Model Claims He Was 'Fired' From The Met Gala After Going Viral Last Year

The Met Gala is an annual opportunity for Hollywood A-listers to embrace the most outr looks imaginable, but a much-buzzed-about former attendee claims he was axed from Mondays event for hogging the spotlight in previous years. 

Last week, Italian model Eugenio Casnighi posted a series of TikTok videos in which he said he was fired from the 2024 Met Gala after capturing too much attention last year. 

Ive been working for the Met Gala as a model and greeter [in] 2022 and 2023, and I was supposed to do it this year, he explained in the first clip . Todays Friday and the Met Gala is on Monday, and they let me know today that they cut me off, they fired me, because I went viral last year.

Casnighi didnt identify any of his former superiors by name. However, he said he had been confirmed to attend this years Met Gala for more than a month before he was dismissed from his duties last week. 

Basically they said, You made it about yourself so we cant have you work there anymore. So Im sorry, you got laid off, fired whatever you want to call it, he explained. 

The 26-year-olds presence at the 2023 soire garnered considerable traction online when he was photographed on the red carpet alongside Kylie Jenner, drawing thirsty comments from viewers in the process. 

One particularly buzzed-about clip  last year showed him in the background while YouTube influencer Emma Chamberlain interviewed Blackpinks Jennie Kim.

Trying to focus on Emma interviewing Jennie but..., the videos caption read .

In a second TikTok video , Casnighi said he was disappointed, but not upset at being dropped from the Met Gala before then presenting a series of email exchanges with organizers who forbade him from posting any photos or videos from the event. 

HuffPost has reached out to representatives of New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art for comment on Casnighis claims but did not immediately hear back. 

Although Casnighi wasnt in attendance at the actual Met Gala, it appears he was permitted to swing by one of the after-parties. On Monday, he shared a short clip on Instagram that showed him at New Yorks Mark Hotel in a white tank top and a black blazer, mingling with the likes of Camila Mendes and Jaden Smith. 

Not bad for someone that just lost his job, he quipped.