Ayo Edebiri Makes all of Ireland and Chicago proud 2024 Met Gala Debut. The 28-year-old has proven that she can achieve more Bandanas and a cooking apron as she strutted across the iconic carpet for the first time on Monday.
The bear Star who became known for Your unique style during the 2024 awards seasonTrue to this year’s theme, “Sleeping Beauty: Resurgent Fashion,” in a white and floral custom dress by Loewe.
Speaking to ET’s Rachel Smith on the iconic steps, the Golden Globe winner jokes that the event is pretty much exactly what she expected.
“Yes, people say, ‘Please look here,’ and then they say, ‘You’re doing this wrong. That’s just how it is,” she jokes about the event’s photographers, who give them instructions from the sidelines.
As for preparing for the big moment, Edebiri admits that “it took a while.”
“I somehow didn’t know how long it would take. They just tell me to be there and then I go through the glamour,” she admits. “I feel so [was], I don’t know, three hours maybe? Not so bad, not so bad!”
Edebiri’s attendance at the Met Gala came shortly after the conclusion of a fantastic awards season in which she won top categories for her role as Sydney Adamu in the award-winning FX series. In January, Edebiri became the third black woman a year later she won the category “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series”. Abbott Elementary School‘S Sheryl Lee Ralph came second.
Since then, it has been a particularly significant victory Quinta Brunson and Edebiri – close friends and frequent collaborators – was the first black woman to ever win Best Actress and Supporting Actress in the same year that evening.
While her Emmy acceptance speechEdebiri thanked her parents and joked that they were not sitting next to her.
“They were behind me on the right. I hope people don’t think I’m a bad kid. I didn’t make the seating arrangement,” Edebiri said told ET after her win. “They give you a ticket. I asked for two. There was a bit of a mess. They have good seats. They just weren’t next to me because Carson Daly was next to me. I didn’t make the agreement. “That’s not possible.” Emphasize that enough.”
At the end of the day, Edebiri said she was “pretty amazed” about becoming an Emmy winner.
“My name was in line with a lot of really great performances and shows last season and all that stuff. I’m just really, really amazed,” she said, before acknowledging the success of The bear overall at the Emmys and described herself and her colleagues as “very, very, very happy.”
“I think that’s really all you can say,” she said. “It’s strange, these things, they decide whether you win or lose, but I love television. is breathtaking and humbling and really nice.
Fans will be happy to hear that Edebiri will have many more chances to be recognized in the future The bear was supposedly renewed for a fourth season before the Third season premiere.
The show was in November officially renewed for season 3 Just hours after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which lasted 118 days and delayed production on several other FX shows.
“The bearthat wowed audiences in its first season only to reach even greater heights in its second season, has become a cultural phenomenon,” Nick Grad, president of FX Entertainment, said in a press release at the time.
Although Edebiri tells ET that she can’t “confirm or deny” whether the restaurant drama has been renewed for a fourth season, she shares that she and the cast have “worked hard” to bring fans a new season.
Local outlets in Chicago reported on it in March The bear filmed additional episodes in addition to the third season. Coil Chicago shared that production members have stated that the additional episodes are part of the third season, while others have stated that the episodes are for the fourth season. Anyway, the station gives the Edebiri, Jeremy Allen White And Ebon Moss-Bachrach-led series’ full support as they continue filming in Chicago.
Around the same time as the show’s renewal, ET spoke to Whiteand he gave an update on how he’s preparing for Season 3.
“I haven’t read any scripts yet, that’s the truth,” White told ET. “But yes, we will go back [into production] End of February, beginning of March. I will meet with some chefs from January and start preparing.”
The bear The third season is scheduled to premiere in June 2024.
And Edebiri has a message for fans who were excited when she and Paul Mescal took a photo together on St. Patrick’s Day. While Some thought the photo hinted at a secret romance, others speculated that it was a reference to a future project between the two. The We are all strangers Star had previously expressed interest in working with Edebiri on a romantic comedy, sparking further speculation about a possible project between the two.
“This is one of those ones where I leave the theater incredibly envious and pleased with the talents of everyone involved in this film,” Mescal said in an interview with Watch awards last November. “But I think in the next five years I’ll challenge myself to maybe do a romantic comedy with Ayo or something like that would be cool.”
The idea of the duo starring in a romantic comedy gained traction when romance novelist Emily Henry reposted the St. Patrick’s Day photo on her Instagram Story, hinting at the possibility of a collaboration.
The caption tells ET: “The opportunities.” [of teaming up for a romantic comedy] Depends on both our schedules and if we get a good script I think.”
The theme of this year’s Met Gala is “Sleeping Beauty: Fashion Resurgent.” Max Hollein, CEO of The Met, said: a statement that the “innovative” exhibition – and the associated one star-studded annual fundraising gala – should “expand the boundaries of our imagination and invite us to experience the multisensory facets of a garment.”
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