Mehera Bonner
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The Met Gala is technically a fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but let’s be honest: It’s mostly an excuse for a bunch of super famous celebrities to dress in beautifully designed outfits and socialize with each other. Which sounds like a blast (would give anything to chill with my husband/son Timothée Chalemet), but some celebs are...simply not into it and, incidentally, have made their feelings all kinds of known.
While Anna Wintour has only admitted to indefinitely banning one person from the Met Gala, plenty of celebrities are rumored to being banned due to comments they’ve made about the event. Meanwhile, some others have simply made it clear they don’t want to attend. Like, ever again! Time to meet the stars you probably shouldn’t expect to show up on the steps of the Met this year.
Rachel Zoe
There were rumors that Rachel was nixed from the Met Gala invite list after she told the New York Times, “Anna Wintour is one of my heroes, but they say that I’m more influential. As great as it is, Vogue won’t change a designer’s business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid, it will be the biggest designer within a week."
But she said this in 2007 and she was at the Met Gala in 2012, so!
Donald Trump
Anna Wintour herself confirmed that he was banned, telling James Corden “Donald Trump” when asked which celebrity she would never, ever invite to the Met Gala.
Demi Lovato
Demi candidly chatted about their experience at the Met Gala during an interview with Billboard in 2018, and they haven’t attended since. “I had a terrible experience,” they said at the time. “This one celebrity was a complete bitch and was miserable to be around. It was very cliquey. I remember being so uncomfortable that I wanted to drink.”
Demi actually went directly from the Gala to an AA meeting, saying, “I changed my clothes, but I still had my diamonds on—millions of dollars of diamonds on in an AA meeting. And I related more to the homeless people in that meeting who struggled with the same struggles that I deal with than the people at the Met Gala—fake and sucking the fashion industry’s dick.”
Demi also poked fun at how awkward they felt at the Met Gala in a since-deleted Instagram that they defended when it was taken out of context:
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Amy Schumer
Amy’s statement on the Met Gala didn’t get her banned permanently (as far as we know!), but she made it clear how she felt about the event during an interview with Howard Stern in 2016: “It’s people doing an impression of having a conversation. I don’t like the farce….We’re dressed up like a bunch of f*cking assholes. I don’t like it. I have no interest in fashion….I don’t care.”
Tim Gunn
We know for sure Tim Gunn was banned from the Met Gala because he said as much in 2016. “It is very true. It is a crazy story, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s a very matter-of-fact story. I was asked what is the most unforgettable thing I’ve ever seen in fashion and I said, ‘It’s easy. It was watching Anna Wintour being carried down five flights of stairs by two bodyguards—two big hulking men—from a fashion show. All hell broke loose. It was insane. We’ve had an open war ever since.”
Gwyneth Paltrow
GOOP made some pointed comments about her time at the Met Gala back in 2013, telling the Kyle and Jackie O Show (via Us Weekly) that “it sucked,” and “it seems like it’s the best thing in the world, you always think, Oh my god, it’s gonna be so glamorous and amazing and you’re going to see all these people and then you get there and it’s so hot and it’s so crowded and everyone’s pushing you. I think we’re all a bit old to dress up punk.”
Apparently, these comments didn’t go over super well, but Gwyneth returned to the Met in 2017, so water under the bridge!
Zayn Malik
Zayn attended the 2016 Met Gala with his then-girlfriend Gigi Hadid but made it clear he had no interest in a redo. “Now, it’s not something I would go to,” he told GQ in 2018. “I’d rather be sitting at my house doing something productive than dressing up in really expensive clothes and being photographed on a red carpet….to do the self-indulgent look at me, I’m amazing thing on the red carpet, it’s not me.”
Tina Fey
Another comedian who simply doesn’t love the Met Gala? That’d be Tina Fey, who, back in 2015, told David Letterman, “I have gone to it once and it is such a jerk parade. Clearly, I’ll never go again, but you go and it’s this beautiful space and it’s just every jerk from every walk of life is there wearing some stupid thing. You walk up these huge steps...and I went and I dragged my husband along with me too, which I’m still in trouble for.”
Welp. On that note, can’t wait for Monday!
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