12 Stars Who Didn’t Attend the 2024 Met Gala — and Why

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12 Stars Who Didn’t Attend the 2024 Met Gala — and Why
From Taylor Swift to Rihanna, see some of the A-listers who skipped this year’s Met Gala

By Zoey Lyttle and Alexandra Schonfeld Updated on May 7, 2024 10:02AM EDT
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 01: Rihanna attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Rihanna . PHOTO: MIKE COPPOLA/GETTY
The 2024 Met Gala was packed with haute couture and household names, but a few key faces were missing from this year’s high-fashion fête.

Regular Gala-goers like Rihanna, Blake Lively and Katy Perry skipped out on “The Garden of Time” theme for a number of reasons, ranging from busy work schedules to a case of the flu. Some typically coordinated couples didn’t step out at all, while other pairs only sent one partner to the Manhattan museum.

Find out why Ben Affleck wasn’t dressed up alongside Jennifer Lopez, what kept Taylor Swift from the Met steps and more reasons why stylish stars opted out of fashion’s big night.

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12 Stars Who Didn’t Attend the 2024 Met Gala — and Why
From Taylor Swift to Rihanna, see some of the A-listers who skipped this year’s Met Gala

By Zoey Lyttle and Alexandra Schonfeld Updated on May 7, 2024 10:02AM EDT
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 01: Rihanna attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
Rihanna . PHOTO: MIKE COPPOLA/GETTY
The 2024 Met Gala was packed with haute couture and household names, but a few key faces were missing from this year’s high-fashion fête.

Regular Gala-goers like Rihanna, Blake Lively and Katy Perry skipped out on “The Garden of Time” theme for a number of reasons, ranging from busy work schedules to a case of the flu. Some typically coordinated couples didn’t step out at all, while other pairs only sent one partner to the Manhattan museum.

Find out why Ben Affleck wasn’t dressed up alongside Jennifer Lopez, what kept Taylor Swift from the Met steps and more reasons why stylish stars opted out of fashion’s big night.

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Rihanna
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Rihanna. JEFF KRAVITZ/FILMMAGIC
The “Umbrella” singer was a no-show on the Met steps this year. After the carpet ended and the Gala began behind closed doors, PEOPLE exclusively revealed that Rihanna skipped the event after falling ill.

A source shared that the flu kept the style star from continuing her strong streak of memorable Met Gala ensembles, many of which she’s rocked alongside her longtime partner A$AP Rocky, who was also absent from the soirée.