Reflecting on her infamous Met Gala introduction , Kim Kardashian said , " I was crying , like , the whole way home because I just could n’t believe it . There were all these meme about me and this lounge . I call back Robin Williams even pinch it , said I looked like Mrs. Doubtfire . It was , like , this whole thing , so I just hollo . "
TheMet Galahas given us a lot of iconic red carpet outfits, but — if we’re being real — it’s also produced a couple of duds. Some celebs stand by their “bad"Met Galaoutfits, but others agree that it wasn’t their best look.
Here are nine Met Gala looks celebs have serious or silly regrets about:
1.SZA wore a hot pink Vivienne Westwood gown to the 2022 Met Gala. Later that month, 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.”
She in reality ended up leaving the case early .
She said , " For me , it ’s like , I slip out the back as presently asLenny Kravitzhit the stage because I was feeling very like , ' Whoa , my anxiety ’s plump crazy . ' So much so that I could n’t walk down the main tone to exit . I took a taxicab . I walked , like , three city block with no horseshoe on … I just tiptoed a pair blocks and caught a yellow cab back to my hotel because I was just overwhelmed . I had too much anxiousness to expect for my cab in front of the bunch and take pictures and all those thing . I did n’t desire to do that . So I was looking like a small dirtyCinderellarunning away with my shoes . "
2.Ahead of the 2016 Met Gala,Taylor Swiftdebuteda new hairstyle — a bleached blonde bob, which fans have dubbed “Bleachella.” In 2019, she toldElle, “Fashion is all about playful experimentation. If you don’t look back at pictures of some of your old looks and cringe, you’re doing it wrong. See: Bleachella.”
She seemingly has no regrets about her silver Louis Vuitton dress.
3.At the 2018 Met Gala,Selena Gomezdidn’t have an issue with her Coach dress — the problem was her self-tanner! Three years later, 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.”
However, she was able to laugh about it. To beat online commenters to the punchline, she posted anInstagramvideo of herself running away from the ball with the caption, “Me when I saw my pictures from MET.”
In 2021 , she toldVogue , " I was like , ' This is operate to be terrible because I ’m survive to get eaten alive about this . ' … I had my protection take a TV of me because my first reaction was just to get the sin out of there , and so , I ’m running to my automobile . I ’m literally just haul nates to my elevator car and then gon na put it online . I was saying this is my response after seeing my Met Gala photos , " she allege .
4.In 2013,Kim Kardashianmade her Met Gala debut in a floral Givenchy gown. Online commenters turned her look into a meme, comparing it to the style of a sofa your grandma might have. In 2019, Kim toldVogue, “I was crying, like, the whole way home because I just couldn’t believe it. There were all these memes about me and this couch. I think Robin Williams even tweeted it, said I looked like Mrs. Doubtfire. It was, like, this whole thing, so I just cried.”
However , years later on , she was able-bodied to look back on the wearing apparel with fondness . She said , " Now , I love it . Now , it ’s like , sick . I calculate back and I ’m like , ' Wow , they had the visual sense . This is gruesome . ' "
5.Kim Kardashian doesn’t regret the Balmain dress she wore to the 2016 Met Gala, but she wishes she’d done her brows differently. In 2018, she toldVogue, “I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to do my brows lighter.’ But I still hadn’t lost all the baby weight, and I just shouldn’t have been experimenting. It would’ve looked beautiful if my brows were just normal!”
Here’s a closer look at Kim’s brows that evening:
6.At the 2015 Met Gala, Rihanna wore a yellow Guo Pei look with a super long train. In 2020, she toldAccess Hollywood, “I remember being so scared to get out of the car because I felt like… I’m doing too much! I was driving past the red carpet, and I was just seeing, like, gowns, and I was like…oh my God, I’m a clown, people are gonna laugh at me, like, this is, like, too much. I circled, like, three times, I’m not even joking. And finally, I was like, ‘Okay, let’s go. Let’s just go.'”
The wearing apparel was memed , with many on-line commenters comparing her smell to an omelet . However , Rihanna was capable to laugh at herself .
She say , " I do n’t regret it ! … The frying goat god with the egg ? Legendary . "
7.At the 2022 Met Gala, Nicki Minaj liked the look of her Burberry gown, but she didn’t like the fit. In 2023, she toldVogue, “I just realized just this moment that actually there was something good that came out of this. It’s what really cemented the fact for me that I had to get my breast reduction. I did my fittings and stuff. I told him I loved this hat. I loved what the outfit was giving, but I said, ‘You guys, listen, look, these boobs are gonna be spilling out.’ And by the time we were ready to go, I looked in the mirror, I said, ‘Guys, my boobs are still spilling out.'”
" And Naomi Campbell was walk in and out of the room , looking at me , like , ' Girl , allow ’s go . ' I knew before we even left the way that the booby were about to have a Nox of their own , " she say .
8.Nick Jonas wore a white Dior suit to the 2019 Met Gala, but he had a better outfit idea when it was too late. Afterwards, hetweeted, “Honestly should have worn aCamp Rockinspired outfit tonight given the theme was ‘camp.’ That would have been super tight.”
9.And finally, at the 2019 Met Gala, Katy Perry changed into a burger costume before going inside. Years later, she only had one regret about the look. In 2024, she toldAccess Hollywood, “My only regret is that in my cheeseburger outfit, I didn’t roll down the stairs in it, ‘cause I would’ve [liked] to have that on tape forever — just me rolling down those massive stairs in my cheeseburger outfit.”
" Probably would ’ve never been pay for back , but I would ’ve rolled the die for that roll , " she said .
