What to know about who has been banned from the Met Gala

SINCE 1948, the Met Gala has paid homage to fashion with outstanding costumes and evening wear adorning only the most A list of celebrities.

The invited-only fundraising event is organized and overseen by Vogue's editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour.

Who is banned from the Met Gala?

Fashion's yearly prestige event, The Met Gala, is back on May 1, 2023.

This year's gala will honor the late German fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld.

Karl Lagerfeld was widely known for his work with Chloé, Fendi, and Chanel.

As the world eagerly awaits the announcement of each year's theme and who will be in attendance, there are some celebrities that you probably won't be seeing at a Met Gala in the future.

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Rachel Zoe

Celebrity stylist and fashion designer Rachel Zoe was once invited to Brian Atwood's table at the 2007 Gala - but was disinvited shortly thereafter.

Zoe hasn’t been invited to the Met Gala since she said she was more influential than Wintour.

During an interview with the New York Times, she said: “Anna Wintour is one of my heroes, but they say I’m more influential.”

Being the editor of Vogue, Wintour didn't take Zoe's comments kindly and removed her from the guest list moving forward.

However, Zoe shows that there is hope for (almost) anyone.

Her statements were made in 2007, and she returned to the event in 2012, Cosmopolitan reports.

Zayn Malik

While Gigi Hadid's baby daddy may have attended as her plus-one once upon a time, he won't attend again anytime soon.

At least, that's what he told GQ in 2018.

While Zayn may still get an invitation for the big night, he told the outlet he wouldn't go.

He said: "I'd rather be sitting at my house doing something productive than dressing up in really expensive clothes and being photographed on a red carpet… to do the self-indulgent 'Look at me, I'm amazing' thing on the red carpet, it's not me."

Tina Fey

Tina Fey is one of those women who doesn't need anyone else's approval to keep doing her thing.

This is never more obvious than when she decided to call the Met Gala a 'jerk parade' on The Late Show with David Letterman.

She said: “You go and it’s this beautiful space and it’s just every jerk from every walk of life is there wearing, like, some stupid thing.”

So we'll be surprised if she decides to go again after that interview (or if she's even invited back).

Donald Trump

During an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Wintour said she would never invite Donald Trump back to the event.

Trump always attended the event and even proposed to his wife, Melania, at the Met Gala in 2004.

According to Newsweek, "Trump proposed with a 13-karat diamond ring worth almost $3million - but he quickly informed people he got the ring for half-price."

Jameela Jamil

Since the theme for the 2023 Met Gala was announced, the actress slammed the annual event and its curators for their choice to honor Lagerfeld given his problematic past.

Jamil took to Instagram to post a carousel of photos of Lagerfeld and clips of texts where the late German designer has made controversial comments.

Her post read: "This man… was indeed, supremely talented, but used his platform in such a distinctly hateful way, mostly towards women, so repeatedly and up until the last years of his life, showing no remorse, offering no atonement, no apology, no help to groups he attacked… there was no explanation for his cruel outbursts.

"Those groups were women who were sexually assaulted, the entire me too movement, gay couples who wanted to adopt, all fat people, specifically fat women, and some of his greatest harm was against Muslim refugees, and the disgusting way he spoke about people fleeing their homes for fear of their lives," she continued.

"Why is THIS who we celebrate when there are so many AMAZING designers out there who aren't bigoted white men?

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