The Met Gala is a once-a-year opportunity for Hollywood’s biggest stars to sport the most outrageous looks imaginable, but a high-profile former attendee claims he was removed from Monday’s event for hogging the spotlight the year before. are doing.
Last week, Italian model Eugenio Casnighi posted a series of TikTok videos in which he said he was “fired” from the 2024 Met Gala for attracting too much attention last year.
“I have worked as a model and usher at the Met Gala. [in] We were supposed to do it in 2022 and 2023 and this year,” he explained in the first clip. “It’s Friday, the Met Gala is on Monday, and they fired me today and informed me that I was fired because I came under fire last year.”
Mr. Casnighi did not reveal the name of his former boss. However, he said his attendance at this year’s Met Gala had been confirmed for more than a month before he was relieved of his duties last week.
“Basically they said, ‘We can’t have you work there anymore because that’s your decision.’ So, we’re sorry, but you’re fired, you’re fired — whatever you want to call it. It can be anything,” he explained.
The 26-year-old’s presence at the 2023 soirée garnered considerable attention online when he was photographed alongside Kylie Jenner on the red carpet, drawing vitriolic comments from viewers in the process. .
One clip that went viral last year showed him in the background while YouTube influencer Emma Chamberlain was interviewing Blackpink’s Jenny Kim.
The video’s caption reads: “Emma trying to focus on interviewing Jenny…”
In a second TikTok video, Casnighi said he was “disappointed but not upset” about being excluded from the Met Gala, after which he went on to discuss a series of disputes with the organizer, who forbade him from posting photos or videos of the event. Introducing email exchanges.
Representatives from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment on Casnighi’s claims.
Although Casney did not attend the actual Met Gala, she was apparently allowed to attend one of the after-parties. On Monday, he shared a short clip on Instagram of himself mingling with Camila Mendes, Jaden Smith and others at New York’s Mark Hotel in a white tank top and black blazer.
“Not bad for someone who just lost a job,” he quipped.
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