AdvertisementRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mayor Bill de Blasio attended the the ultra-elitist, $35,000-a-head Met Gala as guests of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, DailyMail.com can confirm. Before the gala, AOC got ready at The Carlyle hotel on the Upper East Side, where rooms cost upwards of $1,000-a-night. Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who previously said he'd never attend the event, also attended the event. As she made her Met Gala debut, AOC will have passed crowds of BLM protesters clashing with police outside the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was also James' gala dress debut.

Source: Daily Mail September 14, 2021 20:19 UTC