{"id":19117,"date":"2025-05-06T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=19117"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:25:13","slug":"met-gala-employee-claims-they-were-fired-after-upstaging-kylie-jenner-in-shocking-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/05\/06\/met-gala-employee-claims-they-were-fired-after-upstaging-kylie-jenner-in-shocking-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Met Gala employee claims they were fired after &#8216;upstaging&#8217; Kylie Jenner in shocking rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To get invited to the Met Gala is a pretty big deal. But to get fired from your role as a greeter at the event has got to come as a blow of all blows, especially if you&#8217;re hitting the headlines for allegedly &#8220;upstaging&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/05\/06\/the-real-reason-timothee-chalamet-skipped-out-on-the-met-with-kylie-jenner-is-actually-wild\/\">Kylie Jenner<\/a>. One Met Gala greeter and Italian model, Eugenio Casnighi, is apparently ready to find a new job after &#8220;photobombing&#8221; King Kylie&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Meet Met Gala greeter Eugenio Casnighi<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hunky Italian model says he&#8217;s been fired from working as greeter at Met Gala after his good looks upstaged Kylie Jenner during last year&#8217;s ceremony <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UzyV5nOZ84\">pic.twitter.com\/UzyV5nOZ84<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rahmah Sanni (@SanniRahma61573) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanniRahma61573\/status\/1786991878312792196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Model Eugenion&#8217;s striking appearance has caught people&#8217;s attention, but the reason he&#8217;s gone viral is due to an alleged &#8220;photobombing&#8221; in Kylie Jenner&#8217;s red carpet snaps.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">He was assigned to assist Kylie during the 2023 Met Gala.<\/span> <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">His duties included carrying her bag and providing support as she navigated the red carpet, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/34572461\/met-gala-ex-staffer-eugenio-casnighi-kylie-jenner-fired\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">However, his proximity to the reality star led to him appearing in numerous photographs, capturing the attention of photographers and fans alike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eugenio, apparently, didn&#8217;t mean to cause such a stir. Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casino.org<\/a>, he said he followed directions from Kylie herself:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She wanted me to stay five steps away from her, so that\u2019s how we did it&#8230; It was funny to me because a lot of people hated that I was next to her, like I was ruining her image.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn\u2019t pretending to be her date or anything, I was literally just there, holding her bag&#8230; That\u2019s what I was paid to do. 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