A MYSTERY woman was physically stopped from going into the hotel where celebrities are getting ready for the 2025 Met Gala, just as A-listers were trying to leave.
A shouting match began when she tried to breeze inside before security guards had to push her back onto the sidewalk and escort her to the curb just hours before the iconic event began.
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The scuffle was caught on a live stream set up to capture celebrities leaving the historic Carlyle Hotel to make their way to the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art just a few blocks away.
The woman, carrying a Sephora bag and wearing a gray tracksuit, was refused entry into the hotel and pulled away by cops at the scene.
Onlookers crowded outside the hotel for a glimpse at A-listers watched the embarrassing moment unfold in the pouring rain as the woman shouted at the guards keeping her out.
“I’m staying at this hotel,” the woman told guards, adding that she had “three rooms.”
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“I’m not leaving.”
She went on to scream and point, saying, “I paid for my room here!”
The woman then tried to enter another door of the hotel, which is when she was dragged out by cops.
As the woman spoke with New York Police Department officers after the confrontation, someone from inside the building rushed outside to join the conversation.
After a brief discussion, officials then gestured to allow the women into the hotel.
The woman then began recording the people who pushed her out as she was visibly frustrated with being denied entrance.
“I’m so mad right now,” she said as she stormed back onto the street to take pictures of the cops who kept her out of the hotel.
She then said she would sue the NYPD.
It’s unclear who the woman is or why she was denied entrance at first.
Thankfully, she made her way into the building and out of the rain just a few minutes after the confrontation started.
Superfine: Tailoring Black Style — 2025 Met Gala’s theme explained
This year’s Met Gala theme Superfine: Tailoring Black Style was announced on October 9, 2024, but what does it mean?
It is inspired by a new exhibit at the Costume Institute that focuses on Black style, notably Black dandyism from the 18th century through to its resurgence in the 1920s and 30s in the Harlem Renaissance and its influence on present day.
Dandyism speaks to elegant and often excessive fashion used for self-expression that often breaks norms and can be seen as a form of rebellion.
Attendees have been told that the dress code is “Tailored for you” and that the theme explores how fashion has been used to both enslave and liberate.
It is inspired by the book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism And The Styling Of Black Diasporic Identity (2009), written by professor and chair of Africana studies at Barnard College, Monica L Miller.
This exhibition marks a significant step in diversifying the Met’s collections and addressing historical biases in curatorial practices.
Andrew Bolton, the Curator in Charge, emphasized the importance of making fashion at The Met more accessible and inclusive.
Hotel staff told The U.S. Sun it was unclear what sparked the awkward scene because so many people are coming in and out of the hotel.
The chaos went down after celebrities including Colman Domingo, Emma Chamberlain, and Teyana Taylor, had already left the hotel for the event, which is considered fashion’s biggest night of the year.
Cops are on high alert for the event as political demonstrators are already gathered outside the iconic red carpet.
Former officer Michael Alcazar told The U.S. Sun that security operations are as tight as possible due to the high-profile nature of the event.
“The NYPD has to be prepared for every eventuality,” Alcazar said.
He said cops enact a “frozen zone” to fence out the Met, barricading certain areas from members of the public.
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