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Michael B. Jordan penned a heartfelt tribute on Monday evening to “Black Panther” co-star Chadwick Boseman, following the 43-year-old actor’s shocking death.

Jordan took to Instagram where he shared an in-depth post about their close friendship along with a series of photos of the two friends.

“I’ve been trying to find the words, but nothing comes close to how I feel,” Jordan wrote.

“I’ve been reflecting on every moment, every conversation, every laugh, every disagreement, every hug…everything. I wish we had more time.”

The two actors starred together in “Black Panther,” a Marvel film where Boseman’s character, King T’Challa, faced off against the villain Erik Killomonger, played by Jordan.

The 33-year-old actor recalled one of the final conversations he had with Boseman before he died of colon cancer.

“One of the last times we spoke, you said we were forever linked, and now the truth of that means more to me than ever.”

Years before the two friends appeared together on screen, Boseman turned down a role on “All My Children” because of the stereotypical description of the character. Jordan ended up being recast in the role at the age of 16.

“Since nearly the beginning of my career, starting with All My Children when I was 16 years old you paved the way for me,” said Jordan.

“You showed me how to be better, honor purpose, and create legacy. And whether you’ve known it or not…I’ve been watching, learning and constantly motivated by your greatness. I wish we had more time.”

“The thing that hurts the most is that I now understand how much of a legend and hero YOU are… I wish we had more time,” Jordan said.

“I’m more aware now than ever that time is short with people we love and admire. I’m gonna miss your honesty, your generosity, your sense of humor, and incredible gifts. I’ll miss the gift of sharing space with you in scenes.”

Jordan concluded his tribute, “I’m dedicating the rest of my days to live the way you did. With grace, courage, and no regrets. “Is this your king!?” Yes . he . is! Rest In Power Brother.”

Sienna Miller and Lucas Zwirner have split up, sources exclusively told Page Six.

There had recently been buzz in the art world and Hollywood that the couple — who were reportedly engaged — had called things off. A source told us that Miller broke off the relationship with Zwirner, who is nine years her junior, though it’s unclear why.

Reps for Miller and for Zwirner’s gallery, in New York and London, did not respond to multiple calls and e-mails seeking comment on Monday.

Zwirner reportedly popped the question back in January. At a portrait studio at the Sundance Film Festival that month, where the actress debuted her latest film, “Wander Darkly,” co-starring Diego Luna, Miller was photographed sporting what looked like an engagement ring. Various paparazzi pics captured her wearing the ring as recently as July.

But the very private pair never publicly confirmed the engagement after a year of dating.

Miller, 38, has been engaged twice before: to Jude Law and actor Tom Sturridge, with whom she remains friendly and shares a daughter. She’s also been romantically linked to indie director Bennett Miller and actors Balthazar Getty, Josh Hartnett and Rhys Ifans.

Zwirner, 29, is the scion of his father’s powerhouse art gallery, David Zwirner, and he oversees its publishing house.

Sources said that the relationship between Miller and Zwirner had previously hit a rough patch before they purportedly got engaged.

They were most recently photographed together last month, running errands.

During their courtship, New York party people had clocked Miller and Zwirner around town when they were clearly deeply smitten. They also attended the starry wedding of Ellie Goulding and Caspar Jopling together last year, as well as a pre-Met Gala event.

But a source said that if they’ve parted ways for good, Miller would bounce back, adding, “She is awesome.”

LeToya Luckett said that she slept in a car and lived on microwave noodles after leaving hit girl group Destiny’s Child.

Luckett was part of the world-famous group, which launched Beyoncé, through the release of its blockbuster second album, “The Writing’s on the Wall.” But she exited in 2000 amid a nasty battle with the band’s manager, and Bey’s father, Mathew Knowles.

Speaking on Instagram Live on Sunday, Luckett said that because of the group’s early success, she hadn’t gone to college, and also found herself struggling to build a new path in show business. “I was staying at people’s houses … I slept in a car in LA while I was making my first [solo] album. Not a lot of nights, but a few.”

Luckett, who was 18 at the time of her 1999 exit, also said she had an extended stay in a hotel and ate Oodles of Noodles to survive — “cooking them on a coffee pot at the hotel.” She tearfully said that landing the lead role in the 2010 movie “Preacher’s Kid” finally “got me out of the hotel.”

In 2018, Beyoncé and Luckett reunited when Luckett attended the singer’s “On the Run II” tour stop in Arlington, Texas, according to photos of the meeting.

Star Jones is co-hosting a virtual fund-raiser for Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris on Tuesday — and sent out an e-mail Monday asking friends to “max out for Kamala” at the event.

“I’m writing to encourage you to support my friend of 30 years, Sen. Kamala Harris,” the former “View” host wrote. She said she’s co-hosting with singer Andra Day and “other longtime friends and supporters.”

Harris is expected to speak at the event. Tickets start at $2,800. Supporters who fork over $100,000 can join and participate in a private pre-event reception with Harris.

Cardi B revealed that she really wanted Lizzo to appear in the infamous “WAP” video.

“I’m cool with Lizzo and everything. Like, we’ve been sending DMs to each other and all that. But she was on vacation and she wasn’t in town. I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ because I had a whole vision about how I want to see Lizzo and everything,” she told Hot 97.

“It was so important to me to include different women that are different races and come from different backgrounds, but are so powerful and influential.”

The song and its video — which made headlines when it debuted in August because of its risque lyrics — featured Megan Thee Stallion, Kylie Jenner, Normani and Doja Cat.

Hailey Bieber has lifted the mask on her pop star husband’s skin struggles.

“Justin was struggling a bit with acne. I tried to help him clear that and get that under control and it is working. It’s gone, and he’s really happy,” she told Elle online.

She added, “I give him all of the tips that I use personally, and I’ve given him products that I use. I’m always big on keeping your skin hydrated. It’s taken him a while, though.”

She did admit some beauty “backlash.” “My husband usually has way longer lashes than I do, and I get really annoyed,” she said.

Hailey also dished about their life in quarantine, and revealed she has taken dermatology courses. “I find it interesting, and I really care about my skin and what goes into it,” she said. We can only imagine a beauty line is soon to follow?

The inmate who recently attacked R. Kelly in his Chicago jail cell has “F–k the Feds” tattooed to his face and tried to stab the disgraced R&B artist with a pen, court records showed Monday.

The “Ignition” crooner was sleeping in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center last Wednesday when the “violent” inmate crept in and started “stomping on [Kelly’s] head, repeatedly,” according to a motion filed by Kelly’s attorney Steven Greenberg asking the court to release him on bail.

Greenberg alleged the inmate also had “an ink pen with him that he was going to use to stab Mr. Kelly” but others grabbed him before he could use it.

“This is an inmate that never should have been anywhere near Mr. Kelly, an individual who is charged with the most violent of crimes, and one who plainly has no respect for the rules, he has the phrase ‘Fu** The Feds’ tattooed on his face,” Greenberg’s motion went on.

Greenberg said Kelly “mostly remains in his cell… to ensure his own safety” but jail officials placed him in solitary confinement following the attack because it was the only way he could be protected. It’s not clear if Kelly is still in solitary confinement.

The inmate who attacked the singer was allegedly upset over recent lockdowns caused by pro-R Kelly protests outside of the jail, Greenberg said.

“To-date, there have been at least a half-dozen of these displays of support outside of the MCC, always peaceful,” the attorney wrote in the motion.

“These unnecessary institutional lockdowns have needlessly promoted animosity towards Mr. Kelly. Notably, the institution does not go into lockdown during other, violent, downtown protests or during citywide looting.”

Kelly’s legal team has repeatedly petitioned the courts to release him on bail as he awaits trial on a series of child sex abuse charges but all of those requests have been denied.

Following the attack, Greenberg took up that fight again Monday and proposed having the artist live in an apartment with his girlfriend close to the courthouse and with electronic monitoring.

The government and the judge presiding over the case are yet to file responses to the motion.

Katy Perry struck a pose in underwear and a pumping bra just days after giving birth.

Four days after welcoming daughter Daisy Dove with fiancé Orlando Bloom, the “Smile” singer, 35, shared the photo Sunday as the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards aired.

“Hair n makeup by @exhaustion,” Perry jokingly captioned the post on her Instagram story, also giving shoutouts to breast pump brand Medela for her pumping bra and Frida Mom for her postpartum underwear.

Perry also noted the name of her new song, “Not the End of the World,” in the photo.

Last week, Perry and Bloom, 43, announced the birth of their first child, sharing a black-and-white photo of their little one’s hand on Instagram.

Perry, who revealed her pregnancy in March, has been engaged to Bloom since February 2019.

Although Perry has been part of the VMAs in the past, this year’s ceremony looked vastly different due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Page Six exclusively revealed Sunday that many of the show’s performances, award presentations and red carpet interviews had been pre-recorded

Keke Palmer served as this year’s VMAs host.

She’s having a boy!

Emma Roberts confirmed the news that she is, in fact, pregnant by posting a series of photos on Instagram displaying her baby bump alongside boyfriend Garrett Hedlund.

The 29-year-old “Scream Queens” actress can be seen posing in a white dress, beaming on a sun-drenched couch as Garrett wraps his arms around her.

“Me…and my two favorite guys 💙💙” Roberts wrote on Instagram, confirming that the baby is a boy.

Her aunt, Julia Roberts, commented on the post, saying: “Love you 😘.”

Emma Roberts previously dated actor Evan Peters for years until they called it quits for good in March 2019.

“Tron” star Hedlund, meanwhile, dated Kirsten Dunst for four years, but they broke up in 2016.

It wasn’t an awards show that will go down in history — no sexy snakes, three-way kissing, pregnancy reveals or tantrums here — but the 2020 MTV VMAs had some performances that helped satiate the world’s yearning for live music.

Many of the performances felt like glorified music videos rather than live entertainment, though especially since a handful were pre-taped in different locations rather than the originally-planned Barclays Center. And as a result, there seemed be even more lip-syncing going on than usual.

But still, the best in the biz brought it, providing a much-needed distraction from the never-ending cycle of doom and gloom.

Here are some of the standout performances at the 2020 VMAs.

The Weeknd

The first performance of the main show quickly upped the ante from the pre-show, with a bloody-faced The Weeknd performing his No. 1 hit “Blinding Lights” from over 1,000 feet in the air at the Edge in Hudson Yards. It was a stunning opener with the cityscape as his backdrop, with helicopters circling, so much so that you hardly missed the fact that there weren’t any fans in the audience to watch him. After the whole thing ended with a fireworks display, it was hard to imagine there being a better opener than that if the awards show had gone on at Barclays Center, as originally intended.

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande

Boy oh boy, did the VMAs need Lady Gaga this year. And she needed them right back. After her much-anticipated album “Chromatica” came out in May, Gaga wasn’t able to do any of the usual promotion and performances to pump up her latest LP. You could feel that she’s been waiting for that moment to really do it justice — and she finally got it performing “911,” “Stupid Love” and “Rain on Me,” her No. 1 duet with Ariana Grande, with whom she led all VMAs nominees with nine nods.

Lewis Capaldi

The pre-show was pretty meh, with most of the performances looking like canned videos, making you long for the pre-COVID days when they would perform on top of the Radio City Music Hall marquee. But the 23-year-old Scotsman brought some real soul and live energy to the proceedings with a stripped-down performance of “Before You Go” that made you realize he wasn’t a one-hit-wonder with “Someone You Loved.” He’s the kind of powerful, passionate singer who didn’t need any of the bells and whistles that typically put the razzle-dazzle in the VMAs. This was pure talent and artistry that you might expect to see more at the Grammys.

Maluma

In any other year, Maluma’s performance of his new single “Hawai” might not have stood out. But the Colombian reggaeton star made the best of this year’s production challenges brought on by the pandemic by performing at a drive-in location in Brooklyn backed by a troupe of mask-wearing dancers. He even went into the “audience” to bring his sexy swag closer to the socially distanced cars. It felt more “live” than just about anything else in the show up to that point. And his reward for his performance? He won the Best Latin VMA for “Que Pena” with his fellow Colombian J Balvin. All in all, it was a good night for Maluma.

Miley Cyrus

Singing her new song “Midnight Sky,” Cyrus started off her performance slow, simply writhing in a slinky dress and dancing while holding onto her mic. But as the Queen of the VMAs typically does, she turned things up a notch by recreating her now-iconic 2013 music video, “Wrecking Ball,” this time straddling a giant disco ball. After ascending a giant staircase, she stripped down to panties and hopped on, working some of her old moves with a fresh take.

It wasn’t the way it used to be. Then again, nothing is in 2020.

After the 2020 MTV VMAs were moved from Barclays Center to various outdoor locations in the city — as well as remotes from Los Angeles and, for K-pop sensations BTS, South Korea — it was clear that this wasn’t going to look or feel like any other VMAs.

And it didn’t. As the first major live awards show in the COVID era, it didn’t have the same energy that we’re used to from one of the biggest nights in show biz.

But still, the show — hosted by “Hustlers” actress-singer Keke Palmer — had to go on. And thanks mostly to the Weeknd, who won Video of the Year for “Blinding Lights,” and Lady Gaga, who picked up the most Moonpersons with four, it had its moments. But in the end, like much of 2020, this will go down as a VMAs to forget.

Best: The Weeknd’s speech

The Weeknd didn’t need to do anything else after his show-opening performance that set the bar ridiculously higher — literally, more than 1,000 feet in the air — than few performers not named Gaga could match. But when he won Best R&B Video for “Blinding Lights,” the humble star shined a light on the social issues going on that are far bigger than the VMAs. “It’s really hard for me to celebrate right now and enjoy this moment,” he said. “So I’m just gonna say ‘Justice for Jacob Blake’ and ‘Justice for Breonna Taylor.’ ” No doubt, it was a moment that was beyond the music — and important enough to say it a second time when he won Video of the Year.

Best: Chadwick Boseman dedication

Such has been the twisted year that is 2020 that it started off with the Grammys having to go on the night after Kobe Bryant died — in the very same place where he had his Los Angeles Lakers home. In another cruel twist, the VMAs had to go on less than two days after the world found out about the shocking death of Chadwick Boseman, who won Best Performance in a Movie and Best Hero at the MTV Movie & TV Awards in 2018 for his role as “Black Panther.” Fittingly, host Keke Palmer started the night by dedicating the show to Boseman, who died at just 43 from colon cancer. “We dedicate tonight’s show to a man whose spirit touched so many,” she said. “He was a true hero, not just onscreen but in everything he did.” Amen.

Worst: DaBaby’s performance

After his powerful if controversial reenactment of George Floyd’s murder at the BET Awards, this performance by the “Rockstar” was a letdown. First of all, it had the misfortune to follow the Weeknd’s breathtaking performance up in the skies. By contrast, DaBaby’s medley, performed from Los Angeles, felt like a video that perhaps set the tone for the rest of the night. Maybe the remote location had something to do with how flat it felt. It’s not that it was bad, it just completely lacked the energy that is hard to muster without performing in front of a real live audience.

Best and Worst: Miley Cyrus’ flashback

Last year, Miley Cyrus performed an emotional version of “Slide Away” in the wake of her split from ex-husband Liam Hemsworth. This year, she was aiming to return to the Miley who twerked it up with Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams doing “Blurred Lines” in 2013. But in performing her new single “Midnight Sky” in what was essentially a music video, Cyrus wasn’t able to recapture that magic that went down at Barclays Center. That is, until she reached back into her bag of star-power tricks to re-create her “Wrecking Ball” video and reminded everyone of the pop powerhouse she once was. That was the kind of buzzy moment that was very much needed at this year’s VMAs.

Worst: BTS’ debut

With all the hype surrounding them, it’s a shame that the K-pop sensations were denied their moment to make their VMAs debut performance in proper fashion — with tons of squealing fans on the US stage. Instead, the boy band had to perform their new single “Dynamite” all the way from South Korea, and it amounted to a music video that wasn’t as good as the one that has broken YouTube records. They deserve a do-over when COVID is over.

Best: Lady Gaga’s performance

You just knew Lady Gaga was going to bring it as much as possible under the circumstance, and she sure did, rocking a mask the whole time while performing “911,” “Stupid Love” and “Rain on Me,” her No. 1 duet with Ariana Grande. And while 2020 has definitely been a year of firsts, she managed to turn her crazy assortment of face coverings into her signature fashion statements. Although it was hard to tell if Gaga — and Grande — were really singing under those masks, nobody cared because it was just the kind of big pop production that we’ve been missing in the COVID era.

The 2020 VMAs might not have had a traditional red carpet with attendees strutting on a red carpet to the roar of wildly screaming fans in the background, but the fashion still delivered. Presenters, nominees and winners served looks — remotely or in audience-less spaces scattered throughout New York City — ranging from formal to full-on casual.

During a live pre-show, a segment dubbed “VMA Fashion Flashbacks” was a nostalgic attempt to remind us of the award show’s recent iconic fashion moments pre-coronavirus when celebs could walk the red carpet without needing to worry about masks and social distancing: Lizzo sizzling in a custom red sequin Moschino column, Cardi B in a white cone-bra jumpsuit by Christian Siriano, Taylor Swift glittering in a colorful Versace blazer and thigh-high boots.

But these flashbacks also reminded us that the VMAs red carpet has always been about fashion moments that flaunt individual style with a serious side of carefree preening. And that spirit still glimmered despite the remoteness of it all.

Here are some of the most stylish moments of the night:

1. DABABY

DaBaby rocks the virtual red carpet at the 2020 VMAs.

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The “Rockstar” Rapper wore his love of logos on his sleeve (literally): a Dolce and Gabbana cap, Supreme jacket and Louis Vuitton shorts.

2. SOFIA CARSON

The singer and actress brought the glam in a one-shoulder Giambattista Valli peplum gown.

3. MACHINE GUN KELLY

The rapper-singer and actor accepted his Moon Person for best alternative music video in a hot pink Berluti double-breasted suit styled with a matching sleeveless turtleneck underneath. Alternative? Yes. Winning? Major yes!

4. NICOLE RICHIE

The fashion plate — whose alter ego NIkki Fre$h took over the virtual red carpet tonight — served punk princess vibes in a strong-shouldered chartreuse mini dress complete with a train and spiky bejeweled headband. She revealed that she chose the dress for its color as a nod to her upcoming socially conscious album, which is all about “organic vegetables.”

5. JOEY KING

Opting for a fall-inspired floral Versace minidress, the actress — who was on hand to present — endearingly shared the secret styling tricks the actress used to achieve her look: Spanx, lots of makeup on her legs “so they look shiny,” and extensions. We stan an honest Joey King.

6. MILEY CYRUS

True to the fashion icon’s penchant for naked dressing, Cyrus sizzled in a sheer, strapless, sparkly Mugler gown styled with matching gloves.

7. KEKE PALMER

The host served up an eclectic offering of looks, but this feathery frock was a welcome dose of whimsy.

8. LADY GAGA

Lady Gaga, 2020 VMAs Tricon honoree.

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9. DOJO CAT

Red carpet or not, it’s not the VMAs without body-hugging mesh, a plunging neckline and some seriously sexy jewels. Dojo Cat showed us how it’s done in this Versace mini dress.

10. MALUMA

Monochromatic anything is a bold look —but in highlighter yellow, it’s even bolder. It’s also proof that the best Latin music video recipient was a bright spot of the night.

Doja Cat is a beauty chameleon, able to switch between pink, green, blond, short, long, wavy and straight hair looks with ease.

And for the 2020 VMAs, which were held virtually in NYC on Sunday, the 24-year-old “Say So” singer went all out. During her performance, she showed off two very distinct ‘dos with the help of hairstylist Jared Henderson, who transformed her first into a newscaster asking “Who the f—k is Doja Cat?,” and then into a sexy extraterrestrial.

“We wanted to create a goth-inspired look — themed after some of the actual grungy teens you’d see reporting on MTV News in the ’90s,” Henderson told Page Six Style exclusively ahead of the show.

“Nothing sells ’90s goth like a short black bob with a bang and a lot of hair product.”

For the performance itself, Doja created a whole new planet for herself and wanted her look to match.

“In essence, she was a beautiful alien,” Henderson said. “We wanted to go pastel lime green to complement the colors in her outfit and the lights used on the set.”

To achieve the performance look, Henderson dipped a blond wig in a sink filled with hot water and Joico Color Intensity in Limelight for 20 minutes, then conditioned with Joico Defy Damage Protective Conditioner and let the wig air dry.

The styling took a total of four hours to complete, and included lots of texturizing products like Joico’s Joiwhip mousse and Beach Shake spray as well as the brand’s Blonde Life Brilliant Glow brightening oil and Flip Turn finishing spray for the wet look.

The one request Doja Cat always makes is that her wigs don’t move, no matter what.

“She has a funny history of not having the best luck with her wigs staying in place in the past — something she and I laugh about all the time and she jokes about on her Twitter page often,” he said. “So now working with me, we like to make sure that thing is secured by any means necessary!”

Doja is nominated for Song of the Year, Push Best New Artist and Best Music Video Direction.

If there was an award for Best Beauty Look, she’d have it on lock.

The Weeknd is blinded by the light — and bruised in the face.

At the 2020 VMAs, the singer — who took home the VMA award for best R&B and video of the year for “Blinding Lights” — appeared to have a broken nose and black eyes and was bleeding during his performance atop Hudson Yards in New York City.

But don’t call 911 just yet: it was just makeup.

The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, embraced a similar battered aesthetic in the short film “After Hours,” which has the same name as his most recent album, and in the music video for “Blinding Lights.”

The 30-year-old donned that gory look, blood and red jacket included, when he performed on SNL in March. He was also seen on the streets of New York last week like that, most likely when he pre-taped parts of his performance.

The Weeknd’s on-again, off-again girlfriend Bella Hadid was also a part of the VMAs, when she presented the special “Tri-con” award to Lady Gaga.

His album album “After Hours” was nominated for 16 awards.

All hail TikTok queen Doja Cat.

The 24-year-old singer and rapper, who rose to viral fame on the short video platform, made her VMAs debut at the 2020 show, performing her hit songs “Say So” and “Like That.”

Doja, whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, started her performance with a throwback nod to MTV News, pretending to be an anchor named “Something Quirkier.”

Fans loved the hat tip to the iconic news show, which first aired in 1987 and was hosted by Kurt Loder.

“Do I show my age if I say that @DojaCat MTV news throwback really spoke to me?” one Twitter user commented.

Wearing a barely-there nude bodysuit, the singer frolicked around the stage with mask-clad dancers bumping and grinding to the mashup.

The Los Angeles native was nominated for three awards this year, including song of the year for “Say So,” which pit her up against heavy-hitters Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Post Malone. She was also nominated for the Push best new artist category and best direction for the song’s music video. Check out the full list of nominees and winners here.

The big night marked a high point in a career marked by 2020 chart success and all the “cancel culture” backlash that comes with it. After making waves in the indie scene and on SoundCloud starting when she was a teenager, she hit mainstream success in 2019 with “Say So,” a frequent soundtrack to dance-friendly TikToks and the unofficial theme song for pandemic-bored teens. Her recent collaboration with Nicki Minaj on the song shot her to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year.

Doja was meant to perform with artist J Balvin before he dropped out of the awards show, citing COVID-19 concerns.

Doja Cat attends the 2019 BET Awards on June 23, 2019.

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Rapper Doja Cat performs onstage during Day 2 of the Rolling Loud Festival at Banc of California Stadium on Dec. 15, 2019.

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Doja Cat performs on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on Feb. 26, 2020.

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In this screengrab, Doja Cat speaks during SHEIN Together Virtual Festival to benefit the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO powered by the United Nations Foundation on May 9, 2020.

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Lady Gaga prioritized style and safety at the 2020 VMAs.

The 34-year-old pop phenom, who was nominated for a whopping nine awards this year, hit the virtual red carpet on Sunday clad in an intergalactic silver ensemble by Area accessorized with — what else? — a clear space helmet.

“I was wearing face shields before it was a thing,” Gaga cheekily captioned her Instagram post of the look.

But that was far from the last of the star’s fashionable face coverings. Once the show kicked off, Gaga accepted the Best Collaboration award for “Rain On Me” in a futuristic Iris Van Herpen and bright pink muzzle mask from Cecilio Castrillo.

She then changed into a voluminous bright green Christopher John Rogers gown and a fierce horned mask by Lance Victor Moore to take home the award for Song of the Year.

While performing “Rain On Me” with Ariana Grande, Gaga donned a multi-buckled latex look along with a digital “Chromatica”-themed mask.

Accepting the Artist of the Year award, the superstar sparkled in silver and white feathers from Valentino Haute Couture — with a sequined mask to match.

And perhaps saving the best for last, Gaga went for a major metallic moment to accept MTV’s first-ever TriCon award. “I might sound like a broken record, but wear a mask. It’s a sign of respect,” she told the crowd from her place at the podium. (Clearly, she practices what she preaches.)