Demi Lovato said , " This one fame was a complete bitch and was miserable to be around . It was very cliquey . I think being so uncomfortable that I wanted to drink . "
For many people, attending theMet Galawould be a dream come true. However, for some who’ve actually gotten the highly sought-after invite, the experience was surprisingly disappointing.
Here are 13 celebs who shared their badMet Galaexperiences:
1.Tina Feyattended the 2010 Met Gala. Appearing on theLate Show with David Lettermanfive years later, she said, “It is such a jerk parade. Like, you cannot even…It is so unbelievable. And then, clearly, I’ll never go again, but you go, and you go into this beautiful space, and it’s just every jerk from every walk of life is there, wearing, like, some stupid thing.”
" And you take the air up these immense steps , and I went , and I drag my husband along with me too , which I ’m still , uh , in trouble for … We walk down this big , long hallway , and we were walk about 10 feet behind this very famous , famously stand for mode clothes designer … We walked into just … just a fart cloud . This famous man , just the most toxic , toxic gasoline , " she said .
Watch her hilariously recount her horrible night at the Met below, starting at the 1:43 mark:
2.SZA didn’t enjoy the 2022 Met Gala because she felt “overwhelmed” and ended up leaving early. She toldFinish Line’s Community Voices, “I hated my outfit. That was another mental health thing. You want to do your job, you want to show up, and all these people are excited for you to be there, but it’s like, ‘Damn, I don’t feel confident,’ or ‘I don’t feel comfortable,’ or it’s like, ‘Oh, if my dress doesn’t fit…,’ and then there’s all this weird comparison, and it’s really unhealthy. And it’s like, damn, some people, likeLizzo, can have a really good time regardless of what is happening.”
" For me , it ’s like , I pussyfoot out the back as soon asLenny Kravitzhit the level because I was sense very like , ' Whoa , my anxiousness ’s going dotty . ' So much so that I could n’t walk down the principal step to exit . I admit a cab . I walked like three city block with no skid on … I just tip a couple city block and caught a yellow taxicab back to my hotel because I was just overwhelmed . I had too much anxiety to wait for my cab in front of the crew and take mental picture and all those things . I did n’t require to do that . So I was looking like a piddling dirtyCinderellarunning away with my brake shoe , " she said .
3.Demi Lovato “had a terrible experience” at the 2016 Met Gala. Two years later, they toldBillboard, “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.” They texted their manager and then headed to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
" I convert my clothes , but I still had my diamonds on — millions of dollars of diamonds on in an AA meeting . And I relate more to the homeless people in that coming together who struggled with the same struggle that I deal with than the people at the Met Gala — fake and fellate the fashion industry ’s dick , " she said .
4.Quannah Chasinghorse toldInsiderthat the 2021 Met Gala was “just such a weird space to be in.” She said, “I remember standing there and looking at everyone and feeling so alone. Like, really, really lonely.”
" No one knew me . No one cared to ask . People are there for themselves , and it shows , " she said .
She also sic that her initial excitement at being invite wear off as the night conk out on because , as one of few endemic mass in attendance , she felt the " In America : A Lexicon of Fashion " held a different substance to her than most of the other attender .
She said , " No way am I celebrating America . If I were to celebrate anything , it would be my endemic roots , my Indigeneity , who I am . Because of what America did to my people , I am proud to be here today . "
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She also toldThe Kyle and Jackie O Show , " Do you want me to be honest ? It sucked . It seems like it ’s the best affair in the world , you always call up , ' Oh my god , it ’s gon na be so glamorous and amazing and you ’re going to see all these the great unwashed ' and then you get there and it ’s so hot and it ’s so crowded and everyone ’s push you … I think we ’re all a routine old to dress up punk [ which was the theme ] . I just went as kind of normal . "
However, she ended up attending the Met Gala two more times – in 2017 and 2019.
6.At the 2006 Met Gala, John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) wasreportedlyso mad that his assigned seat was at the end of a long table that he stormed out of the ball not once, but twice, and swore at Met staff.
After a while hereportedlysat down , and Anna Wintour herself came over to soothe him .
7.At the 2018 Met Gala,Selena Gomezhad an infamous self-tanner mishap. In 2021, she toldVogue, “I was getting ready, and we wanted to add some color. So [I] put on some of this tanning lotion and it looked really beautiful and very even. As the evening kept going on, it was getting a little darker and darker, and I didn’t notice it. I’m at the Met Gala — basically one of the most prestigious, beautiful events — and I’m walking, trying to look all beautiful, and I look at a photo of myself when I sit down, and I am completely orange.”
She continued , " I was like , ' This is going to be atrocious because I ’m die to get deplete alive about this . ' … I had my security take a video of me because my first chemical reaction was just to get the netherworld out of there , and so , I ’m run to my car . I ’m literally just hauling ass to my railcar and then gon na put it online . I was say this is my chemical reaction after get word my Met Gala photos . "
8.Jennifer Garner went to the 2007 Met Gala. In 2023, she toldVogue, “I found it a little scary, so I haven’t been back.”
9.OnInstagram Live, Lizzo described her experience at the 2022 Met Gala. She said, “There’s a long fucking line. I’m taking the glamour away from it, but it’s true. You’ve gotta wait. So you’re waiting, and that’s the hardest part. I was sweating in a big-ass coat; my feet were hurting. I was like, ‘Bitch? Can we get some chairs or some drinks or some hors d’oeuvres?'”
She continued , " They were being really stingy with the liquor that night . He was like , ' crimson or white wine ? ' And I was like , ' Tequila ! Do you love what I ’ve been through ? Do you know how many hr I ’ve been in this corset ? How long I ’ve been in these blame shoes ? Tequila ! ' "
She also order the lensman ruined her planned flute carrying into action . She say , " I had this plan to play the flute and do the whole intro [ of a classical piece ] , but I get nervous , and I only played it once because all the photographers were heckling me . They were like , ' You ’re redact us to sleep with the transverse flute ! ' I was like , ' Okay ? ' In my mind , I thought everyone was going to be fascinate . So I only play it once , only the first half of it . Then I posed and get under one’s skin the picture . "
10.Zayn Malik attended the 2016 Met Gala with his then-partner, Gigi Hadid. Two years later, he toldGQ, “The Met Gala is not necessarily anything that I ever knew about orwasabout. But my [former] stylist…would say to me, ‘This is really good for you to do.’ And no matter how strong you are mentally, you can always be swayed to do certain things. Now, it’s not something I would go to. 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-indulgentLook at me, I’m amazingthing on the red carpet, it’s not me.”
He also say , " I did go , but I did n’t go there to be like , ' Yo , take me serious . ' I was taking the piss ! I went there as my favoriteMortal Kombatcharacter , Jax .
11.Reflecting on her 2016 Met Gala Experience in herLenny Letternewsletter,Lena Dunhamsaid, “I was sitting next to Odell Beckham Jr., and it was so amazing because it was like he looked at me and he determined I was not the shape of a woman by his standards. He was like, ‘That’s a marshmallow. That’s a child. That’s a dog.’ It wasn’t mean — he just seemed confused. The vibe was very much like, ‘Do I want to fuck it? Is it wearing a…yep, it’s wearing a tuxedo. I’m going to go back to my cellphone.'”
She continued , " It was like we were draw to be together , and he literally was scroll Instagram rather than have to look at a woman in a bow tie beam . I was like , ' This should be called the Metropolitan Museum of Getting Rejected by Athletes . ' "
She continued , " I feel terrible about it . Because after heed to lots of valid criticism , I see how unjust it is to ascribe misogynistic thoughts to someone I do n’t know AT ALL . Like , we have never met , I have no mind the kind of mean solar day he ’s having or what his truth is . But most significantly , I would never intentionally contribute to a long and often wild account of the over - sexualization of fateful male bodies — as well as false accusations by ashen women towards contraband men . I ’m so sorry , particularly to OBJ , who has every rightfield to be on his cellular phone . The fact is I do n’t do it about his state of matter of mind ( I do n’t love a lot of thing ) , and I should n’t have play like I did . "
12.In 2021, Lourdes Leon toldInterview Magazine, “Did I have fun at the Met Gala? I’m really grateful to have been able to go. Maybe because it was my first time, but it felt crazy. You’re just shoved into a room with all these famous people, and you’re supposed to talk to them and be their friend, even though you don’t fucking know them. That’s not my vibe.”
" I ’m sure it ’s fun if you ’re someone who is friends with a lot of famous people , but I ’m not . I did n’t jazz who the fuck to talk to . I felt so awkward that I literally called my boyfriend in the midriff of it , but the dinner party was fine . I intend , I was sit down with Jeremy O. Harris , who I have a go at it , andIrina Shayk , who I lie with a lot . She ’s so funny , " she said .
13.And finally, after attending the 2021 Met Gala, Ben Platt reflected on his previous experience at the 2017 ball. He toldThe Jess Cagle Show, “I didn’t really know anybody, and so once I got inside, it’s a very, kind of, free-for-all. You’re not allowed to bring a plus one, pretty much anyone, unless your plus one is also a fancy, fancy Met person. So, the first time I went, I kind of just did a lap around the cocktails and tried to find someone I knew and then failed and sort of left and didn’t make it through the event because I was like, ‘I don’t really have anybody to talk to.'”
" But this time , I had a couple of , like , checkpoints . I had my dear acquaintance Zoey Deutch there , and my costar inEvan Hansen , Amandla Stenberg , and just some familiar face to make it feel a small less chilling , " he pronounce .
