It’s easy to forget that the Met Gala is ostensibly about a museum exhibition. From its very first edition, in 1973, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual extravaganza has only been about three things: the celebrities, the red carpet, and the drama.
And with this year’s edition postponed indefinitely, it’s the drama we’ll most sorely miss. Distract yourself from the paucity this first Monday in May with a look back at some of its past scandals, here. “Of course sometimes shit goes down when it’s a billion dollars on an elevator.” We may never know exactly what these lyrics from Beyoncé’s “Flawless Remix” mean, there are few souls on this earth unfamiliar with the reference.
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