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Megan Stalter has dominated pop culture headlines this week thanks to an explosive and polarizing turn at the 2025 MTV VMAs, where she made her presence known long before the show even started with a red carpet look so outrageous it landed her on Glam's worst-dressed list. To say her outfit was bold is putting it mildly; Glam described her look as "costumey" and compared it to a "multi-tiered cake" or an off-color chandelier, though they did toss her nail art and Dunkin coffee cup purse a few points for charm. Stalter has never shied from a sartorial risk, and according to Entertainment Now, her ensemble was the talk of the pre-show, commanding attention from every camera, attendee, and social media feed.
Inside the VMAs, Stalter doubled down on her irreverent humor with a branded stunt that blurred the line between live comedy and advertising. As reported by Ads of the World, she starred in a pre-taped Dunkin campaign, dashing through the UBS Arena to find a strawberry dragonfruit Refresher, her antics culminating in a live bit where she and a Dunkin barista swaggered through the crowd in matching outfits. The creative partnership with Paramount Brand Studio and Director Laura Murphy received industry buzz, with Murphy hailing Stalter as a "comedic genius" and Dunkin leaning hard into the synergy.
But not everything landed. The Express notes that Stalter's VMAs stage presentation, donning an outfit resembling a Dunkin cup, split the room. Viewers on X, formerly Twitter, called her performance "cringey" and "unwatchable," lamenting her offbeat comedic timing despite her popularity as a Netflix and HBO star. Some accused her of failing to channel the viral oddball persona that launched her, while others online praised her for committing to the bit in a sea of formulaic presenters. According to Variety’s coverage via social media recaps, she was tasked with introducing a performance, offering up rapid-fire jokes, self-deprecating jabs, and banter that polarized fans and critics alike.
Away from televised chaos, AOL covered Stalter's July 15 appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she rocked knee-length, strawberry-blonde hair and a DIY statement shirt trumpeting "Meg Stalter is the prettiest girl in America." She joked about sewing it together in the car because, as she put it, so many people said it was true—so why not put it on a shirt? Her candid riff on Ozempic and weight-loss drugs made its way into social feeds, with Stalter bluntly criticizing the trend in a viral podcast clip, earning her both new fans and detractors for her unfiltered honesty about celebrity body image standards.
No new business ventures have been confirmed in traditional press, despite ongoing speculation and her tongue-in-cheek public pitches to brands like Diet Coke, according to the QP Daily Audio Biography podcast. Her live tour remains a hot ticket, with performances selling briskly as she capitalizes on the post-VMAs attention. The sum of her recent visibility—whether through fashion, advertising, viral memes, or divisive stage humor—cements Stalter as the rare comedic force who thrives at the intersection of chaos, spectacle, and genuine weirdness, all while keeping fans and critics wondering what she’ll do next.
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