SZA won’t be joining the flocks of celebs descending on the red carpet at the Met Gala, because she’s...kinda busy! The singer is currently on the Grand National Tour with Kendrick Lamar and is performing tonight in Philadelphia. Soooo, unless the show ends early and SZA manages to book it to NYC, pretty sure she—and Kendrick—are giving this year’s carpet a miss.
SZA was last at the Met Gala in 2022, wearing a pink dress from Vivienne Westwood.
But she left the gala early after feeling overwhelmed, saying, “I hated my outfit. That was another mental health thing. You want to do your job, you want to show up, and all these people are excited for you to be there, but it’s like, ‘Damn, I don’t feel confident,’ or ‘I don't feel comfortable,’ or it’s like, ‘Oh, if my dress doesn’t fit…’ and then there’s all this weird comparison, and it’s really unhealthy.”
SZA ended up sneaking out the back “as soon as Lenny Kravitz hit the stage because I was feeling very like, ‘Whoa, my anxiety’s going crazy.’ So much so that I couldn’t walk down the main steps to exit. I took a cab. I walked, like, three city blocks with no shoes on…I just tiptoed a couple blocks and caught a yellow cab back to my hotel because I was just overwhelmed. I had too much anxiety to wait for my cab in front of the crowd and take pictures and all those things. I didn’t want to do that. So I was looking like a little dirty Cinderella running away with my shoes.”
Relatable, tbh.
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