A former Vogue editor's new book details an alleged meltdown by Lady Gaga in the Met Gala gift shop before her performance at the 2010 event, along with insights into how other celebrities like Beyoncé, Madonna, and Rihanna are integrated into the event.
A former Vogue editor suggests in a new book that Lady Gaga had a meltdown in the museum gift shop during the 2010 Met Gala .about her time at the famed fashion mag. And while she’s created some fictional characters, we’re told the celebrity anecdotes in the book are based on real events.
Fino writes that prior to her performance, the “Bad Romance” star freaked out 30 minutes before she was supposed to go on stage at the Met Ball .“Lady Gaga was barricaded in the Met gift shop, surrounded by tote bags, snow globes, and coffee-table books, having what could only be described as a catastrophic reckoning. Crying. Smoking. Praying Apologizing. Then apologizing for apologizing,” she wrote.Whistleblower unmasked after exposing alleged affair between NYC private school staffers Apparently part of the reason for the hyperventilation was that the event was in Gaga’s childhood neighborhood, full of landmarks from her past including the Catholic school she attended. Event co-chair Oprah Winfrey kept her cool, it says, as did… a character strikingly similar to Anna Wintour. Once Gaga did hit the stage, she delivered a “brilliant, perfectly remembered,” performance that even had the Wintour-like character “dancing with Mick Jagger like they were teenagers instead of institutions,” Fino wrote.The book also gives what may be a glimpse into how the stars are woven into the event.“Beyoncé wasn’t a guest. She was framework—planned around the way cities plan around bridges,” Fino wrote. “Madonna functioned the same way, less predictable but equally immovable. Rihanna wasn’t invited. She was accounted for like weather—altering the atmosphere the moment she entered the equation. Jennifer Lopez operated as both spectacle and signal, her presence reassuring sponsors and designers alike. Lady Gaga required contingency planning, not because she was unreliable but because she was unpredictable by design. These women didn’t simply attend the Crown Ball—they recalibrated it,” Fino wrote, adding the night is practically built around their arrivals.Gaga’s rep and Fino did not comment. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Vogue quipped, “We look forward to reading it- fiction is always fun!”Mikey Madison’s ‘softly sculpted and glossy’ Oscars waves were thanks to this editor-approved hair tool Emma Stone’s hairstylist says this $34 ‘secret weapon’ is why she ‘always kills it on the red carpet’The intimate secret Timothée Chalamet confessed to Kylie Jenner at Oscars 2026: lip reader Timothée Chalamet's 'dismissive' sister gave Kylie Jenner the 'cold shoulder' in Oscars exchange: expert Taylor Frankie Paul Accused Of Spoiling ‘The Bachelorette’ After Fight With Baby Daddy Halts Production On ‘SLOMW’ Season 5: “ABC Should Actually Punish Her”Mikey Madison’s ‘softly sculpted and glossy’ Oscars waves were thanks to this editor-approved hair tool ‘Heated Rivalry’ stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie twin in sheer shirts at Vanity Fair Oscar Party 2026 Emma Stone’s hairstylist says this $34 ‘secret weapon’ is why she ‘always kills it on the red carpet’Getty Images Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Madison' On Paramount+, Where Michelle Pfeiffer Is A New York Woman Who Goes To Montana To Deal With Her Grief After A Tragedy
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