Selena Gomez, like any other celebrity, has had her fair share of fashion moments, some great and others not so much. One of those not-so-great moments was at the 2018 Met Gala. She’s even poked fun at herself for it a few times. In 2018, she showed up with a tan that didn’t quite work out, wearing a light pink Coach dress.
People on the internet didn’t hold back with their jokes and criticism. Selena knew it and even made a joke herself after leaving the event. She mentioned in an interview with Glamour last year that her tanning lotion looked fine at first, but as the night went on, it kept getting darker. When she saw a photo of herself, she realized she looked really orange. She joked that her first thought was, “I have to get out of here!” It was her way of handling the unexpected situation with humor.
She told the same story to Vogue in 2021. She was stressing about getting roasted on social media. So what does she do? She gets her security folks to take a video of her. She’s, like, literally running away with her dress train behind her. And her caption? “Me when I saw my MET pics [shrug emoji].” Pretty hilarious way to handle it, I’d say.
After that Met Gala mess in 2018, Selena’s, like, “Nope, not going back there.” Even though she’d been to the Gala five times before. And hey, here’s a twist – this year, there was this pic going around saying it’s AI-made and it’s supposed to be Selena. But guess what? It was all made up.
So, you know, Selena’s 2018 Met Gala story is a reminder that even the biggest stars can have their fashion flops. But she handles it all with a sense of humor and, like, total class.
