Tuesday’s CBS Mornings was a great reminder of how far some segments of CBS News still have to go under it’s remaking to be a news outlet reflecting the center of the country because it certainly isn’t rhetorically drooling over the Met Gala honoring Monday night perhaps the single greatest achievement in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) bingo: a black, trans, quadriplegic with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair. Add that up, and that’s at least six if you were to include the fake woman part as “model and musician Ariana Rose Philip” is a man pretending to be a woman. CBS found this to be “quite a moment,” “stunning in black” and “very cool, very cool.” Tuesday’s ‘CBS Mornings’ fawned over the black, trans, quadriplegic with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair "Ariana Rose Philip" appearing at the Met Gala, calling it “quite a moment,” “stunning in black” and “very cool, very cool” CBS also touted a Meta Gala Costume Institute… pic.twitter.com/1oSwIj3Fvl — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) May 5, 2026 CBS unsurprisingly made extra time for the Met Gala compared to ABC and NBC because co-host Gayle King was, once again, in attendance as a celebrity scaling the steps (as opposed to someone covering it on the margins). With Christina Aguilera’s Glam playing as they came out of a commercial break, featured co-host Vladimir Duthiers said, “we’re going to keep the conversation going” about the Meta Gala by “show[ing] you some of the debuts that spoke to inclusion on the red carpet.” After first spotlighting “model and activist Lauren Wasser” and her nickname of The Girl With the Golden Legs, Duthiers pivoted to Philip: Let’s talk about model and musician Ariana Rose Philip who celebrated her first Gala. Philip — who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy — is recognized as the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to sign with a major agency. She said, “girls, I’ve made it.” “Very cool, very cool,” Duthiers remarked after reading this brief, to which King gushed it was “quite a moment.” Not to be left out in having to validate this moment seemingly first concocted at The Babylon Bee, co-host Nate Burleson had to offer his own fawning praise: “Stunning in all black!” CBS wasn’t done. Before continuing to talk about the Met Gala through the lens of actor Timothée Chalamet skipping festivities to attend the 76ers-Knicks playoff game, Duthiers had one more mind-blowing piece of DEI histrionics concerning an exhibit at the Met on mannequins:  So, Philip was one of the human models for mannequins at this popular Met Gala Costume Institute exhibit. The exhibit is called Costume Art, includes a handful of mannequins, bodies in wheelchairs, pregnant bodies, trans bodies, and bodies with missing limbs. The Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton says the goal of this year’s exhibit is to reclaim the body. Very cool. “Pregnant bodies,” CBS? Seriously? To see the relevant CBS transcript from May 5, click “expand.” CBS Mornings May 5, 2026 7:48 a.m. Eastern NATE BURLESON: Time now for What to Watch —  GAYLE KING: Watch. BURLESON: — with Vlad. VLADIMIR DUTHIERS: Don’t let the clothes wear you. KING: Yes, yes. DUTHIERS: Runway on fire. KING: Yes, yes. DUTHIERS: A little Christina Aguilera Glam to talk about the Met Gala. We’re going to keep that conversation going. We want to show you some of the debuts that spoke to inclusion on the red carpet. Check this out. Model and activist Lauren Wasser, nicknamed The Girl With the Golden Legs, was there in a gold Prabal Gurung suit. She lost both legs to toxic shock syndrome. She is an advocate for a bill promoting the safety of intimate products. Isn’t that cool —  KING: Yeah. DUTHIERS: — that she is known as The Girl With the Golden Legs? KING: Yes, yes, very glamorous. Yeah. DUTHIERS: Incredibly glamorous. Stunning. Stunning. BURLESON: Yeah. DUTHIERS: Let’s talk about model and musician Ariana Rose Philip who celebrated her first Gala. Philip — who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy — is recognized as the first black, transgender, and physically disabled model to sign with a major agency. She said, “girls, I’ve made it.” KING: Yeah. DUTHIERS: Very cool, very cool. KING: Quite a moment. BURLESON: Stunning in all black. DUTHIERS: So, Philip was one of the human models for mannequins at this popular Met Gala Costume Institute exhibit. The exhibit is called Costume Art, includes a handful of mannequins, bodies in wheelchairs, pregnant bodies, trans bodies, and bodies with missing limbs. The Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton says the goal of this year’s exhibit is to reclaim the body. Very cool. KING: Mmhmm. Mmhmm.