Why Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively Are Skipping the Met Gala

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are not planning to attend the 2025 Met Gala, per a report shared by TMZ on Friday. A source told Us Weekly that the news is actually not so surprising, saying, “She’s not a Kardashian that goes every year.”

Another source told People something similar, saying, “Blake and Ryan haven’t gone since 2022, when they were co-chairs, and they will not be in attendance this year.”

The couple did serve as co-hosts at the 2022 Met Gala alongside Regina King and Lin-Manuel Miranda, a year that celebrated the museum exhibit’s Gilded Glamour-theme. For the event, Lively wore a Versace gown with a reversible train she revealed on the Metropolitan steps.

The colors of the gown were meant to conjure the Statue of Liberty’s copper and green patina, according to an interview she did with LaLa Anthony during the Vogue livestream.

Lively has been a frequent attendee of the Met Gala and made her debut with Reynolds there as a married couple in 2014. They were back in 2017, and in 2018, Lively attended by herself.

The couple has made some recent public appearances, including at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16. The event honored Saturday Night Live’s 50th season.

The 2025 Met Gala theme “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” was announced in October 2024, along with a dress code described as “Tailored for You,” in a “nod to the exhibition’s focus on menswear.”

The show itself “presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style from the 18th century to the present through an exploration of the concept of dandyism,” and is inspired by guest curator Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

Co-chairs this year include Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, and Anna Wintour, with LeBron James serving as an honorary chair.