India, May 5 -- Lauren Sanchez Bezos, wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, took an unconventional route while preparing for the Met Gala 2026 , swapping traditional celebrity wellness routines for an intense firefighter training session with the New York Fire Department.

In a May 4 interview with Vogue, the former journalist revealed that she underwent real emergency-response drills ahead of fashion's biggest night. The training reportedly involved wearing heavy firefighter gear and crawling through smoke-filled obstacle courses designed to simulate life-saving rescue situations. (Also read: Manish Malhotra's Met Gala 2026 look is a heartfelt tribute to his 'work family' with cape featuring karigars' names )

Calling it "probably the most ...