Understand why Gisele Bündchen didn’t go to the Met Gala 2024

Gisele Bündchen did not attend this year’s Met Gala last Monday (6) — the ball’s red carpet is one of the main events on the year’s fashion calendar. Her family and the tragedy in Rio Grande do Sul were the main reasons that left the model out of the celebration, according to People magazine.

According to the magazine, Gisele has all her attention focused on her children Benjamin, 14, and Vivian, 11: “She is busy with her family in Miami.” “She has a completely fulfilled life and is very busy with her kids,” the source adds.

In addition to her children, the model has dedicated herself to helping Rio Grande do Sul, the state where her family lives, which is facing a state of calamity due to heavy rains since last week. “She has family there and is consumed with worry,” says People’s source.

The model opened donations from the Luz Alliance Emergency Fund, part of her social institution Brazil Foundation, to raise funds for people affected by the natural disaster. The organization accepts donations of mattresses, pillows, bedding and blankets, personal hygiene and cleaning products, clothes and coats, furniture and appliances, and dog and cat food.

The magazine also says that the model has also dedicated herself to her own projects, such as the launch of the cookbook “Nutrir: Simple Recipes for Body and Soul”. “She’s been working more than she has in the last 20 years this past year. She has so many projects; she’s been working all the time,” says source.

Gisele went to the 2023 Met Gala, her first ball after separating from ex-husband Tom Brady. She wore a Chanel white silk tulle dress stitched with vertical stripes of white sequins with a cape decorated with feathers and camellias.