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The star of “Greatest Show Man” Zendaya, last appeared in the Met Gala in 2019 wearing a Cinderella-inspired ballgown that lit up the red carpet, since then, she hasn’t attended the event. This year, she has a solid excuse for her absence from the event.
Zendaya revealed in an interview with Extra that she won’t be appearing at the 2022 Met Gala which has been scheduled to hold on May 2 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
In explaining her reason, she said “I hate to disappoint my fans here, but I will be working,” she said. “Your girl’s got to work and make some movies, so I wish everyone the best—I will be playing tennis.” Zendaya is currently filming Challengers, a movie about the high-stakes world of competitive tennis.
Zendaya promises her fans that she’ll make her Met Gala return in the future, assuring, “I’ll be back, though, eventually.”
Zendaya: “My Fans Are Going To Be Very Upset With Me”
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This is actually the second time Zendaya is missing the Met Gala event, the first time was in 2021, she revealed that she was unable to attend the biggest night in fashion to a scheduling conflict with production for season 2 of her hit HBO Max series.
“My fans are going to be very upset with me,” she explained to Extra at the time. “I will unfortunately not be able to attend because I’ll be working for Euphoria.”
Zendaya – About The 2022 Met Gala
This year’s met gala is on May 2, this date carries on the tradition of the event being held on the first Monday in May, excluding the 2021 Met Gala, which was held in September.
The theme for this year is “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” and a dress code of gilded glamour and white tie. This is aimed at the period between 1870 to 1890, the event “will ask its attendees to embody the grandeur — and perhaps the dichotomy — of Gilded Age New York,” per Vogue.
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Spouses Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds will serve as co-chairs alongside Oscar winner Regina King and Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda.
The era is known for major industrialization and put the likes of John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, and Cornelius Vanderbilt on the map. Unprecedented prosperity and cultural change were significant. The light bulb was patented, the telephone was invented, wages skyrocketed — and seemingly instantaneous, so did skyscrapers and fortunes.
Serving as a part 2 to last year’s “A Lexicon of Fashion” and paying homage to American history, the official exhibit for this year’s “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” will be on display in the storied museum’s period-centric rooms.
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