{"id":70685,"date":"2025-05-05T10:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=70685"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:02:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:02:46","slug":"did-anna-wintour-remove-naomi-campbell-from-met-gala-2025-guest-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/did-anna-wintour-remove-naomi-campbell-from-met-gala-2025-guest-list\/70685\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Anna Wintour remove Naomi Campbell from Met Gala 2025 guest list?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just when you thought Met Gala 2025<\/a> couldn\u2019t serve more heat, the pre-party drama is already red-hot, and it\u2019s missing one of fashion\u2019s most legendary faces. That\u2019s right: Naomi Campbell, the runway queen and longtime Met Gala regular, will not<\/em> be gracing the Met steps this year. And the reason? Allegedly, a serious fall-out with Vogue<\/em>\u2019s iron-fisted Editor-in-Chief, Anna Wintour<\/a>. Yep, fashion\u2019s ice queen may have just frozen Naomi out.<\/p>\n

Met Gala 2025: So, what happened between Anna Wintour and Naomi Campbell<\/a>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to reports from The Sun<\/em>, Campbell\u2019s absence isn\u2019t by choice, it\u2019s a full-on ban. Sources claim things went south between the two fashion titans at the 2024 Harlem\u2019s Fashion Row Fashion Show & Style Awards. Wintour was originally supposed to present Naomi with the Fashion Icon Award, but couldn\u2019t resist a little shady jab, reportedly calling the supermodel \u201coften late.\u201d Cue awkward silence.<\/p>\n

Not amused, Naomi responded in true diva fashion. Harper\u2019s Bazaar Editor-in-Chief Samira Nasr took over award duties instead, and during her acceptance speech, Naomi threw some not-so-subtle shade, referring to Wintour as \u201cthe other lady\u201d and making it clear she preferred Nasr for the job. Oof. That mic drop moment may have cost her an invite.<\/p>\n

An anonymous insider didn\u2019t hold back, saying, \u201cYou don\u2019t insult the host and expect an invitation next year.\u201d And considering Wintour\u2019s known for having a memory like a steel trap and keeping a firm grip on the Met Gala guest list, that checks out. \u201cIf Anna wants you out, you\u2019re out,\u201d the source added. Brutal.<\/p>\n

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ALSO READ: Met Gala 2025: Guest list, how to watch, host, dress code and everything we know<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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How does the fashion world react?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Campbell\u2019s no-show is already shaking up fashion circles, especially given how synonymous she\u2019s become with the event over the years. For many, this feels like Wintour making it crystal clear who\u2019s boss at the Met.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Naomi may have seen this coming. In a 2024 episode of her Being Naomi<\/em> YouTube series, she hinted that last year\u2019s Met Gala could\u2019ve been her final appearance, saying she might be getting \u201ctoo old\u201d for the spectacle. Was it foreshadowing? Or just a graceful exit before the fallout went public?<\/p>\n

Either way, her absence will be felt, and talked about. One thing\u2019s for sure: if you\u2019re coming for Wintour, you\u2019d better not miss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Met Gala Drama: Naomi Campbell \u201cbanned\u201d after shade-fest with Anna Wintour?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":70686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3579,3757,20281,18821],"class_list":["post-70685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-anna-wintour","tag-met-gala","tag-met-gala-2025","tag-naomi-campbell"],"reading_time":"3 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}