Loose Women's Andrea McLean forced to watch Met Gala from afar as she turns up uninvited

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r Loose Women presenter joined the crowd gathered outside the annual Met Gala. On her Instagram, the TV star shared photos of the A-List celebrities entering the iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art after seemingly being unable to secure a ticket of her own.Sharing a video outside the venue, which was alight with flashing bulbs from paparazzi cameras, Andrea typed: “So technically I went to the Met Gala last night”.The author, who has recently released a book entitled ‘You Just Need to Believe It,' shared a clip of Alicia Keys posing on the red carpet as she made her entrance into the event.Andrea said: “We saw our girl on fire! #AliciaKeys,” in reference to the R&B singer’s hit song, which inspired the title of her lifestyle website.The Met Gala is known as fashion's biggest night and is traditionally held on the first Monday in May to raise money for the Costume Institute in New York City, with last year's event being moved to September due to the pandemic.

This year's dress code was gilded glamour to match the theme of 'In America: An Anthology of Fashion,' a continuation of last year's 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.'Andrea is in the US after she insisted that she had “no regrets” about leaving Loose Women in 2020 after suffering a breakdown a few years ago.The TV presenter said she decided to quit as a Loose Women anchor, as she didn't want a feeling of regret eating away at her as she returned to ITV for the first time last month.She admitted that it was a “big decision” for her at the time as she appeared on Lorraine to speak about her new book.Andrea said people told her at the time that she was “brave” for making the decision, saying their words inspired her to write her fourth book, which aims to help people.