NAOMI Campbell has been sensationally banned from attending this year’s Met Gala amid her feud with Vogue supremo Anna Wintour.
Supermodel Naomi, 54, may have made a major mistake last September by bad-mouthing Met host Anna, 75, on-stage at an industry event.
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And it appears the magazine’s U.S. editor and global chief content officer has held a grudge, excluding the 66-time cover star from fashion’s biggest night out.
A source told The Sun: “Naomi shot herself in the stiletto with that comment. You don’t throw shade at the queen of fashion and still expect to walk her red carpet.
“Anna doesn’t forget – or forgive. It’s no coincidence. If Anna wants you out, you’re out. Simple as that.
“Naomi’s been a Met staple for decades, so her absence from the list hasn’t gone unnoticed. Everyone’s whispering – and it’s Anna’s way of reminding who runs the show.”
Although The Sun can tell that Naomi has been banned from the event, she previously tried to cover up her ban by insisting that she felt “too old” to ever attend another ceremony again.
Speaking on her YouTube channel last year during preparations for the 2024 event, Naomi said: “This is my last Met. It is my last. I can’t… I’m too old. It’s too much for me, the anxiety.
“I don’t know what number this is, I think it could be either 20 or 21, can you imagine.”
Last September, during a speech at a New York Fashion Week ceremony for Harlem’s Fashion Row, the Vogue editor-in-chief – who is famous for her dark glasses – referred to Naomi’s notorious lateness.
She told the audience: “I am a very punctual person, and I have the honour of presenting tonight to someone who is often late.”
But Naomi, who wore a black gown and had a bandage on her knee, lived up to her reputation and was so late that Anna eventually left.
Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Samira Nasr presented her with the Fashion Icon Award.
Accepting the gong, Naomi, who was also in shades, made the snide remark: “It wasn’t my choice to have the other lady, I’d much rather have this one.”
There were gasps from the crowd.
Naomi has been on the cover of Vogue 66 times, with Anna, making her the fashion bible’s first black woman to appear on the cover in 1989.
This year’s Met Gala takes the theme of Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.
As well as Anna, her co-chairs will be Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and LeBron James.
The Sun has contacted a rep for Naomi Campbell for comment.
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