A$AP Rocky facepalmed a lady and knocked off her glasses as he hopped over a barricade outdoors his lodge earlier than the Met Gala
- A$AP Rocky used a lady’s face as a springboard to jump over his lodge barricade earlier than the Met Gala.
- The incident occurred outdoors of The Carlyle Lodge in New York Metropolis on Monday.
- Madelyn Llanes mentioned the rapper laughed and flipped her off after facepalming her.
A$AP Rocky inadvertently knocked a lady’s glasses off as he facepalmed her whereas hopping the barricade at his lodge earlier than the 2023 Met Gala Monday.
Journalist Philip Lewis shared footage of the second the rapper, sporting all black along with his hood up, burst by way of the group and hopped the gate outdoors of The Carlyle Lodge in New York Metropolis.
Whereas doing so, he pushed his hand right into a fan’s face to propel himself over.
“So does anybody know why ASAP Rocky had to do that?” Lewis captioned the video.
—philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 1, 2023
Shortly after the footage went viral, the lady whose face Rocky palmed revealed herself on Twitter to be 21-year-old Madelyn Llanes from Lengthy Island, New York.
“ASAP Rocky simply actually jumped over me,” she tweeted alongside a selfie together with her glasses barely askew.
—maddy (@youareasapmadz) May 1, 2023
Llanes later spoke to The Impartial in regards to the incident.
“I had felt somebody tapping my shoulder, so I circled and noticed that it was him however my mind did not absolutely comprehend that it was him,” he mentioned.
Llanes mentioned Rocky then advised her, “Sweetheart, I must get by way of.” She mentioned she advised him no, however he didn’t care.
“He simply pushed his approach up after which hopped over and grabbed me and the man subsequent to me as he did,” she mentioned. “After he hopped over, he was like ‘thanks’ after which simply laughed and flipped me off after which he went inside and that is after I absolutely realized it was him.”
Representatives for A$AP Rocky didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
—maddy (@youareasapmadz) May 2, 2023
Rocky and his companion Rihanna, who’s pregnant with their second baby, almost missed the crimson carpet after arriving hours late to the Met Gala on Monday.
Sticking to this 12 months’s theme, the couple paid homage to the late Karl Lagerfeld with their outfits.
Rocky wore a white button-up with a tie and a plaid skirt paired with crystal-covered denims, whereas Rihanna opted for a big flower-covered, hooded coat and matching white skirt.
—Vulture (@vulture) May 2, 2023
