Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg has been occurring a wild social media tirade in opposition to the upcoming Met Gala, even claiming he’s going to boycott to the occasion — although he was not on the checklist anyway, we hear.
A supply tells Web page Six, he was not even invited to the glamorous fete, referred to as the “Oscars of vogue.”
Schlossberg — the outspoken son of Caroline Kennedy and grandson of JFK — previously labored for Vogue in the course of the 2024 election, and attended the gala in 2017 together with his mom.
“I’m boycotting the Met Gala this yr,” he mentioned in a single put up. “With a lot occurring at dwelling and all over the world, it’s not the time, it’s not the time for a celebration like that — no less than for me.”
A supply tells Web page Six nevertheless, that Schlossberg — who is thought for his eccentric Web posts — didn’t obtain an invitation to this yr’s gala — and has not up to now.
We’re informed he attended as his mom’s plus one.
We hear the non-invitation isn’t a diss to the previous Vogue freelancer, however that there isn’t any cause he would make the lower for the unique checklist, except he was invited by a designer, model or chair.
“The Met Gala is a fundraiser the place each single seat is paid for by a designer or a model and the one solution to get invited is by having that model or designer prolong you a seat at their desk,” one other supply acquainted with the workings of the occasion tells us. “He was a freelancer who had an task overlaying the election, that’s actually not a cause for him to attend.”
Nonetheless, that hasn’t stopped Schlossberg from sounding off on his former employer.
As of publication, Schlossberg had posted 9 occasions on his Instagram grid about his “boycott,” together with one shot by which he rowed off on a paddle board.
This yr’s occasion, going down on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork and benefiting the the Costume Institute, is themed “Superfine: Tailoring Black Type.”
“Vogue is political — so then why is Vogue so quiet?!” he wrote in one other put up. “Vogue shouldn’t be so terrified of my boycott of the Met Gala they need to give attention to points and use their platform to take a stand. Company pursuits typically achieve making vogue much less engaging and related. Boycott.”
He additionally used his so-called boycott as a solution to plug an upcoming undertaking.
“As an alternative I’ll produce one thing informative alone information channel,” he mentioned in one other put up.
Those that are invited to this yr’s fete are Doechii, Shakira, Lizzo, Mary J. Blige, and fashions Amelia Grey and Ashley Graham, a supply beforehand informed Web page Six.
Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky and Pharrell Williams will co-chair. A supply tells Web page Six Lauryn Hill has been invited by the “Blissful,” singer.
Basketball legend LeBron James is serving as an honorary chair.
