Best Met Gala 2017 Photobombs

When you've got hundreds of photographers and media personnel all gathered in one location to snap pics of a few of the world's most famous people in some of the world's most glamorous couture, you have to expect that a few things will be inevitable — chief among them a few photo mishaps.

That's what happened, at least, to Lena Dunham, but rather than skirting around the issue and posting the properly posed pic (all the alliteration) she decided to post a more, uh, candid moment involving Joe Jonas on Twitter. However, Lena's was not the only, nor most epic, photobomb of the night. Another pic of a bystander looking directly into the camera as Nicki Minaj glares concernedly to the side has been making the rounds, as well as another photo of a fan trying to snap a photo of Rihanna, and making a blurry, hysterical face to the camera. Here are the best photobombs of the night in all of their awkward, fandom glory.

Maybe we won't ever be gracing the red carpet, but we can all aspire to be someone lurking in the background of an iconic photo, positioning ourselves for glorified meme fame. Hey, we can dream.