You might have noticed that Timothée Chalamet skipped the 2026 Met Gala to sit courtside at a Knicks game, while his girlfriend Kylie Jenner walked the red carpet wearing a corset with 3D nipples. Truly an iconic night for everyone involved.

And while it seems pretty clear that the reason Lil Timmy Tim opted out of the gala was because his beloved team was playing, sources are out here saying Kylie didn’t want to go together due to the “Met Gala Curse.”

An insider straight-up told Page Six that “Kylie and Timothée intentionally avoided attending the Met Gala together these past few years because they didn’t want to risk the whole ‘Met Gala curse’ thing. Kylie was especially superstitious about it after going to the Met with Travis in 2018 and 2019 before they eventually split… [She] just didn’t want that kind of bad luck attached to their relationship and wasn’t willing to take any chances.”

So, what is the Met Gala Curse? Basically, just the theory that if you make your official debut as a couple at the Met Gala, you’re destined to break up. We have a whole gallery of Met Gala Curse casualties, but some notable pairings who crashed and burned post-Met include Amanda Seyfried and Justin Long, Bella Hadid and The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes and Hailey Bieber, Charles Melton and Camila Mendes, and of course Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth.

The more you know.