The model Luka Sabbatknown for his relationship with Kourtney Kardashian, revealed that he is banned from the Met Gala, the exclusive event organized annually by Anna Wintour in the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York.
Sabbat, who attended the gala in 2019, explained that it was excluded for violating two fundamental rules of the event: Do not smoke and not use mobile phones.
Recently, he confirmed his situation in an interaction with his followers on platform X (formerly Twitter).
When a user’s question was still vetoed, he replied: “Yes, I’m still banned from Met, Lol”
Another user asked the reason, to which the model explained: “I took a selfie smoking a cigarette in 2019. Those are two of the main rules that I broke. ”
The incident occurred in the bathroom of the museum during the 2019 gala, where Luka Sabbat A photo in front of the mirror was taken holding a ignition cigarette.
The images became viral and their breach of the standards led Anna Wintour, director of Vogue And organizer of the event, he decided to veto him from future editions.
Although it was not clarified for how long the veto will remain, Six years are there in which Sabbat has been set out from the Met Gala.
The Met galaheld every year to raise funds for the Metropolitan Museum Institute of Art, is known both for its glamor and its strict rules.
Among the most important standards is the prohibition of smoking and the use of mobile phones Within the enclosure, measures destined to preserve the exclusive nature of the event and respect the museum space.
Despite these rules, in the recent 2025 edition, several celebrities ignored the restrictions.
Megan Thee Stallion published a gastronomic review, Falle Bailey shared one Selfie next to Sydney Sweeneythe singer Smooth of the group Blackpink He was also seen using his mobile phone, and his bandmate, Jennieappeared in a photograph taken by Sabrina Carpenter in the museum’s bathroom.
This year’s edition, focused on the song “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style”, was the first to focus mainly on male fashion and African -American culture.
In addition to Wintour, the gala had other honorary presidents such as Lewis Hamilton, A $ AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Pharrell Williams and LeBron James.
Luka Sabbat He is not the only one who has faced a veto in the Met gala. Own Anna Wintour has publicly confirmed that the former president Donald Trump is on the blacklist of the event.
In an interview with James Corden, when Wintour was asked who would never be invited again, she responded without hesitation: “Donald Trump.”
The designer and judge of Project Runway, Tim Gunnit was also excluded after making a public statement about the editor of Vogue.
In the program Fashion PoliceGunn reported how he described having seen Anna Wintour being carried in arms by two security guards after a parade, which unleashed a conflict between them.
“We have had an open war since then”he said.
The actress Lili Reinhartknown for his role in Riverdalehas expressed its skepticism about being invited again after publicly criticizing Kim Kardashian.
In 2022, Reinhart described as “Incredible ignorance” the fact that Kardashian admitted to having followed an extreme diet to lose weight and wear the iconic dress of Marilyn Monroe In the gala of that year.
“Please, stop supporting these stupid celebrities and harmful whose only value is based on their bodies, ”he wrote on his social networks.
Another notable figure that has been excluded is Rachel Zoewho in 2007 claimed to be more influential than Anna Wintour In an interview with the New York Times.
Although he attended the event in 2012, His presence has been intermittent since then.
Finally, the comedian Amy Schumer He has openly expressed his disdain for the Met galadescribing it as a “farce” In an interview with Howard Stern In 2016.
Although it is not officially vetoed, its rejection open to the event has kept it outside the radar of future invitations.
