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Andy Cohenis going to miss fashion’s biggest night of the year.
TheWatch What Happens Livehost, 53, revealed on Tuesday that he’s skipping this year’sMet Gala, suggesting that his longtime date to the event, palSarah Jessica Parker, will also be absent from the gala.
“My date is filming this year. She’s filmingAnd Just Like That…,” Cohen toldAccess Hollywoodof Parker’s HBO MaxSex and the Cityrevival, whichhas been filming this summerin New York City with new and returning cast members.
Cohen has attended the Costume Institute Gala with Parker, 56, several times, walking the red carpet with her in 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2011. Although last year’s Met Galawas canceled amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the duo stillenjoyed each other’s company from a safe distance.
Cohen posted a selfie on the first Monday in May 2020 (when the gala would have been held), as he stood at the bottom of Parker’s stoop and she sat at the top. “We’re ready!” he captioned the photo, along with the hashtag “#MetGala.” Parker also posted the photo with some detail shots ofher 2013 Met Gala “Punk: Chaos to Couture” look. “Now And Then. X, SJ,” she wrote in the caption.
The event will preface a two-part exhibit celebrating American fashion. Part one, titled “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” will debut September 18, 2021 and run until September 5, 2022. The exhibit will “celebrate The Costume Institute’s 75th anniversary and explore a modern vocabulary of American fashion,” the release stated.
The Met announced earlier this month that the eventwill enforce a COVID-19 vaccination mandate and mask requirement. “Currently, all attendees at The Met Gala on September 13 must provide proof of full vaccination and will also be expected to wear masks indoors except when eating or drinking,” a rep for The Met confirmed to PEOPLE. “We will update these guidelines as needed.”
The news came after N.Y.C. became the first cityto require proof of vaccinationagainst COVID-19 for many indoor activities, going into effect later this month.
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“It’s time for people to see vaccination as literally necessary to living a good and full and healthy life,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a press conference last week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously released new guidelines, advising all people in high-risk areas, regardless of vaccination status,to wear face masks in all indoor public settings.
With many events and gatherings grappling over whether to go forward amid the rapidly spreading Delta variant of COVID-19,Bravoannounced Monday thatBravoCon2021 will not happen. “The plans were incredible, ambitious, andwould’ve made all very happy…. and now we must wait until 2022!!! Be safe everyone,” Cohen wrote on Twitter.
source: people.com
