Met Gala 2023: Why Blake Lively Is NOT Attending This Year

Spotted: Blake Lively serving momitude.

While fans of the Gossip Girl alum's iconic benignant were disappointed erstwhile Blake confirmed that she would not beryllium attending the 2023 Met Gala, she did connection an insider look astatine her at-home festivities connected "the archetypal Monday successful May." Blake, who recently welcomed her 4th child with hubby Ryan Reynolds, took to her Instagram Story to stock a selfie of her pumping bosom beverage successful her bathroom. In the pic, Blake is rocking a purple sweater and jeans, which doesn't precisely acceptable with this year's theme, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty."

But conscionable due to the fact that the 35-year-old isn't attending the manner lawsuit of the twelvemonth in-person, it doesn't mean she won't beryllium keeping an oculus connected the reddish carpet on with the remainder of us. 

"I volition beryllium watching," she told reporters astatine the reopening solemnisation of Tiffany & Co.'s flagship store successful NYC April 27, earlier joking that she'll deterioration her beloved 2022 Met Gala look "on my sofa connected Monday." Perhaps an outfit alteration is coming?

"We'll beryllium successful the U.K.," Ryan told Access Hollywood April 29. "We person Wrexham concern to woody with."

At slightest year's Met Gala, Blake and Ryan served arsenic co-chairs and delivered a jawdropping reddish carpet infinitesimal erstwhile Blake delivered 2 looks connected the reddish carpet, showing up successful a copper Atelier Versace gown, implicit with an oversized bow, earlier it was transformed into an icy greenish design, with gloves to match.

It's harmless to accidental the Livelys volition beryllium missed connected the steps.

As we proceed to grieve not getting an iconic Blake manner infinitesimal astatine the 2023 event, let's look backmost connected her champion Met Gala looks of all-time: