Jennifer Aniston Reveals Why She Has Never Attended the Met Gala

Jennifer Aniston has never made an appearance at the Met Gala despite her A-lister status — and now, the Friends actress is finally revealing why.

Aniston, 58, revealed in a Sept. 2 interview with Glamour that attending the fashionable event does not appeal to her. “Yes, I have [been invited], but I don’t go,” she told the outlet. “It overwhelms me.”

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Celebrities who have made an appearance have often discussed that getting ready for the Met Gala requires several hours of preparation and glam. While Aniston doesn’t mind getting dolled up, she is not a fan of how much she would need to mentally prepare to go to the event.

“It’s the getting ready, the putting on the dress,” she explained. “I’m a ‘jeans and flip-flops and tank top’ kind of girl. I love dressing up too, but for me it’s a mental game of…’Let’s get dressed up, put on a fancy dress, makeup, get your hair all ‘purdy’ and go sit in a big room with your peers.’ [And yes,] everyone’s there to celebrate each other and have some fun, but I get nervous.”

The Morning Show star also shared that she has a complicated relationship with attending carpeted events, adding that its often an excuse for critics to be excessively judgmental.

“Some people find it like a sport where they build you up and then they love to tear you down,” Aniston concluded. “What’s the reason why people do it? Who knows? But I just try as best I can [to tune it out] because it doesn’t do you any good.”

Aniston is one of the many A-list celebrities who have never attended the Met Gala — Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Mariah Carey, Ryan Gosling, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Adele and more have yet to ascend the steps at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first Monday of May.

The most recent Met Gala took place this year on Monday, May 5. The event celebrated the opening of the Costume Institute’s exhibition “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” which honors Black dandyism.

The dress code was “Tailored for You” and saw guests — which included Rihanna, Cardi B, Zendaya, Gigi Hadid, Sabrina Carpenter and more — dressing up for the evening in expertly tailored suits and glittering gowns dripping with historical references.

Colman Domingo, Pharrell Williams, A$AP Rocky, Lewis Hamilton and Anna Wintour served as the co-chairs for the evening.