Why Bella Hadid Skipped the 2023 Met Gala

While Gigi Hadid dressed to catch eyes in a sheer black corset dress at this year's Karl Lagerfeld-themed Met Gala, her younger sister Bella Hadid decided to sit the evening out and take a break from the fashion event this time. The supermodel wasn't photographed on the carpet despite being rumored to attend. She did go last year though:

Bella was active on her Instagram Story this morning, reposting a photo taken by Lagerfeld that Gigi shared to her Instagram Story. In the pic, she and Gigi appear together in Fendi clothes. “We love you @karllagerfeld,” Bella wrote.

Bella's last big public event was in Las Vegas in late March. She celebrated five months not drinking there, too. “Five months alcohol-free,” she wrote over a video of herself in a black plunge dress in a casino.

She spoke more about the decision to stop drinking in January, telling Harper's Bazaar, “When I stopped drinking a couple months ago, I tried to see how long I could go without drinking. I put a label of six months or a year on my effort. I realized, I just wake up every morning and take it moment by moment. I realized I could have a glass of champagne tonight if I wanted to. I took one sip and immediately looked at my boyfriend. I immediately knew that it didn't make me feel better. I don't really care about that glass of champagne, and it didn't help me at all. It helped my anxiety in so many ways to realize I didn't want the drink—not telling myself I couldn't have it.”

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