LeBron James will not be making his debut at the 2025 Met Gala despite being the event’s honorary chair.
The Lakers star took to social media to address why he won’t appear on the red carpet at the Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibition.
“Unfortunately because of my knee injury I sustained at the end of the season I won’t be able to attend the Met Gala in NY tonight as so many people have been asking and congratulating me on!” James posted on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter.
He continued, “Hate to miss an historical event! My beautiful powerful Queen will be there holding the castle down as she always has done!”
Although James won’t be at the event, his wife, Savannah, will be there in representation.
According to ESPN, “James suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his left knee” during Game 5 in the first round of the playoffs against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Sources told the sports network that the “injury entails a three-to-five-week recommended recovery timeline.”
Co-chairs for the 2025 Met Gala include Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, and Anna Wintour.
André 3000, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jordan Casteel, Dapper Dan, Doechii, Ayo Edebiri, Edward Enninful, Jeremy O. Harris, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Rashid Johnson, Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, Audra McDonald, Janelle Monáe, Jeremy Pope, Angel Reese, Sha’Carri Richardson, Tyla, Usher, and Kara Walker will serve as host committees.
The Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibition is inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. The book chronicles how Black people have used dress and fashion to transform their identities and imagine new ways of embodying political and social possibilities.
