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There is a 'Met Gala Curse' affecting celebrity couples—and 17 have broken up after walking the red carpet
Debuting on the Met steps seems glamorous, but a lot of celeb couples stop hitting milestones afterward.
Let’s take a walk down memory lane and hope that none of our faves are affected in 2025.What is the “Met Gala Curse”?To put it simply, the theoretical Met Gala Curse claims that once a celebrity couple makes their red carpet debut (or simply attends the highly covered event), they end up calling it quits soon afterward. Which celebrity couples have broken up after the Met Gala?There are a few notable ones (17, to be exact), so we’ll line them up here, rapid-fire style: Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal—attended in 2003 Christina Ricci and Chris Evans—attended in 2007FKA Twigs and Robert Pattinson—attended in 2015Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen—attended in 2015Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik—attended in 2016Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston—attended separately in 2016Anne Wojcicki and Alex Rodriguez—attended in 2016Selena Gomez and The Weeknd—attended in 2017Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez—attended in 2017Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott—attended in 2018Hailey Bieber and Shawn Mendes—attended in 2018Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse—attended in 2018Grimes and Elon Musk—attended in 2018Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth—attended in 2019Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello—attended in 2021Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal—attended in 2022Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson—attended in 2022 Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal—attended in 2003 Christina Ricci and Chris Evans—attended in 2007 FKA Twigs and Robert Pattinson—attended in 2015 Sarah Silverman and Michael Sheen—attended in 2015 Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik—attended in 2016 Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston—attended separately in 2016 Anne Wojcicki and Alex Rodriguez—attended in 2016 Selena Gomez and The Weeknd—attended in 2017 Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez—attended in 2017 Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott—attended in 2018 Hailey Bieber and Shawn Mendes—attended in 2018 Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse—attended in 2018 Grimes and Elon Musk—attended in 2018 Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth—attended in 2019 Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello—attended in 2021 Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal—attended in 2022 Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson—attended in 2022
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