Why Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Skipped the 2024 Met Gala

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds ended up skipping their second Met Gala in a row. The couple chose to spend their night at home, rather than on the red carpet.

Lively sparked hope she could attend the Met Gala when she went to a Tiffany & Co. event in New York last week. Ultimately, she let that be her big fashion moment for early May.

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Lively have a rich history at the Met though...including wearing clothing that matches the carpet. She joked about her coordination on Instagram in 2020. “..when the carpet matches the Blakes. Met Ball 2018, 2017, 2016,” she wrote. At the time, Gigi Hadid commented, “How far in advance do you have to tell Anna [Wintour] what color to make the carpet?”

Lively last attended the gala in 2022 and served as a co-chair. For that year’s “Gilded Glamour” theme, where she wore an Atelier Versace gown with a tiara and her signature Lorraine Schwartz jewelry.

Lively famously is her own stylist, including for big events like the Met Gala. She spoke in March 2018 about her decision to take on the role. “I love design and I love fashion and it’s a way to be creative,” she told Women’s Wear Daily. “In my job I get to be creative, but it’s over a period of time and so many other people are involved, whereas this is a beginning, middle and end, and I get to be creative and there’s an end date in the near future. It’s the same reason why I like doing my friends’ hair and makeup or cooking—you get to be creative and finish it. Whereas with my job you do it and then two years later it’s finished. It probably goes back to the control issues; it’s like, ‘Okay, I did it, I completed it, it’s done!’”