{"id":4278,"date":"2026-06-01T20:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/olivia-rodrigo-reveals-why-she-skipped-the-met-gala-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:42:11","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-reveals-why-she-skipped-the-met-gala-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/olivia-rodrigo-reveals-why-she-skipped-the-met-gala-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo reveals why she skipped the Met Gala 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129421535.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Olivia Rodrigo recently appeared on the New York Times \u201cPopcast\u201d to promote her forthcoming album, \u201cYou Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Olivia Rodrigo is perhaps a bit <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6s84u2TUpR3wdUv4NgKA2j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGood 4 U\u201d singer skipped the 2026 Met Gala, despite being in New York City \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/style\/the-best-met-gala-2026-after-party-looks-from-kendall-jenner-to-hailey-bieber\/#11\">attending one of the night\u2019s after-parties.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rodrigo discussed the highly publicized event on May 29th\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/olivia-rodrigo-interview-new-album-details-babydoll\/id120315823?i=1000770150090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cNew York Times Popcast,\u201d<\/a> demurring, \u201cI\u2019m not really a fashion girl,\u201d she qualified. \u201cReally, I\u2019m not a fashion girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To that, host Jon Caramanica protested: \u201cCandidly, many people who attend the Met Gala are not fashion people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She discusses her decision to skip the Met Gala, having last attended three years ago (pictured here). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rodrigo shares, \u201cI don\u2019t feel like I need to do things that don\u2019t bring me joy.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After considering her words carefully, the pop star said, \u201cThis is my third album, I don\u2019t feel like I need to do things that don\u2019t bring me joy or inspire me or fuel me or feel aligned with my values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cIt\u2019s not as fun or exciting anymore,\u201d and agreed with host Joe Santagato that she\u2019s at a point in her career where she can be \u201cmore discerning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has attended the Met Gala three times \u2014\u00a0and hit up this year\u2019s Saint Laurent after-party in a vintage Vivienne Westwood minidress. She last appeared on the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps in 2023, wearing a black-and-white rosette-trimmed gown by Thom Browne.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The singer has recently come under fire for another fashion-related debate after she wore a babydoll dress on stage. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Spotify<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The pop star made her Met Gala debut (pictured here) in 2021 and has attended three times. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Though Rodrigo might not qualify herself as a fashion girl, she\u2019s recently the center of a debate over the babydoll dresses she\u2019s worn on stage to kick off her \u201cYou Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So In Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/28\/style\/olivia-rodrigo-slams-backlash-over-her-babydoll-dresses\/\">On the same NYTimes podcast<\/a>, Rodriguez stated, \u201cI didn\u2019t think that I looked sexy in that at all. I was like, this is so cool. I feel like I look like Kathleen Hanna or Courtney Love, all these people who are my heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just think it shows how we really normalize pedophilia in our culture,\u201d she pointedly concluded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/01\/style\/olivia-rodrigo-reveals-why-she-skipped-the-met-gala-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Rodrigo recently appeared on the New York Times \u201cPopcast\u201d to promote her forthcoming album,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129421535.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}