The Met Gala is a highly prestigious event that takes place every year on the first Monday in May at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The event is known as “fashion’s biggest night out,” with A-list celebrities dressing in extravagant looks that fit the theme of the event. In 2024, celebrity co-chairs Zendaya, Chris Hemsworth, Bad Bunny, and Jennifer Lopez will be in attendance for the theme “The Garden of Time,” which honors the Costume Institute’s exhibit “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”
While the guest list for the Met Gala is highly secretive, there are some celebrities who are believed to be banned from attending for various reasons. Some stars, like Jennifer Garner, have chosen never to return after negative experiences, while others have allegedly been excluded against their will. Anna Wintour, who oversees the guest list, has only explicitly confirmed one banned guest, while others are believed to have been indefinitely excluded for different reasons.
Some of the celebrities who are allegedly banned from the Met Gala include Josh Hartnett, who was deemed not relevant enough for the event in a documentary that showcased a Vogue staffer denying his attendance. Designer Rachel Zoe is speculated to have been indefinitely uninvited after making comments about Anna Wintour in 2007, though she did attend the event in subsequent years. Riverdale star Lili Reinhart speculated that she won’t be invited back after criticizing Kim Kardashian, and Tim Gunn confirmed that he is banned from the Met Gala after a fallout with Anna Wintour.
Donald Trump, who was once a regular attendee at the Met Gala and even proposed to wife Melania at the event, was confirmed by Anna Wintour to be the one person she would never invite back to the event. This likely extends to Melania and Ivanka Trump as well, as their last appearances at the event were before Wintour made it clear that Trump was no longer welcome. Ivanka’s brother-in-law, Josh Kushner, continues to attend the Met Gala due to his relationship with supermodel wife Karlie Kloss, who reportedly has a strained relationship with Ivanka.
