The rapper used a nearby fan’s shoulder to help hoist himself over a barricade to get to his hotel room before the 2023 Met GalaA$AP Rocky is apologizing once again for unwittingly injuring a fan and messing up her eyeglasses.
The rapper spoke with Vogue for their “Life in Looks” segment on Tuesday, April 15, and reviewed 21 fashion looks throughout his career, including his 2023 Met Gala look. During the video interview, he also acknowledged a viral moment from that night when he accidentally facepalmed a fan.
Ahead of the Met Gala, on May 1, 2023, the rapper was filmed attempting to make his way to the entrance of The Carlyle. But he found himself behind a wall of fans instead. He used a nearby onlooker’s shoulder to help hoist himself over the barrier set up by the hotel, knocking the woman’s glasses askew in the process.
On Tuesday, he told Vogue that he jumped over the barricade because he was trying to get into his hotel room. “I was gonna be late for the Met Gala,” he explained. “I was trying to get in my room, and this poor young little lady, man, I didn’t even know that I messed up her glasses.”
“To whoever that young lady was. Again, I apologize. I’m so sorry. I ain’t mean to do that, sweetheart. My fault,” he added.At the time of the viral moment, the fan posted a selfie on Twitter, with her oversized frames after the incident. “A$AP Rocky just literally jumped over me,” she wrote.
The rapper took note of the selfie, replying, “LOL MY FAULT $WEETHEART” before following her @youareasapmadz account.
“I’m printing this on a t-shirt,” she joked back, adding, “Why is A$AP now oomf [one of my friends]?”After the incident, he and girlfriend Rihanna appeared at the “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”-themed fashion event.
The father of two wore a white shirt under a dark blazer, a dark tie, sunglasses and black shoes, making a show-stopping statement in a red plaid, high-low kilt over bedazzled wide-leg jeans.During his Vogue segment, Rocky said he loved that look, and liked Lagerfeld’s elegance.
“Sometimes I’m just embodying that spirit. Was just paying homage to his look at one of the shows that he did,” he explained of the look. “[We] kind of wanted to exaggerate the kilt a little bit so it could feel more grand. I was just like, ‘Man, I’m going full throttle today.’ ”
“We gonna do one glove. We gonna do some Michael Jackson s—, you know, we want all of the belts like Karl,” Rocky said. “There is a lot going on, but it’s actually well put together, yo. This is dope. This is when over-accessorizing goes right. This is how you do it.”