Rihanna was forced to miss this year’s Met Gala due to illness.
The singer and her partner, A$AP Rocky, have made waves at the glitzy star-studded fashion event over the years, but she had to pull out of the 2024 gathering on May 6.
As reported by People and “Entertainment Tonight,” Rihanna came down with the flu and had to cancel her appearance.
The “Umbrella” hitmaker had been expecting to attend and even gave some hints about what to expect from her outfit.
“I’m actually keeping it real simple this year … Very simple … It’s gonna come to what my makeup and what my hair is going to do. We wanna play with that, but I have no idea what I’m gonna do with that,” she told “Extra” last month.
At the time, Rihanna revealed she had two gowns picked out to choose from for the event.
“Very simple-ish … compared to everything I’ve ever done. I’m showing up for dinner! Shout out to Anna Wintour,” she added.
The “Work” hitmaker recently admitted her old ultra-raunchy outfits are her biggest fashion “ick.”
“I had my nipples out, I had my panties out,” she told British Vogue about her fashion regrets. “But now those are the things, I guess, as a mom, as an evolved young lady … it’s just things that I just feel like I would never do. And I’m just like, ‘Oh my god, I really did that? Nips out?’”
The “We Found Love” singer — whose son RZA will turn two on May 19 — admitted her style has evolved since becoming a mother.
“When you become a mom, your style goes from like ‘blah’ to ‘let’s see what fits’ to ‘I’m gonna be a bad b—- today.’ You’ve got to remind yourself a little bit sometimes, you know, bad b—- is still in there somewhere,” she said.
“You wanna be comfortable because you’re moving around so much, and then it’s whatever fits. Right now, my clothes are either too big or too small most of the time,” Rihanna — who also has nine-month-old son Riot Rose with A$AP Rocky — explained.
