Jennifer Garner has confessed that she found Anna Wintour‘s infamous Met Gala so ‘scary’ on the one occasion that she attended that she has never returned.
The 51-year-old actress made the admission in a recent video shoot for Vogue, in which she broke down her ‘quick as possible’ beauty routine – admitting that she tends to steer away from full glam, except for very special occasions, like the Met Gala.
However, while Jennifer certainly looked every inch the confident superstar when she attended the event in 2007 – she admitted that she didn’t feel quite so bold behind-the-scenes.
‘I went to the Met Ball exactly one time… I found it a little scary so I haven’t been back!’ she shared, while a picture of her standing on the red carpet flashed up on the screen.
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Jennifer Garner chatted trough her beauty routine, revealing she’s been to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala exactly ‘one time’ – but found it a ‘little scary’
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The 51-year-old attended the gala in 2007, and the theme that year was Poiret: King of Fashion, honoring the French fashion designer (pictured in 2007)
‘But I wore that night this magical red Valentino gown and I was his date, and that was really like majestic and special,’ she gushed in the clip.
Jennifer’s one appearance at the Met Gala coincided with the theme Poiret: King of Fashion, which honored the French fashion designer.
Although she didn’t love her Gala experience, the actress gushed about her gorgeous dress – even giving it a shout out on Instagram in 2018, over a decade after she first wore it.
While sharing a chic throwback picture of herself wearing the bright red, strapless gown, Jennifer revealed she was very secured in the ensemble, writing: ‘You will never appreciate using the bathroom alone until you’ve been sewn into a dress.’
The mom-of-three isn’t the only celeb who has sworn off the annual event held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; with celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Lovato, Amy Schumer also avoiding the event.
In 2013, Paltrow described the event as ‘un-fun’, insisting that she would ‘never go again’ – although she later returned to the event in 2019.
Schumer made similar disparaging remarks about the event in 2016, saying the Met Gala ‘felt like a punishment’ and revealing that she told Beyonce the soiree would be ‘her last’. But, like Paltrow she also went on to attend future events.
In the rest of Jennifer’s video, which was uploaded on December 11, she walked viewers through her speedy makeup routine.
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In the rest of the video uploaded on December 11, Jennifer walked viewers through her speedy makeup routine
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The Golden Globe winner admitted she only learned how to properly apply make-up during the pandemic, when press tours started taking place on zoom
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The 30 Going On 30 star wore a Valentino gown with the designer as her date to the 2007 Gala
She stressed the important of hydrating the skin and applying sunscreen, adding she didn’t when she was younger years and is paying the price.
‘Nothing looks better in your fifties than sunscreen in your twenties, ladies,’ she advised. ‘You heard it here first.’
The Family Switch actress said she’s passed her beauty advice down to her and ex-husband Ben Affleck’s three children — Violet, 18, Seraphina, 14, and Samuel, 11.
‘All I care about my kids doing is that they wash their face at night and that they wear SPF,’ she said in the video.
‘Other than that, it’s their business,’ the mom quipped.
The Golden Globe winner admitted she only learned how to properly apply make-up during the pandemic, when press tours started taking place on zoom.
‘I figured it out and it actually did change what I know about makeup forever,’ she shared.
She also had some advice for inner beauty, sharing her advice on how to ‘move through the world with confidence.’
‘If you want to have self-esteem, do esteemable things,’ she said. ‘Focus out more than in. Focus on what you’re doing for other people.
She continued: ‘It’s just small esteemable acts that tell yourself that you are worthy of your own esteem and then it’ll start to radiate out.’
