Met Gala 2025: Lizzo Reveals Surprising Truth About How Celebs Get Invited to After-Parties

“You walk through the front and they have a nice installation at the front,” she shared. “This year was flowers, but also a men’s gospel choir—it was beautiful. So, you walk in and then there’s cocktail hour and they pass out hors d’oeuvres, they pass out drinks. Everybody’s mingling, talking, you loosen up a little bit.”

She added, “Then you go into the main room where there is dinner served, and it’s a beautiful dinner. They assign your seat. They like to mix it up so that you are next to somebody new, so you can have a new conversation. And I’m always sitting next to somebody so interesting, so cool.”

And after the meal, there was a special ending to the event led by co-chairs A$AP, Colman Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, Pharrell Williams and Vogue’s Anna Wintour.

“Everybody sits down and all of the [co-chairs] come out,” Lizzo said. “They give a speech that talks about the theme of the year. And it was really beautiful this year.”

Read on for more stars who attended after-parties following the 2025 Met Gala.