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While many stars showed off their fabulous looks on the 2024 Met Gala red carpet, one celebrity was noticeably absent: Rihanna! The “Umbrella” singer, 36, surprised fans by not arriving on the red carpet at the fashion event of the year. While many viewers were wondering where RiRi was, it was reported that she was unfortunately ill and was unable to make it to the Met Gala on Monday, May 6.
A source close to the “Love the Way You Lie” singer revealed that she was not in good shape in a report from People. “Rihanna had to cancel her participation because she has the flu,” the outlet reported. Unfortunately, no one got to see what the singer had planned for her look this year, but we can all expect to see her make a comeback at next year’s Met Gala.
Rihanna has been a fixture at the Met Gala for several years. Last year, she turned heads when she showed off her baby bump in an all-white dress for the event. Her partner and father of her children A$AP Rocky participated alongside him in recent years.
In a recent interview with Additional, the “Diamonds” artist teased her “simple” Met Gala look for this year’s event, but unfortunately fans didn’t get to see what she had planned. While attending her Fenty Beauty Soft’lit Foundation in Los Angeles last month, RiRi said, “I’m actually keeping it really simple this year.”
“I think it will depend on what my makeup and hair are going to do, so I’m going to play around with that,” she explained. “I have no idea what I’m going to do with this. … I show up for dinner. Thanks to Anna Wintour.
Met Gala aside, Rihanna recently opened up about how she feels as a mother of two boys in a recent interview with AND! News. “I can be as laid back and broken as I want, but it also requires me to embrace the epic things about being a woman and all of my femininity. I’m a lot more accepting of it now, like I’m wearing pink,” she told the outlet.
