Blake Lively surprised fans last week when she said she wouldn’t be going to, saying she’d be watching from her couch. The mom of four has been a staple on the gala carpet since 2008, and she was also close with Karl Lagerfeld — the designer whose work was the inspiration for this year’s gala — attending with him in 2011.
Lively did recently have a baby, which may have had something to do with her absence. On Monday, while her peers got ready, Lively revealed at least one of her Met day activities, posting a photo of herself in a bathroom pumping breast milk with the caption, “First Monday in May.” But it’s also possible that she chose soccer over the fashion world’s Super Bowl?