Once upon a time, Lively rivaled Madonna, Rihanna, and Sarah Jessica Parker for most-anticipated Met Gala attendee, going ten times in fourteen years. The Gossip Girl star made a behavior of in some way always matching the carpet (though she presumably did not know the decor beforehand), and her copper-to-green Statue of Liberty outfit transformation in 2022 was merely gorgeous. But when a brand new Supreme rises, the previous one fades away. Not saying it is all about Zendaya now, however…this might be Lively’s third missed Gala in a row (not her longest no-show streak, however the 2018-2022 hole was, we think about, partly resulting from Covid).
This is all to say, the reply to the query “will Blake Lively attend the Met Gala in 2025” is…nope. In 2023, she had lately given delivery and was dwelling with a breast pump. In 2024, she was busy. This yr? Well, sources advised TMZ again in March that Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds determined to not attend the occasion months prior, and it completely has nothing to do with the entire Justin Baldoni fracas.
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The pair have not precisely been in hiding for the reason that a number of lawsuits surrounding her movie It Ends With Us had been filed, attending the star-studded SNL 50 bash arm-in-arm. Maybe Lively wished to finish her Met Gala profession with a bang? She was, in any case, a co-chair in 2022, and there are many celebrities who appear to have graduated from the occasion, her buddy Taylor Swift being a major instance. By the time the Met Gala rolls round on May 5, Lively’s new film, Another Simple Favor, could have simply dropped on Amazon Prime, so it is also attainable she desires a break after a world press tour.
Whatever the rationale, we do have loads of A-listers who will virtually actually be in attendance, from Rihanna to Spike Lee. Learn extra in regards to the 2025 Met Gala right here.
