Selena Gomez’s embarrassing moment at Met Gala: The main character “ran away with her dress” and hasn’t returned for 6 years

The 2025 Met Gala is just around the corner and the list of stars who will attend this year’s “Fashion Oscar” is still something that people are extremely looking forward to. As a face that is always expected through the Met Gala seasons, Selena Gomez has been absent from the world’s number 1 fashion event for 6 consecutive years. The reason for this will be clear to no one but her, but talking about the last time the “Disney princess” attended Vogue’s party, it was truly a moment to forget for the owner. At the 2018 Met Gala, Selena Gomez became the center of attention when she accidentally became a “disaster” due to her own wrong choice of tanning.

Selena Gomez appeared carefree on the red carpet of Met Gala 2018 without knowing that her dyed skin was getting darker.

That year, according to the topic of Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination by Vogue magazine, the singer born in 1992 appeared in a long-tailed chiffon dress with a boho chic feel by Coach. Selena also combined curly hair, tanned skin and makeup layout to match the nomadic spirit of the outfit. These are all difficult choices because if not careful, they will return a complete failure like Selena Gomez at that time. Not only was her skin tanned too much, making her look less fresh, but Selena’s nude lipstick that year was too pale, making her look like someone who had lost all vitality.

Selena Gomez’s Met Gala photos are probably still something that would embarrass even her.

Not only were fans shocked by Selena Gomez’s appearance that day, Selena herself also had a hard time accepting herself after reviewing the photos. Talking to magazines after the event ended, Selena Gomez recounted that: When preparing for the Met Gala, she wanted to have a tanned skin so she applied tan lotion, at that time her skin color still looked very good. Because the Met is a super grand fashion event, the singer certainly tried to look as beautiful as possible, but unfortunately when it got dark, her tan skin color also got darker and darker.

“When I sat down at the party, I saw my red carpet photos and I just wanted to leave immediately because it was so bad. I also told my team that I could be swallowed up by social media.” – Selena Gomez recounted the situation.

Netizens that year immediately created many funny memes to talk about Selena’s situation at that time. Better yet, some people also helped the female singer fix her appearance with bright skin and bright red lipstick.

Contrary to what many people expected, Selena Gomez decided to laugh at the incident. After returning from the event, she posted a video on Instagram of herself pretending to run away from the Met Gala, with the caption: This is me after seeing my photo at the Met Gala.

Selena Gomez’s “self-disappointment” move after the failed fashion gala.

That was a story 7 years ago, but in the present – 2025, Selena Gomez is one of the beauties with the strongest comeback. Continuously making the public around the world admire her fashion when attending movie events to the elegant menswear sets of a successful businesswoman, Selena Gomez shows that she can be a hit at this year’s Met Gala (if she decides to come back and “take revenge”).