5 celebrities who hated the Met Gala – from Demi Lovato’s run-in with Nicki Minaj to Gwyneth Paltrow ‘so un-fun’ burn and Tina Fey calling the ball a ‘jerk parade’

Sep 13 , 2021

Whether it’s their fellow attendees, the attitude towards the event or just not liking the vibe, these stars have got something to say against the Met Gala. Photos: EPA, @Cosmopolitan/Twitter, @DailyFey/Twitter, @ddlovato/Instagram

After being cancelled in 2020, New York’s most glamorous annual red carpet event is back – but these celebrities aren’t likely to be attending

Comedian Amy Schumer said the ball ‘felt like punishment’ in 2016, but went back a year later, while Lena Dunham remembered it as a ‘crazy countdown to escape’

Although many celebrities enjoy the Met Gala, some have been outspoken about their dislike for it. Here’s five of the most memorable burns dealt to the epitome of New York’s social calendar, ahead of this year’s themed fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, taking place on September 13.

I related more to the homeless people in that [AA] meeting ... than the people at the Met Gala

Demi Lovato

Amy Schumer said the event “felt like punishment” in 2016 … but went back again in 2017

Amy Schumer described the Met Gala as a “punishment”. Photo: @ohmypnd/Twitter

Although she’s a famous comedian, it seems highly unlikely that you’ll see Schumer in her designer best on that famous staircase. She went to her first Met Gala when her star was firmly on the rise back in 2016, but she did not have a good time.

Afterward, she told Howard Stern about her experience, saying, “I guess I should be grateful I was invited or something, but yeah, it felt like a punishment. It’s not me and I don’t like it … It’s so fake … It’s people doing an impression of having a conversation.” Adding insult to injury, she added, “I left not the second I could; I left earlier than I should’ve been allowed.

“I got to meet Beyoncé and she was like, ‘Is this your first Met?’ and I was like, ‘It’s my last.’”

Schumer sneaked onto the site of the Met Gala red carpet before giving birth. Photo: @yashar/Twitter

It seems she had a change of heart, because she attended the 2017 Met Gala. “I had fun I really did … It’s an intense environment … I had fun inside,” Schumer told E!, speaking about the 2017 Met Gala.

She must have been telling the truth – she also crashed the Met Gala red carpet in 2019, hours before she gave birth to her first child.