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Booked and Busy! Who Didn’t Attend the 2024 Met Gala? Katy Perry, Taylor Swift and More Stars Skipped

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Updated on: May 7, 2024 4:42 pm·

By Elise Nelson and Jessica Stopper

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The iconic steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art were filled with stars for the 2024 Met Gala on Monday, May 6. Fans ate up every second of the red carpet as celebrities showed off their interpretations of the “Garden of Time” dress code, but they also couldn’t help but notice that a few A-listers were missing from the event.

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Katy Perry, for example, who has graced the red carpet multiple times in the past, had to sit this year’s Met Gala out because of her work schedule. After a series of AI-generated images went viral during the red carpet coverage, Katy revealed that even her mom fell for the fake photos.

Who else didn’t attend the 2024 Met Gala?

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Who Didn’t Attend the 2024 Met Gala? These Stars Skipped

Chrissy Teigen

Chrissy celebrated Met Monday from the couch after she suffered a neck injury.

“This is not why I’m not at the Met. I was never going to the Met this year. Please. I’m so stupid for having made this a thing. I’m sorry,” she said in a video via Instagram Stories on May 7, 2024.

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Taylor Swift

Taylor and Travis were rumored to be making their red carpet debut at this year’s gala, however, her tour schedule seemingly conflicted with the Met Gala.

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Blake Lively

A staple on the Met steps since her days as Serena Van Der Woodsen, Blake and husband Ryan skipped the 2024 Gala.

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Kourtney Kardashian

Kourtney hasn’t been to many Met Galas, however fans were convinced she and Travis Barker would have made an appearance this year.

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Katy Perry

Katy took to Instagram to share a series of AI generated images of her supposedly at the Met that went viral.

“couldn’t make it to the MET, had to work,” she captioned the post.

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Khloe Kardashian

Khloé made her red carpet debut at the 2022 event, but she has not been back since.

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Beyonce

The Bey Hive was devastated when they realized Beyoncé would not be gracing the Met Gala with her presence this year.

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Hailey and Justin Bieber

While it’s unclear why the A-List couple did not attend the gala, they were recently spotted on vacation in Hawaii.

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Rihanna

Rihanna, unfortunately, missed the 2024 event after contracting the flu, a source told People.

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Justin Timberlake

The “Cry Me a River” artist had a show in San Jose, California, on the same night that wife Jessica Biel attended the Met Gala.

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Priyanka Chopra

Ahead of this year’s gala, Priyanka revealed to Access Hollywood that her schedule would not permit her attendance.

“I don’t even know who’s going this year. I’m definitely not attending this year because I’m filming, but I think I really do enjoy watching people’s creativity during the Met Gala and I am really excited to see how it will turn out. I actually have not read anything about who all is going this year.”

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Jared Leto

The Met Gala icon was forced to skip this year’s event due to his touring schedule.

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Billy Porter

Billy Porter skipped this year’s gala after his mother died in February. “I just lost my mom,” the actor told E! News ahead of the event. “I have to take care of myself, so I’m doing that. And that means not going to the party sometimes.”

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