suit in his debut appearance last year.
Burrow’s first big foray into the fashion world came in 2024 when he pulled off a backless suit that turned everyone’s heads.
Even long before his stardom, it’s been a part of his life.
“My mom was in fashion merchandising when I was little, so she’s always played a role in that,” Burrow said in Episode 2 of Netflix’s “Quarterback” series. “Buying school clothes, and she would always get me colorful shirts that I would like to wear.”
Burrow’s mother, Robin, would agree.
“I mean, honestly, I feel like from the time he was kind of little he was always a little bit particular about his clothes,” Robin said during the episode. “He liked what he liked for sure. I think it’s exciting that he shows his personality in those ways.”
Burrow and the Bengals will be entering Phase 2 of the offseason workout program in the coming days, starting with rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday.
