This Is What Actually Happens When Stars Go Inside The Met Gala

  (The Huffington Post) : Sarah Jessica Parker outside the 2024 Met Gala Renowned on both sides of the Atlantic as one of the most A-list nights in the showbiz calendar, the Met Gala is known for its incredible guestlist, jaw-dropping fashion statements and, more often than not, puzzling themes. But one thing people have always been a little hazy about is… what actually happens when celebrities get inside. Well, Emmy-winning actor (and Met Ball staple) Sarah Jessica Parker has spilled the beans. During an interview on Today the morning after this year’s Met Gala, SJP was quizzed on exactly what goes on inside the exclusive event. The annual event is actually a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, with the Sex And The City star revealing that once you “manage to get up those steps”, guests are “among the very privileged few who get to see the new exhibit early”. Guests make their way into the 2024 Met Gala Sarah Jessica revealed that organiser Anna Wintour gives the A-list attendees timeslots to arrive, with the Emmy winner revealing she was among the first to get there on Monday night, meaning it was “quieter when I got there, and there were very few people in the gallery”. So far, so… cultural? But SJP did clarify that there is a dinner and music (this year Ariana Grande performed, while Madonna, Lizzo, Cher and Rihanna all have in recent years) for guests while they “chat and look at people that you know you’d never be in a room with” – although she had good reason for ducking out before all of that got underway at this year’s event. “I couldn’t sit,” she ..