Actress Critiques Elitist Met Gala, Demands Change

Australian-Peruvian actress Nathalie Kelly has taken to social media to slam the .

The 41-year-old Fast and the Furious star posted to her stories on Tuesday claiming that the A-list charity event was 'dystopian' and 'elitist'.

Hosted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in on Monday, the evening saw stars , , Miranda Kerr and walk the red carpet.

'Seeing all the Met Gala coverage and is so elitist and dystopian,' Kelly said in her post.

She continued on a more optimistic note, 'Luckily I am feeling hopeful about the advances being made in natural fibres, ethical factories, etc.'

Kelly put in a plug for The Fashion Stitch podcast which looks at sustainability and promotes reform in the fashion industry.

Known as an environmental activist alongside her acting career, Kelly used a photo of herself posing on the banks of a creek bed in the post.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, also known as the Met Gala,

The theme of this year's event – widely considered the Super Bowl of celebrity red carpets - is 'Costume Art'.

The dress code calls on the A-list attendees to explore how designers use the human body as a blank canvas.

Hosted by former Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who is , it has earned a reputation for being the top event among Hollywood and fashion's elite.

But this year, the event has become shrouded in scandal, with many expressing their outrage even before it began over the involvement of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, 62, and his wife Lauren Sanchez, 56, who .

And when the ball kicked off on Monday evening, devastated fans took to social media to blast this year's Met Gala, branding it as the 'worst' one ever, . 

The event was noticeably missing many big names who had become Met Gala regulars, such as Zendaya and Billie Eilish, and instead, was .