Rihanna ‘is sick with the flu’ and couldn’t attend Met Gala 2024 … as music and fashion superstar is staple of annual NYC event
Rihanna ‘is sick with the flu’ and was unable to attend Monday’s Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art due to the illness.
An insider said People On Monday, the singer and style icon, 36, subsequently made the decision to cancel after falling ill.
The Saint Michael, Barbados native was spotted in Miami on Saturday night with her boyfriend, rapper A$AP Rocky, 35, at his Puma pop-up store.
The Umbrella singer, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, sported pink hair at the event, prompting speculation that it would complement her Met Gala ensemble.
Rihanna traveled to the Big Apple after the trip to Miami, an insider said Page six on Monday, adding that a stylist of the singer “was seen at the Carlyle Hotel greeting the security team who wore her jewelry” for the meeting.
Rihanna, 36, “is sick with the flu” and was unable to attend Monday’s Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art due to the illness, a source told People. She was pictured in Miami on Saturday night with her husband A$AP Rocky, 35, at his Puma pop-up store
The Umbrella artist was a key part of the annual fashion event; This year’s theme is Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion
The Grammy-winning music artist was planning to attend this year’s festivities as she spoke Additional on April 27 about her fashion plans for the annual event.
“I’m actually keeping it really simple this year,” Rihanna told the outlet while at a promotional event for her Fenty Beauty line in Los Angeles.
She added, “Very simple… I think it’s about what my makeup is going to do and what my hair is going to do. We want to play with that, but I have no idea what I’m going to do with it.’
The Don’t Stop the Music singer said her ensemble would be “really simple”… compared to everything else [she’s] ever did.’
She added, “I’m showing up for dinner! Shout out to Anna Wintour.”
In fake images that circulated Monday night, Rihanna was pictured with Katy Perry attending the gala.
Rihanna wasn’t the only superstar missing from the red carpet on Monday, as Beyoncé and Taylor Swift also skipped the procedure; neither has competed there since 2016, said The New York Times.
Among the big names who made their presence felt at the Met Gala were Zendaya and Jennifer Lopez.
Rihanna planned to attend as she spoke to Extra about her outfit plans at a promotional event for her Fenty Beauty line in LA at 7th Street Studios in April.
Rihanna said she planned to ‘keep it really simple’ this year
Rihanna was pictured at her very first Met Gala in 2007, the year she released her hit Umbrella
One notable outfit she donned was a daffodil yellow dress that weighed 55 pounds, for the 2015 gala theme, China: Through the Looking Glass.
The S&M artist had a regal presence at the 2018 event, themed Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
The singer was photographed at last year’s Met Gala in a flowing ensemble themed around The Garden of Time
Rihanna has gained fame for her memorable outfits she has worn to the event over the past fourteen years.
She attended her very first Met Gala in 2007, the year she released her hit Umbrella.
The singer was present at the Met Gala last year in a flowing ensemble with The Garden of Time as its theme.
The S&M artist had a regal presence at the 2018 event, themed Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, wearing a mini skirt ensemble.
Another standout outfit she donned was a daffodil yellow dress that weighed 25 pounds, for the 2015 gala theme, China: Through the Looking Glass.