Why Meryl Streep Has Never Attended the Met Gala

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Meryl Streep’s rep revealed she won’t be making her groundbreaking debut at the 2026 Met Gala: “It has never quite been her scene.”

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Meryl Streep won’t be attending the 2026 Met Gala. That’s all.

The Devil Wears Prada star is skipping the annual event May 4 following speculation that she would finally make her debut on the steps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

But that should come as no surprise.

“Meryl has been invited to the Met Gala for many years but has never attended,” the Mamma Mia! star’s rep told People in a May 4 statement. “While she appreciates Vogue, Anna [Wintour] and her incredible imagination and stamina—it has never quite been her scene.”

Though fans were hoping it was only a matter of time until Meryl made it to the Met, especially because of her friendship with Anna—who is widely considered to be the inspiration behind Meryl’s character in The Devil Wears Prada and its sequel—they may never see the Oscar winner partake in fashion’s biggest night.

That said, fashion lovers can still find style inspiration in her performance as Runway editor Miranda Priestly, which she recently revealed wasn’t all inspired by the famed Vogue editor.

“I was not interested in replicating her; I wanted to make my own person,” she told E! News in April. “And as I have gotten to know her over the years, I feel like—my Miranda is fully formed. And to the degree that she has evolved or changed or degraded in some way, it's my own creation."

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It was also easy for Meryl to make Miranda her own as she and Anna were not acquainted when she worked on the 2006 film, only forming a friendship afterwards. And of course, she does find the fashion icon to be quite a delight.

"She's very witty," Meryl said. "But I don't think she's mysterious. I just think she has a thing that is out of Vogue right now, which is the integrity of her own life, her own space, her own self."

"And in the oversharing world," she continued, "where everybody takes you to the bathroom with them before the event and shows you the getting ready and everything, I just love her reticence."

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