Demi Lovato returns to Met Gala eight years after slamming star-studded bash: ‘Fake’ and ‘uncomfortable’

Demi Lovato made her triumphant return to the Met Gala in 2024.Getty Images

Demi Lovato made a shocking return to the 2024 Met Gala eight years after swearing off the star-studded soirée.

The “Heart Attack” singer, 31, arrived at fashion’s biggest night in a silver gown by Prabal Gurung.

Lovato, who wore her hair long and straight, played into the theme, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” with shimmering floral accents.

The “Heart Attack” singer wore a Prabal Gurung gown. Getty Images The sparkling, silver dress was embellished with reflective with flowers. WireImage

She paired the sparkling look with a blinged-out diamond necklace and silver earrings.

Her 2024 ensemble was a far cry from her 2016 Moschino design, a sequined silver gown with ornate gold trim and black accents, which she wore to the “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology”-themed event.

She paired the eye-catching dress with a two-tone gold and silver sparkle clutch, a 12.5-carat diamond ring and six-carat diamond studs.

The lengthy train added a dramatic effect. Getty Images Lovato, seen posing with Gurung on the carpet, previously called the event “fake” and “uncomfortable.” Getty Images

Although Lovato looked like a million bucks during her debut, the evening left her with a sour taste in her mouth.

At the time, the singer posted a since-deleted photo with the hashtags, “#cool #sof—kingawkward #notforme.”

In the snap, Lovato posed on the red carpet as Nicki Minaj, who was also dressed by designer Jeremy Scott, appeared to give her the side eye.

“This picture pretty much summed up my first and probably last met 😂😂😂,” the “Camp Rock” star wrote.

Lovato made her Met Gala debut in 2016 and claimed she would never return. AFP via Getty Images

Two years later, Lovato reflected on her “terrible experience” at the Met during an interview with Billboard.

“This one celebrity was a complete bitch and was miserable to be around. It was very cliquey. I remember being so uncomfortable that I wanted to drink.”

In fact, the singer — who has been on a sobriety journey for years — was so rattled by the gala that she left early and headed to an AA meeting.

The singer was dressed by Moschino, wearing a sparkling silver dress with black-and-gold accents. WireImage The experience was so negative that the sober singer felt tempted to “drink.” WireImage “It was very cliquey,” she said of the experience. “I remember being so uncomfortable that I wanted to drink.” WireImage

“I changed my clothes, but I still had my diamonds on—millions of dollars of diamonds on in an AA meeting,” she revealed.

“And I related more to the homeless people in that meeting who struggled with the same struggles that I deal with than the people at the Met Gala—fake and sucking the fashion industry’s d—k.”

Since then, it was assumed that Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, who overseas every detail about the gala, had banned Lovato from attending. However, it looks like both women are giving it another shot.