There is no hell on Earth quite like running into your ex, especially at a party where you have to acknowledge their presence and can’t just do a Mariah Carey “I don’t know her”. So pour one out for the celebrity exes in attendance at the Met Gala 2023
lotKim KardashianPete Davidsonat the same event
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesRobert PattinsonKristen StewartSuki WaterhouseDylan MeyerAwkwardness rating:
Robert Pattinson and FKA twigs
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Suki Waterhouse and Bradley Cooper
Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesBradley CooperLOLITALeo DiCaprioAwkwardness rating:
Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Karl LagerfeldIrina ShaykAwkwardness rating:
, because there were a of them, not just and .
I am talking like, a LOT. Complex histories. People who dated people after breakups with another person . Couples walking past exes, exes walking past exes, couples (probably) about to be exes after giant teary bathroom fights because of running into old exes. Oh, my god. To be a fly on the wall inside the Met right now.
Anyway, because Hollywood is a total mess and you probably aren’t as invested in this shit as I am, I’ve detailed all the celebrity exes in attendance at the Met Gala 2023 who definitely were clenching for at least a portion of the evening. Inhale me, Earth.
Look, all eyes were on and , who I feel confident have never been in a room together in like, a billion years after that absolute SCORCHED EARTH breakup back in their Twilight days, when K-Stew was spotted cheating with some old man director. Or something. Whatever. You remember!!
The point is, a LOT has happened since then. Rob’s had a whole two other long-term partners (both also in attendance, lololol), and arrived with current girlfriend . K-Stew is engaged to screenwriter . I reckon all is well with these two exes and maybe they became besties after a few wines.
5/10 (weird at first, then “omg we should have caught up sooner!!!”)
After his doomed romance with Kristen, Rob went on to date music artist for years. They were even engaged before splitting up in 2017. A year later he was with Suki Waterhouse, who he attended the Met Gala 2023 arm-in-arm with. While there’s never been any word of bad blood between these two, that CANNOT have been a joyous reunion, right?
8/10 (I don’t hate you but I also wish you’d be sent to the moon forever)
Remember way back in 2013 when paparazzi photos emerged of Suki Waterhouse lying in ‘s lap as he read fucking to her?? I cannot even with that mess. Anyway, they famously dated for two years, splitting up in 2015. All talk was about their age gap (Bradley is 17 years her senior), which came up again on TikTok recently because we’re starting to realise Suki at the time was 21 which is giving some vibes.
7/10 (I deeply don’t want to say hello but if we have to, I’ll just ask how your kid is and let you show me photos)
Bradley’s other ex, , was also at the Met Gala 2023 – except these two are on GREAT terms! Like, so good there were recently rumours they were getting back together, and they even went on a holiday to the Bahamas in 2022 as friends. All this friendship energy is mainly because they share a kid together and are just damn good at co-parenting.
0/10 (we’re going to Macca’s after this!)
DAMN, this would have been a bad one. (And judging by this — it fucking WAS super awks.)
Firstly, because Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian made a big splash at last year’s Met Gala when they arrived together, and also there was that deeply weird video where Kim was like “Petey, come have a shower with me?” that was shared on Instagram. Idk why but it gave me the heebies. Anyway, since then the couple spectacularly broke up with rumours that the Kardashian machine was too much for Pete (and other rumours that Kim was just tired of their relationship). However they split, it was NOT amicable.
9/10 (I secretly spat in your steak tartare)
After splitting with Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson had some famous flings – most notably with , shortly after HER breakup with . They were snapped at the basketball together in a TOTALLY NOT AT ALL staged shoot, but things went nowhere.
2/10 (“wait, you were THERE?”)
Also, BEFORE dating Kim Kardashian, Pete was linked to for a few months. We all know those three-month relationships are the fucking WORST when they end (someone definitely sent an essay text detailing all the reasons they should get back together), so I reckon this was a worse run-in than EmRata, for sure – even though Margs is now engaged to .
7/10 (I try to pretend you vanished into powder, like in )
An ICONIC couple of the 00s, and only dated for a couple of years, but famously were arrested at a nightclub in 1999 and also just had impeccable Y2K couples style. Here’s the clincher though – Diddy allegedly cheated on J.Lo (how COULD you), so while this is deffo water under a very old bridge…. is it?
6/10 (thought I was over it but you have a face I want to punch)
So this isn’t a pair of exes, but it’s worth discussing having to be at the Met Gala 2023 in the presence of TWO women who allegedly (and also definitely) hooked up with her ex, .
Let’s start with EmRata – we all saw the Year 7-vibes video that circulated of Em pashing Harry in Tokyo, right? . Given her split from Harry wasn’t that long ago, I’m guessing this is one gal she did NOT want to run into on that carpet.
9/10 (I will hide under ‘s dressing gown if I have to)
So we ALL know about the /Olivia Wilde drama from . We also know it allegedly began because Florence was boning Harry Styles before he then got official with Olivia Wilde. These two DEFINITELY do not get along, although no one really knows if . Whatever the case, it would be chaotic evil to experience these two running into each other in the dunny.
10/10 (I’m crouching on the toilet seat)
More women with an ex in common! was recently dating Leonardo DiCaprio. Spicy. Except he had JUST broken up with long-term girlfriend when they began hooking up. Again – I doubt Cami has any beef with Gigi, but who wants to see the woman their ex moved on with at a fucking fashion event? Let alone the Met Gala 2023? Not me!
(I’ll say hi but I’ll prob have a cry in the toot later)
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