LeBron James to miss Met Gala despite being honorary co-chair

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LeBron James announced Monday helium volition forgo attending the Met Gala contempt being the honorary co-chair for the event, which takes spot successful New York City.

The Los Angeles Lakers prima said he’s been dealing with an wounded helium suffered successful the team’s first-round playoff exit against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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LeBron James (Matt Blewett-Imagn Images)

"Unfortunately due to the fact that of my genu wounded I sustained astatine the extremity of the play I won’t beryllium capable to be the Met Gala successful NY contiguous arsenic truthful galore radical person been asking and congratulating maine on!" James wrote connected X.

"Hate to miss an humanities event! My beauteous almighty Queen volition beryllium determination holding the castle down arsenic she ever has done!"

James suffered a sprained genu ligament successful Game 5, the Associated Press reported. The 40-year-old would person been retired for a fewer weeks if the Lakers had avoided elimination.

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James lays connected the level aft injuring his genu connected April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour were named co-chairs for the event.

The taxable for the Met Gala is inspired by the yearly outpouring exhibition, which is based connected Monica L. Miller’s publication "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity."

The grounds itself, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," draws connected different sources beyond the book. It’s organized into a twelve sections, symbolizing a diagnostic of dandy benignant arsenic defined by Zora Neale Hurston successful her 1934 essay, "Characteristics of Negro Expression."