Met Gala’s most iconic moments - from smoking in the bathroom to Solange & Jay-Z’s fight
01.05.2023 - 13:05
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The Met Gala, a renowned event hosted annually by Vogue's Anna Wintour, has witnessed some of the most iconic pop culture moments in the 2000s as a breeding ground for scandals and drama. Whether it's the arrival at the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the main event, or even the afterparty, the Gala has a history of generating scandalous moments that continue to make headlines for years to come.The Met Gala 2023 theme is Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty in tribute to the late designer who passed away in 2019.
While we can’t wait to see the world’s fashion elite to strut their stuff on the red carpet, here’s a look back at some of the Gala’s biggest scandals through the years. Solange & Jay-Z’s elevator fight In 2014, Solange Knowles, Beyoncé, and Jay-Z posed for pictures on the red carpet, but little did they know what was to come.
At the afterparty that night, Solange was captured on security footage attacking Jay-Z in an elevator at the Standard Hotel, while Beyoncé stood by.The leaked footage caused a media frenzy, and the couple eventually issued a statement to address the incident. In 2016, Beyoncé released her album "Lemonade," which revealed Jay-Z's infidelity, leading many to speculate that the elevator altercation was a result of their marital issues.
Beyoncé even referenced the incident in her song "Flawless," singing the lines, "Of course sometimes s—t go down when there's a billion dollars on an elevator." Madonna’s see-through dress Madonna, always one to make a statement, grabbed headlines at the 2016 "Manus X Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology" Met Gala with her bold Givenchy dress that left her bum exposed. Later, she took to Instagram to address the critics
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