NOT every big-name celebrity has scored an invite to the Met Gala, and some have been blacklisted entirely for shocking reasons.
Anna Wintour, the long-running chair of the prestigious gala, has a strict guest list, and even the most elite aren’t guaranteed entry.
While she’s only publicly confirmed one person’s permanent ban from the event, there is a list of others who are forbidden from attending.
Below are five stars who are not permitted to attend this year’s Met Gala, held on Monday, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and what led to the decision.
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj might be a 12-time Grammy Award-nominated rapper, among other accolades, but that doesn’t grant her a pass into this year’s gala.
Last month, Naughty But Nice‘s Rob Shuter revealed that Nicki wasn’t invited to the event following her repeated politically charged rants and public appearances.
“Nicki’s invitations didn’t just slow down — they vanished,” an industry insider told the podcaster.
“Hollywood stopped returning her calls. This isn’t subtle anymore. She’s been shut out,” they added.
The source claimed that Nicki’s surprise appearance at Turning Points USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix in December was the last straw for the rap star.
She boasted about President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on stage, which rubbed Anna, a long-time Democratic Party advocate, the wrong way.
Nicki is also said to have been ousted because of her longstanding feud with Roc Nation and its founder, JAY-Z, whose wife, Beyoncé, serves as the 2026 gala’s co-chair.
Tim Gunn
Former Project Runway judge Tim Gunn also won’t be making an appearance at the gala anytime soon.
In 2016, the TV personality revealed he’d been banned from fashion‘s biggest night after making an ill-received comment about Anna to a reporter.
“It is very true. It is a crazy story, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s a very matter-of-fact story,” Tim said in an interview with E!.
“I was asked what is the most unforgettable thing I’ve ever seen in fashion and I said, ‘It’s easy. It was watching Anna Wintour being carried down five flights of stairs by two bodyguards—two big hulking men—from a fashion show.’”
The fashion icon said that “all hell broke loose” once Anna caught wind of his comment, and they’ve been in an “open war” ever since.
Lili Reinhart
While Lili Reinhart last attended the Met Gala in 2022, she doesn’t expect to score another invite.
Shortly after the gala, the Riverdale actress took to her Instagram Stories to slam Kim Kardashian‘s drastic weight loss measures to fit into her historic gown.
The Kardashians star famously donned the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to serenade John F. Kennedy on his 45th birthday.
She admitted she stuck to a strict diet to rapidly lose 16 pounds, a method that Lili clearly didn’t support.
“To openly admit to starving yourself for the sake of the Met Gala. When you know very well that millions of young men and women are looking up to you and listening to your every word.
“The ignorance is otherworldly disgusting,” the Hustlers star wrote in her post.
“Please stop supporting these stupid, harmful celebrities whose entire image revolves around their bodies. I am not generally an angry person but I swear to god, the toxicity of this industry sometimes really gets to me,” Lili added.
While reflecting later on her experience at the gala in an interview with W Magazine, Lili acknowledged that her comments might have led to her being banned indefinitely.
“I don’t think I’ll be invited back…I said a certain something about a certain person in a certain dress,” she told the outlet.
Rachel Zoe
Rachel Zoe was axed from the Met Gala invite list years ago after making a shocking comparison of herself to Anna.
During a sit-down with the New York Times in 2007, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star claimed she was “more influential” than the Vogue editor-in-chief because of her celebrity status.
“Anna Wintour is one of my heroes, but they say that I’m more influential,” Rachel told the publication.
“As great as it is, Vogue won’t change a designer’s business. But if an unknown brand is worn by a certain person in a tabloid, it will be the biggest designer within a week.”
Despite the apparent diss, it appears the TV personality wasn’t banned from the gala forever, as she strutted down the red carpet in 2012.
President Donald Trump
As mentioned earlier, there’s only one person whom Anna has publicly nixed from ever attending the Met Gala, and that is President Trump.
During an October 2017 appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Anna revealed that the president is the one celebrity she would never invite back.
Before his presidential run, Trump was a regular attendee of the gala between 2003 and 2012.
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