It would be a stretch to say Bianca Censori’s red carpet look at the Grammys was a far cry from her usual attire, but it is potentially her most controversial to date.

Instead of her usual duct tape, carefully positioned pillow-tops or bra and tights, this time she was almost entirely naked. Save for a clear mesh dress that covered her torso, when Censori posed for pictures on the red carpet alongside her husband of two years Kanye West, her entire nude body could be seen.

She looked great, of course, but as is often the case with Censori and West – nudity is their publicity stunt – it’s never West that’s naked, always Censori.

The stunt worked regardless. Search for ‘Bianca Censori’ on Google is up more than 1000% and she is also trending on X, with much of the backlash pointing out that West is always fully dressed while his wife is rarely seen in normal clothes. ‘So we are just walking around naked now,’ reads one X post. ‘Every single time I see something about Bianca Censori it’s because she’s naked for no reason,’ reads another.

Some question whether he plays an uncomfortably large role in these stunts – and according to lip readers on the red carpet, that may have been confirmed with West’s subtle message to his wife as the pair were being photographed.

According to Nicola Hickling, who interpreted of a video of Censori and West on the red carpet for the Mirror US, West can be lipread saying to Censori ‘Make a scene, I’ll say it’ll make so much sense… Drop it behind you and then turn…You’re making a scene now… I got you.’

Censori appears to respond to each directive with a nod, before allegedly replying ‘Alright, let’s go,’ before the pair leave the red carpet. West and Censori have not made public statements about the stunt, or what lip readers allege about their interaction on the red carpet. However, West has posted pictures of the pair in their outfits, 13 in fact, on X.

There are also rumours that the couple were escorted out of the Grammys by the police before the ceremony even started, but they remain unproven. In an Instagram post, Entertainment Tonight reported that West and Censori had been ‘escorted out after showing up uninvited’. The post was quickly deleted, but not before being widely shared on social media.

Page Six also reported that the couple were asked to leave by the police following the stunt, but Variety later disputed those reports saying West simply ‘walked the carpet, got in his car and left’.

Nevertheless, Censori could face legal repercussions, including potential jail time, for her short stint at the awards show. California Penal Code 314(1) defines indecent exposure as ‘when a person exposes his or her naked body or genitals in front of anyone who could be annoyed or offended by it’. In this instance, ‘anyone’ is a red carpet full of photographers and the entire world watching from home.

It’s not the first time West has paraded Censori around in the nude, either. Last month, he shared a naked video of his wife in the bath to mark her 30th birthday. Next to the since-deleted post, he wrote, ‘Happy birthday to the most beautiful super bad iconic muse inspirational talented artist masters degree in architecture 140 IQ loving by my side everyday when half the world turned their backs on me. I love you so much thank you for sharing your life with me.’

He has certainly made a habit of ‘celebrating’ his wife by sharing intimate and compromising pictures and videos of her on the internet. Censori is regularly in the headlines because of the barely-there outfits she wears in public too, most of which are rumoured to be styled by West.

And yet, for someone who has been married to one of the most famous, albeit controversial, rappers in the world for more than two years, we know very little about who Censori is as a person. We’ve barely even heard her speak.

Other than rumours about their relationship dynamic, which include allegations from West’s former assistant Lauren Pisciotta that the couple engage in ‘twisted sexual fantasies’ and Censori acts as West’s ‘sex party coordinator’, we have little insight into what goes on behind closed doors or who she really is. West has not publicly responded to these allegations.

Perhaps if we knew more about Censori on a personal level, or her on her own terms, the publicity stunts would not feel quite as uncomfortable. Lady Gaga, for her part, has been wearing outlandish outfits in public for years. She attended the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made entirely of raw meat, which was reportedly a political statement against the US military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy. In other words, her choices are usually an act of artistic or political expression, and she has never refrained from using her voice to stand up for what she believes in.

As for Censori, we have no real grounds for knowing why she attended the Grammys red carpet without any clothes on, or reason to believe it was a particularly empowering or thought-through choice given West’s alleged directives on the red carpet.

Aside from the potential legal trouble and widespread controversy online, Censori’s naked body is a stark reminder that her physical appearance is all we really know of her. In reality, she is an accomplished, degree-educated architect with friends and family and stepchildren – and a lot more to offer than just a naked silhouette.