The Met Gala is considered one of the most exclusive parties in the global. Here are some celebrities who have been banned from attending the elaborate affair.

You know what the first Monday in May way: Your Instagram feed is typically flooded with gowns, crowns, and purple carpet photos of celebrities arriving at the steps of the Met Gala. But what many do not know is that several stars have in reality been banned from the festivities.

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The level of every yr's elaborate affair is technically to make stronger the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute, which dictates a particular theme. For 2023, the theme is "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," and we're excited to see what that suggests to each and every of the stars and their designers.

But who won't be dressing up to the nines this yr? Here is an inventory of everybody who's been banned from attending the Met Gala.

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Like we've discussed, the highlights of the super unique match are the outfits and the drama. First off, the stakes are super prime because invitations are extraordinarily exhausting to return upon, and even supposing you magically manage to nab one (you won't), ticket prices vary from $30,000 to $50,000. Which is why it is better to be invited immediately by means of a credible fashion designer who's already splurged between $275,000 and upwards of $500,000 for a table. 

Who is banned from the Met Gala?

But despite the fact that you're BFFs with Donatella, each and every Met Gala visitor has to be licensed via Anna Wintour. And guess what? She won't hesitate to pass up, disinvite, and even straight-up ban other people she does not like from attending. Because it's her birthday party (it's been since 1995), and she can do what she needs.

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Tim Gunn

Though you may assume that every one of the maximum essential names in type could put their differences aside to percentage the maximum anticipated celebration of the yr, you obviously know better than that. Cattiness and pettiness reign the business. Tim Gunn used to experience attending Met Galas until 2006, when his invitation got rescinded indefinitely.

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"I was asked what is the most unforgettable thing I've ever seen in fashion," he dished to E!'s Fashion Police. "And I said, 'It's easy, it was watching Anna Wintour being carried down five flights of stairs by two bodyguards from a fashion show.'" After he disclosed his most "unforgettable" style memory to The Post, Vogue immediately asked for a retraction, which Tim refused.

As he tells it, that marked the moment when he officially became persona non grata in Anna's book. "All hell broke loose," he revealed, "We've had an open war ever since."

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Josh Hartnett

If you're questioning what happened to Josh Hartnett and why you haven't considered him in some of these years, smartly, let's consider Anna Wintour can relate. Though he is attended Met Galas earlier than, Anna doesn't to find him relevant anymore. Fans of hers, or the ones interested by the Met Gala would possibly have caught wind of this drama in the 2016 documentary The First Monday in May. 

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Calvin Klein calls Vogue soliciting for to decorate Josh Hartnett and have him sit at his desk. "What has he done lately? Nothing. You guys are all set," was once Vogue's thanks-but-no-thanks response.

Rachel Zoe

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You won't see superstar stylist and fashion designer Rachel Zoe getting her own desk at the gala any time soon. The former Bravo collection star used to be as soon as invited to Brian Atwood's desk at the 2007 gala, but was once disinvited shortly thereafter.

Awkward a lot? Although Anna does not need any roughly formal reason why to chop visitors from her party, we're thinking she didn't love it when Rachel informed The New York Times that "Anna Wintour is one of my heroes, but they say I'm more influential." Hmmmm ...

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Coco Rocha

Supermodel Coco Rocha was a staple on the Met Gala pink carpet for years. But when Katy Perry was once invited to co-chair the 2017 Comme des Garçons-themed gala, issues got non-public. Though Anna oversees the complete affair, she additionally bestows some of her energy (and pettiness) to the VIPs who co-host together with her each and every yr.

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Recall that back in 2013, Coco accused Katy of copying her style when the "Dark Horse" singer wore the very same Emanual Ungaro gown Coco had donned at that year's Met Gala just a few months previous. Flash forward four years, and Katy got her payback. 

But wait, it gets much more intense! Although Coco had attended the gala several occasions ahead of no longer getting invited in 2017, she's going to most likely never get to see that purple carpet once more. As one anonymous socialite who's attended the Met Gala a number of instances instructed Page Six, "Once you [miss one year], you're not invited back unless you're triple A-list." 

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Donald Trump

When Anna Wintour went on The Late Late Show with James Corden a little bit over a yr ago, the CBS host requested her "Who would you never invite back to the Met Gala?" After pausing for a beat, Anna simply replied, "Donald Trump."

The forty fifth president attended the flashy celebration many times, and even used the star-studded match to suggest to Melania (then Knauss) in 2004. According to Newsweek, "Trump proposed with a 13-karat diamond ring worth almost $3 million — but he quickly informed people he got the ring for half-price."

Yeah, that roughly tackiness is not going to fly beneath Anna's watch ever again, she does have a whole lot of rules for attending the gala, it sort of feels.

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