Why Jennifer Garner Never Went Back to the Met Gala After 2007 Appearance

Jennifer—who shares kids Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 13, with ex Ben Affleck—isn’t the only celebrity to opt out of the event. In fact, Zayn Malik—who only attended the 2016 gala—concurred that he isn’t keen to return.

Although he didn’t go as far as knocking it, the former One Direction member told GQ in 2018, “I’d rather be sitting at my house, doing something productive, than dressing up in really expensive clothes and being photographed on a red carpet.”

Meanwhile, other stars have attempted to rectify their Met Gala blunders. 

Gwyneth Paltrow, for one, returned to the event in 2017, just four years after she admitted to USA Today that her past experience was “so un-fun,” “boiling” and “too crowded.” She emphasized, “I did not enjoy it at all.”