Timothée Chalamet Ditches Met Gala With Kylie Jenner for NBA Playoffs | THR News
Timothee Chalamet skipped attending this year's Met Gala with Kylie Jenner,
but basketball fans would say he had a good reason.
Jenner turned heads on the Met Gala carpet in a Schiaparelli dress that gave the illusion
that it was slipping off of her. But her beau, Chalamet, was notably absent from the star-studded
event. Turns out he was just a few miles away at Madison Square Garden for Game 1 of the New York
Knicks' second-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers. They dismantled their
While Jenner was seen sitting courtside with Chalamet at a Knicks first-round playoff game
against the Atlanta Hawks just last week. She likely couldn't miss the chance to strut up the
Met steps alongside her sisters, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian, as well as her mom, Kris
Jenner. Known Knicks fan Ben Stiller also decided to skip the game in favor of attending the Met
Gala with his wife, Christine Taylor. She told Vogue in an interview,
Still, Stiller was roasted online by basketball fans for choosing the Met over the game.
Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports wrote on X,
If Ben Stiller picked the Met Gala over Game 1 of the Knicks game,
he may have to turn in his man card. As for Jenner and Chalamet, the pair have recently
walked the red carpet together at events like this year's Vanity Fair Oscar party
and the Oscar-nominated actor's Marty Supreme premiere.
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