Taraji P. Henson Ditched Her Pants for the Met Gala. Now She’s Explaining Why

Taraji P. Henson shut down the purple carpet on the 2025 Met Gala when she ascended the steps exterior the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork and not using a pair of pants on, and now she’s explaining her modern look.

The 54-year-old actress attended style’s greatest night time of the 12 months on Monday, Might 5, sporting a customized white corseted minidress by Monse x Put up-Imperial. She paired the tailor-made costume with a coordinating blazer with tails, a high hat, cane and heels.

It was all very in keeping with the occasion’s “Superfine: Tailoring Black Model” theme. Nonetheless, Henson notably went pantsless.

Throughout a Wednesday, Might 14, look on Sherri, she revealed that her unique look did have pants, however she determined to not put on them.

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She stated that the unique look “was nice.”

“However I had been within the health club, and I had been working my butt of. And I used to be like, ‘You understand, possibly we do not want the pants so I can present what I have been engaged on,’ ” she recalled, including that she discovered the ultimate end result to be “elegant.”

There was an additional advantage to her determination, too: “However not solely that, I needed to have a pleasant combine between female and masculine. So it actually was like Josephine Baker from the waist down and Cab Calloway from the waist up.”

Whereas talking to host Sherri Shepherd, Henson additionally opened up about her intricate nails for the occasion, which have been emblazoned with jewels, together with just a little locket.

“Temeka [Jackson, her nail artist for the event] is one thing else. She does Saweetie’s nails. Her nails are in a museum. She’s superb,” she gushed.

They seemed unbelievable on the carpet and for just a few days after, however Henson lastly reached a degree the place they wanted to be eliminated. That took some time.

“I referred to as Temeka, and I used to be like, ‘Woman, come take this stuff off.’ As a result of I could not do something in them. And all the jewellery saved snagging on stuff. It took about three hours to take them off,” she admitted.

The 2025 Met Gala was co-chaired by Colman Domingo, F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams and Anna Wintour. LeBron James was an honorary co-chair however backed out at the last minute on account of an damage.

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Different notable attendees included Rihanna, Zendaya, Ayo Edebiri, Doechii, Janelle Monáe, Usher, Tyla  and Nicole Kidman.

Rihanna made waves by debuting a new baby bump on the purple carpet on the occasion. She is anticipating her third child with A$AP.

“I am good. I am shockingly feeling okay and never too overwhelmed in the intervening time,” Rihanna admitted to Entertainment Tonight from the purple carpet. “I imply, at first, it was kinda like, ‘Ah!’ And I am drained, however then I am excited.”

There was another benefit to her huge reveal, too: “I really feel loads higher that I haven’t got to suck my abdomen in anymore,” she instructed Access Hollywood.