Lizzo SLAMS star-studded MET Gala’s long lines and says waiters are ‘stingy with the liquor’

Lizzo has slammed the MET Gala after taking to the red carpet for the first time last year at the star-studded event.

Hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour, the annual ball is fashion’s biggest night, as well as a fundraiser to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City.

Speaking in an Instagram Live, the hitmaker, 35, had a laundry list of complaints following her debut, from the lack of seating to the amount of alcohol on offer.

Lizzo, who performed an incredible flute solo on the red carpet, said, “There’s a long line. I’m taking the glamour, but it’s true. You have to wait’.

“So you wait and that’s the hard part. I was sweating in a thick coat, my feet hurt’.

Smoking: Speaking in an Instagram Live, the hitmaker, 35, had a laundry list of complaints about the lack of seating and the amounts of alcohol on offer

Star-studded: The annual ball, hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour (pictured at the 2022 event), is fashion’s biggest evening and fundraiser held to benefit the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City

“They have no chairs, no cocktails. I was like ‘Bitch? Can we get some chairs or some drinks or some hors d’oeuvres?’.

Once inside, Lizzo said she was gutted when a waiter told her the only choice of alcohol was red or white wine.

She recalled, “They were very stingy with the booze that night. He was like ‘Red or white wine?’.

And I was like, ‘Tequila! Do you know what I’ve been through? Do you know how many hours I spent in this corset? How long have I been walking in these damn shoes? Tequila!’.

Of her red performance, she said, “I had the plan to play the flute and do the whole intro [of a classical piece] but I got nervous and I only played it once because all the photographers were bothering me’.

“They were like, ‘You put us to sleep with the flute!’

“I was like, ‘okay?’ In my mind I thought everyone would be transfixed.

Before adding, “So I only played it once, just the first half of it. Then I posed and took the pictures.’

Overlooked: Speaking of her flute performance on the red carpet, Lizzo said, “I had this plan to play the flute and do the whole intro [of a classical piece] but I got nervous and I only played it once because all the photographers were bothering me’

Smile! And while her new boyfriend Myke Wright was nowhere to be seen, the University of Houston dropout excitedly tapped into meeting Euphoria star Jacob Elordi (L)

Star-struck: Lizzo got to hang out with 10-time Grammy-nominated rapper Nicki Minaj (L), four-time Grammy-winning singer Erykah Badu (2-L) and Grammy-winning singer SZA (2-R)

But despite her grievances, she admitted she had a great time at the event: “This is like a celebrity ball. . . My ball sucked.

“Now I feel like the Grammys and the Met Ball, they’re like my prom.”

Before adding, “It’s like the musicians I’m with are the peers I went to high school with and I just treat it that way.”

At the event, Lizzo wore a black corset dress by Thom Browne with cutouts for garter belts under a glamorous gold embellished coat selected by stylist Jason Rembert.

‘It’s unbelievable. Handmade from beads – it took 22,000 hours to make this coat,” Lizzo (born Melissa Jefferson) told Vogue on the red carpet.

Honor: This year’s theme is Karl Lagerfeld: A Thing of Beauty, a tribute to the legendary German designer, who passed away in 2019 after heading up French fashion house Chanel since 1983 (Karl pictured at the 2008 Gala)

“I’m just so happy to be in it. I feel like a work of art.’

Hairstylist Shelbeniece Swain coiffed the About Damn Time hitmaker’s part-fingered wig and makeup artist Alex Mayo applied her lashes and pout.

And while boyfriend Myke Wright was nowhere to be seen, the University of Houston dropout excitedly tapped TikTok about her meeting with Euphoria star Jacob Elordi.

Lizzo dated ten-time Grammy-nominated rapper Nicki Minaj, four-time Grammy-winning singer Erykah Badu, and Grammy-winning singer SZA.

The Proud Family guest star gushed during his live performance that four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz was the “greatest of all time.”

Lizzo took selfies with The Matrix Resurrections action star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and eight-time Grammy winner Anderson .Paak.

The “body-normative” star seemed especially tickled when five-time Grammy nominee Chlöe Bailey surreptitiously snapped a selfie on her phone while she wasn’t looking.

This year’s theme is Karl Lagerfeld: A Thing of Beauty, a tribute to the legendary German designer, who passed away in 2019 after leading the French fashion house Chanel since 1983.