Met Gala 2024: remember controversial and embarrassing situations from the ball

O Met Galashort for Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Galais an annual fundraising event held in New York on the first Monday in May, which marks the opening of the New York City fashion exhibition. Costume Institute from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The ball attracts celebrities, fashion designers and prominent figures from the entertainment industry and is one of the most important on the calendar. With a specific theme, which guides the participants’ clothing choices, celebrities dare in flashy, fun, historic and dazzling looks. This year, the theme will be “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion”or in free translation, “Sleeping Beauties: The Awakening of Fashion”.

As we warm up to the ball, remember some fun, embarrassing and even aggressive situations that the Met Gala has already provided. Look:

The menu

Priyanka Chopra criticized the 2023 Met Gala menu, revealing that she and her husband, Nick Jonas, had to order pizza at the hotel after the event. During the interview in which she made this revelation, the actress also joked: “Here’s my invitation for next year. If you don’t see me at the Met, you already know why.”

The relic

kim kardashian wore the original dress that Marilyn Monroe chose to sing “Happy Birthday” for President John F. Kennedy, in 1962. Despite claiming that he lost seven kilos to appear in the play, the Instagram profile The Marilyn Monroe Collection, the official page of historian and collector Scott Fortner, released images of the piece after Kim wore it at the 2022 Met Gala. The images show the iconic costume with frayed fabric and missing crystals, which generated controversy and many questions about its loan.

Meow!

Dressed as a cat, Doja Cat He decided to get completely into character and respond to interviews with just meows. For the 2023 Met Gala, the rapper transformed into Choupette, the cat of designer Karl Lagerfeld, who was the night’s honoree.

Barred

In 2016, the North American media highlighted the embarrassing situation experienced by Elon Musk who, excluded from the guest list, waited in the rain for more than an hour to enter the main after party of the Met Gala. Despite the wait, and without a name on the list, the billionaire was not allowed to enter and enjoy the night alongside celebrities.

All for the look

Katy Perry, known for her choice of looks worn to the ball, admitted in 2022 that, due to the details of her Oscar de la Renta dress, she didn’t know if she would be able to go to the bathroom. This was not the first time that the singer faced difficulties in supporting a look controversial. In preparation for the 2016 event, Katy said she would wear diapers.

The fight

Jay-Z was attacked by Solange Knowles, Beyoncé’s sister, in a hotel elevator after the Met Gala. At the time, rumors of the rapper’s betrayal against the singer emerged, which angered Solange. The security camera images went viral worldwide in 2014.

Unwanted company

Nicki Minaj did not hide his displeasure at seeing Demi Lovato on the red carpet at the 2016 Met Gala. The embarrassing image had repercussions, and Demi publicly commented that the event was a “horrible experience”, where a “celebrity was harsh” with her. Demi also did not spare criticism of the event, stating that it would be the first and probably the last time that she would go to the event and even said that it was something elitist, that it excluded people who were not part of that environment.