E!: Beyonce plans on attending this year’s Met Gala, one year after elevator attack

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Here are some photos of Beyonce and Jay-Z at the 2014 Met Gala, almost exactly one year ago. I didn’t love or hate Beyonce’s Givenchy ensemble here. In fact, I thought the whole look was rather disappointing, and she would have easily been one of the least-discussed major celebrities of last year’s Met Gala if not for what happened just hours after these photos were taken.

You see, Beyonce’s sister Solange was also at the Met Gala, and Solange, Jay and Beyonce all went out party-hopping after the gala. And then Solange violently assaulted Jay in an elevator, slapping him, kicking him and looking like she was going to rip his face off. That incident set off a domino-effect of speculation about Beyonce and Jay’s marriage, about Bey’s relationship with her sister, about Jay’s alleged wandering eye and so much more. It honestly took Bey and Jay MONTHS to get back to a point where they weren’t constantly justifying themselves with happy family photo-ops and vague public statements.

So you would think that maybe, one year later, Beyonce and Jay-Z would sit this one out. That they wouldn’t want to even test fate by attending another Met Gala. But you would be wrong. E! News’ sources say that although Beyonce isn’t on any of the pre-released guest lists, she’s totally going to come to the gala. E! News says “it’s not immediately known if Jay Z will be with her.” I’m guessing that Solange will definitely be there though. Solange fancies herself a Fashion Girl (and she does have legitimately better style than Beyonce). Do you think Beyonce and Solange would go to the gala together, without their husbands? Hm.

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  1. mia girl says:

    Yes she may be attending, but this year, Bey is taking the stairs.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      Ha!!

    • sam says:

      B is more of a fame whore then Kim k…of course she’s going…. All the attention will be on her due to last year. Also her and hubby never RSVP…they show up and are always the last on the carpet

      • Lama Bean says:

        Absolutely agree that B is as much of a fame whore as Kim K.

      • Mira says:

        Nearly all celebrities are! But I do think it’s valid to value each differently based on how they go about it. Beyonce’s awesome dance-in-my-room-like-no-one-is-watching-and-even-if-they-did-I-know-they’d-like-the-show? I’m cool with her promoting the shit out of herself if that’s what I get out of it.

        I don’t even know what I get out of Kim K other than a tug at a kneejerk feeling of superiority that then makes me feel crappy because getting kicks from that sort of thing is a bad way to be 🙁

      • Nikki says:

        How is Bey more of a famewhore than Kim or even a famewhore in general?

        She doesn’t get papped on an excessive basis. She’s been in the industry for over twenty years w/o any drug arrests or huge scandals. She works hard in her career with nearly everything she does connecting back to her work (her attending the Gala with Jay is a part of their brand as a power couple).

        So how is she a famewhore?

      • Josephine says:

        Gotta disagree – she hasn’t sniffed her sister’s underwear on television, had a 72-day marriage for a tv show, butchered her body, or greased herself up to pose naked. Bey definitely courts attention, but she’s much savvier about it, and she would get attention even if she wasn’t good at playing the game because she has a career that people are interested in following.

      • Imo says:

        Bey as much of a famewhore as Kim? I think you must dislike Beyonce in general if you really believe that. Even if we spoke about quantity Kim would have Bey beat by a mile and we won’t even talk about quality.
        Celebrities who aren’t visible fade into obscurity pretty quickly.

      • Kiddo says:

        Eww, who sniffs their sister’s underwear? Don’t answer, that was rhetorical.

      • Hannah says:

        Nope. Sorry, all celebrities are attention seeking but you can’t compare Beyoncé and Kim. Totally different levels.

    • mimif says:

      Lol mia girl. There were some similarly highlarious Bey memes on Twitter last night of her, Jay & Kayne at the #MayPac fight.

  2. Izzy says:

    After elevator-gate, if she didn’t attend it would be almost as newsworthy. She’s kind of damned if she does, damned if she doesn’t, so she might as well go.

  3. Mirn says:

    I don’t even care about Beyoncé; just thrilled to have something to comment about other than the royals (aka welfare recipients).

  4. GoodNamesAllTaken says:

    I don’t love the little veil on her head, but other than that, I thought Bey and Jay both looked great last year. I hope Solange refrains from beating anyone up after this gala. I never really understood what happened there.

    • EC says:

      Agreed – I loved Beyonce’s outfit at the time, and even more in retrospect. I think mostly her style is pretty blah, but she stood out to me last year (not only because of elevator-gate). Jay looked really good too.

      And, of course they’ll be back. They have been fronting like everything is fine (who really knows what is going on) since the last year, I don’t know why they would stop now.

      Cannot wait to see what everyone is wearing!! Such a fun fashion night.

  5. NewWester says:

    I had completely forgotten about the elevator incident. The year has flown by!If Beyoncé did not go people would be speculating that the Carters and Solonge were still fighting or had something to hide. Besides I doubt that Beyoncé would let Kimye get all the attention anyway!

  6. COSquared says:

    Well Solo did look kinda kooky that night. That peach monstrosity was the proverbial cherry on top… Good grief, has it really been a year?

  7. lucy2 says:

    Let’s hope she doesn’t get caught in a fishing net this time.

    I’m expect her and Jay Z to show up wearing Tidal shirts.

  8. LAK says:

    I love Solange’s style. She’s fierce. B is going for the ghetto fabulous prom queen look which is always a disaster. Solange is genuinely fashion forward.

    • Bridget says:

      The challenge with Met Gala fashion is that the stars aren’t choosing their own outfits – they’re wearing what is chosen by their designer host. Some are lucky and get to give input, but many are just handed a gown.

      • mimif says:

        I just tattled on you, Bridget.

      • Bridget says:

        You vixen, what did you tattle about? My love of culottes and socks with sandals?

      • mimif says:

        So many lolz! I miss the olden Culotte days…

        Let’s just say MtnRunner is coming for ya, something about her and race walking. 😂

      • Bridget says:

        That’s just what a race walker would do in this situation!

        I haven’t seen Age of Ultron yet so I’m avoiding discussion of the movie since I’ll be seeing it with the husband soon.

      • mimif says:

        I love it. #racewars
        I haven’t seen any of the Marvel anything, but I’ll be watching you ladies and cashing in my GoT geek coins just to giggle from the sidelines.

      • Bridget says:

        I wouldn’t normally rush to see it in the theaters, but I’m married to a total nerd who loves him some comic books.

    • Josephine says:

      Solange is amazing, I agree. She has true style.

  9. Tracy says:

    I just hope this year Beyoncé doesn’t forget her pants again. Sigh. Such a disappointing trend.

  10. Luca76 says:

    Why is it ok for a woman to behave so violently? She may have a good fashion sense but in my book she’s a psycho.

  11. OhDear says:

    It’ll probably be worse for them, PR-wise, if they don’t go, as people will speculate about any possible problems that they may or may not have.

    I’m more interested in the potential [doody]show that people will be wearing this year, though. People couldn’t even get the Charles James theme right last year!

  12. Kiddo says:

    Meh. They didn’t physically instigate the altercation or attack. Words may have been said, but that’s still not really a pass for someone else to lose their shit by way of an attempted assault. To wit, I highly doubt Solange will repeat the same.

    Also, hasn’t the Met Gala lost its cachet, to an extent, in terms of big fashion icons skipping attendance now? Or do I have that wrong?

    • mia girl says:

      Kiddo – that is exactly what Gwenyth would like you to believe.
      My dear friend, have you’ve been GOOPED?!

    • mimif says:

      You are not misinformed. Goopy made quite a few disparaging remarks about the 2013 Gala, and did not attend last year.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Yes. She basically said, ” ew, they let ANYBODY in now” and never went back.

      • mimif says:

        Mia girl beat me to it. Yeah and she said it was hot and unfun and Kayne was being all furious and stuff!

      • InvaderTak says:

        I hate to, but I agree with Goopy. Its not about fashion, it’s about celebrity. And Anna Wintour. I wish they would oust her from everything somehow. She makes everything worse.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I agree with you about the assault. People excused her by saying she was defending her sister, but unless Jay was trying to physically hurt Beyoncé, and he wasn’t, I don’t think that’s an excuse for hitting him.

    • Kiddo says:

      #GOOP4EVAH!
      #metgalahasbeencleansed

  13. lisa2 says:

    I think Solange is a legit fashion girl. She has her own style and Vibe. I find her more interesting than Bey.

    I loved what Beyonce wore last year.. but man looking at all the people arriving in town for The MET gala.. well let’s say most of them are there jsut for attention. Nothing more.

  14. Louise177 says:

    Beyonce and Jay go almost every year so I don’t see this year being different. They didn’t do anything wrong so why would they be shamed into not going? It’s Solange who made a fool of herself. I doubt she’s going. Also Beyonce and Jay attended Solange’s wedding a few months back. I’m assuming that all three were in attendance when their mother recently married. People are trying way to hard to start a scandal when there isn’t one.

  15. AlmondJoy says:

    Not surprising. Beyonce goes to the Met Gala every year. I would love to see pics of the outfit she wore last night to the Pac/Mayweather fight. Or those awesome pics from her mom’s wedding last week that have been floating around. Their family looked so happy!

    • Kiddo says:

      https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_908w/2010-2019/Wires/Images/2015-05-03/Getty/472020324.jpg&w=1484

      Only photo I could find, but they both look good. I would be worried, though, in that outfit, that the girls would make a break for it, lol. But I guess all the stars wear this stuff with faith, hope, a prayer and a good heaping of tape!

      • AlmondJoy says:

        Thanks Kiddo! She looks hot! I could NEVER wear something like that, my girls definitely act up 😅

      • Patty says:

        She has implants, her girls aren’t going anywhere. She is showing a little too much boobage for my taste. I’m just sick of seeing all these celebrity women with their girls hanging out at every occasion.

      • TeaAndSympathy says:

        Oh, Patty, thank you for saying that! I’m so sick of all the mammary baring, too. If it’s not big, stiff, bulbous boobies, it’s puffed-up, overdrawn trout pouts, tarantula lashes, fakefakefake hair, talons that make an eagle envious, tans that look like they’ve been basted in tandoori sauce… Then we have the latest trend of baring your undies beneath designer webbing.. They’re called undies for a reason. And really, granny pants? I’m currently in hospital, and pondering the uses a fashion designer could employ for the fetching surgical stockings I’m rocking, cute waterproof dressings with pretty blue outline, and let’s not forget the trusty emesis bags… Bah! A royal finger to the lot of them.

  16. Nev says:

    I am hoping for a Goop comeback and can’t wait to see Kimye and all the Supermodels. And the Olsens. PUhLeeeeeze.

  17. jujoki says:

    A year?? Already?? -_-