Inside the Met Gala! Famous stars risk the wrath of Anna Wintour as they break her golden rule on fashion’s biggest night

A slew of A-list stars risked facing the wrath of Anna Wintour as they broke a major Met Gala rule at this year’s star-studded soiree.

The Vogue editor-in-chief oversees the annual event at the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and has a famously strict no-phone and no-social media policy.

But that didn’t stop the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, Halle Bailey and record producer Questlove from taking out iPhones to capture moments from fashion’s biggest night.

In a video posted to her Instagram, Megan acknowledged that Met Gala attendees are ‘not supposed to have our phones,’ before adding: ‘But we are doin’ it.’

Earlier, big names including Kim Kardashian, Sydney Sweeney, Rihanna and Gigi Hadid flocked to New York City to attend the invite-only gala.

However, other A-list fixtures like Sarah Jessica Parker, Blake Lively, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, Naomi Campbell and Katy Perry were noticeably absent from the red carpet.

While this year’s Met Gala theme, ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style’ presented an opportunity for ‘boundary-pushing’ looks, celebrities in drab black and gray outfits dominated the event.

Fans slammed the 2025 event as ‘boring’ as they watched a sea of dreary looks make their way up the museum’s iconic staircase during Vogue’s livestream.

Many even compared the soiree to a ‘funeral’ as they flocked to social media to voice their disappointment — with some even speculating that the Met Gala is ‘dead.’

Inside the event, Grammy-winning star Megan Thee Stallion, 30, filmed herself eating hors d’oeuvre inside the famed Metropolitan Museum of Art with fellow rapper Doechii and WNBA superstar Angel Reese.’Hottie Cam in thee MET GALA,’ captioned the 

Texas-born bombshell, who wore custom Michael Kors gown to the red carpet event.

After chowing down on lobster rolls and other decadent treats, Megan recorded herself walking around the venue with Tracee Ellis Ross, Doja Cat and Sha’Carri Richardson.

Next to appear alongside the WAP hitmaker in her Instagram video was Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, who blew kisses at Megan before walking out of frame.

Megan then captured herself with Angela Bassett, who she called ‘beautiful’ while recording with her in selfie-mode.

She then captured Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘stunning’ rhinestone eyebrows before moving across the room to catch up with her pal Serena Williams.

Before sticking out her tongue at the camera, Megan gloated: ‘I snuck my phone in.’

Other stars to make cameos in Megan’s forbidden footage Met Gala footage were Michael Kors, Ciara and Tessa Thompson.

Fans of the rapper flocked to the comment section of her IG post to warn her that she may get in trouble for her video.

‘Here before Anna make you delete this,’ wrote one commenter in reference to Wintour.

Others feared that Megan could get ‘uninvited’ from future Met Galas but thanked her for giving them an inside look at the event.

‘This is the content we want and neeeed! Thank you,’ wrote one fan who received over 200 ‘likes.’

Questlove also defied Wintour’s orders by sneaking his phone into the 2025 Met Gala.

However, the six-time Grammy winner, 54, played it a bit more coy than Megan by capturing footage out of the sight of event staff.

Questlove gathered a large group of his superstar pals — including Met Gala 2025 co-chairs Colman Domingo and Lewis Hamilton — to snap an epic group selfie in the bathroom.

Questlove, Domingo, Hamilton, Tracee Ellis Ross, Evan Ross, Cynthia Erivo, Severance star Tramell Tillman, Quinta Brunson, Sarah Snook and more posed for the photo.

Sabrina Carpenter and James Corden were also seen in the background of Questlove’s footage, which he posted to Instagram, as he and the group filed out of the restroom.

According to InStyle, Wintour’s no-phone rule does not prohibit guests from taking photos inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Fashion’s biggest night was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday night.

The event has a theme each year, with this year’s theme as ‘Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,’ inspired by Monica Miller’s work, which includes her book Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

Monica is the chair of Africana Studies at Barnard College, as well as a professor at the institute.

According to Monica, Black dandyism s is ‘a strategy and a tool to rethink identity, to reimagine the self in a different context. To really push a boundary – especially during the time of enslavement, to really push a boundary on who and what counts as human, even,’ via Vogue.

The accompanying exhibit showcases everything from garments to paintings, photographs, and video, all spotlighting the fashion of Black men.

The 2025 gala theme focused on menswear, 22 years after the ‘Men In Skirts’ theme – which was the first gala to focus only on menswear.

The Met Gala 2025 was co-chaired by Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour, with Lebron James as the honorary chair.

The guest list for the annual soiree was leaked just hours before kick off, revealing a slew of A-list names.

However, many Met Gala fixtures were missing from the event.