Celebrities React As Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini Rep Country Music At The Met Gala
Keith Urban and Kelsea Ballerini were among the major list of celebrities and artists who attended the Met Gala in New York City on Monday night and among the few who represented country music. The theme of the yearly event, held by fashion icon Anna Wintour, was “The Garden of Time” for 2024.
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Urban walked the red carpet alongside his wife, and famed actress, Nicole Kidman, while Ballerini attended her first Met Gala with boyfriend, and Outer Banks star, Chase Stokes.
“Celebrating fashion, art, and all the artisans behind-the-scenes of last night’s #GardenOfTime beauties #MetGala,” Kidman posted on Instagram.
As reported by Vogue, Kidman wore an “iconic” couture gown, a piece from Balenciaga’s 1951 collection. The couple received comments from a ton of their celebrity friends including Lily Aldridge, “Stunning,” Naomi Watts, “Beyond,” and Vanessa Hudgens, “Breathtaking.”
For Ballerini, it’s been a dream in the making to attend the Met Gala. In 2018, she .@KelseaBallerini made her Met Gala debut last night 🌸@MichaelKors #MetGala #ReawakeningFashion pic.twitter.com/TSUR4zE1qj
While the “Blindsided” singer did not wear a fish tank or Crocs, she was decked out in a dress from the couture Michael Kors Collection. Micahel Kors revealed online that Ballerini’s dress featured hand-sewn pink and coral floral appliques over sensual sheer tulle.
“Truly a night and experience I’ll never forget going to the Met Gala for the first time. Endless gratitude to the dream team and @michaelkors for bringing this into bloom. Typing this while heading back to the studio to finish up the record. Feeling really lucky and thankful,” Ballerini posted on Instagram.
Ballerini stunned her fans and followers while receiving comments from fellow country stars such as Wynonna Judd, “My girl… so beautiful!,” Carly Pearce, “A damn goddess.,” Megan Moroney, “OMMMMMGGGGGGGGGG JAW IS ON THE FLOOR,” and Dasha, “ur kidding,” among others.
Five Country Music Couples We Adore
Five country music couples we adore: when making this list, we have to begin with the fact that country music sings so much about love. We have country couples we all love to watch. They sing about their love and bring their life into the music they share with fans.
George and Tammy
George Jones and Tammy Wynette were country music royalty. They sang together in the late 1960s and 1970s, and their marriage was one all fans could talk about. Then, their divorce in the 1970s really gave country fans something to talk about.
Blake and Miranda
No one talks about it much anymore because the two have gone on to marry others, but when Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert got married, it was big news and fun for country fans. A few years later, their divorce shocked everyone, but during their marriage, they were country royalty we admired; now, we just adore them separately and watch their happiness with other spouses on social media.
Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert at the 2014 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Garth and Trisha
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are also true country royalty. Trisha told me about their relationship and how it works so well. The couple has been married for 18 years. She told me it isn’t always just roses, “Well, when people go, ‘Marriage goals’ and ‘Relationship goals,’ I want to go, ‘You know, have your own goals; we’re regular people who don’t always get along.'”
Yearwood adds, “If people see that we make each other the priority and we really respect and love each other, then I think if people take that from our marriage, then great.”
Garth gushed as he looked at Trisha, standing about five feet away and out of earshot, “I think her and anybody’s a great combo, I really do. So, I just feel lucky to be there with her.”
He continued, “What I love about it is what I try to teach my girls: be yourself, be independent, but also be as strong as you are. Some of the most strength you’re gonna have to show is the ability to bend. The ability to flex, the ability to take that pause and think, ‘What is this guy really saying,’ instead of just jumping, and we do that to each other. So, I think the respect is there.”
Brooks told me the relationship was years in the making, “One of the big things was, cause we’ve known each other since ’87, we were friends for thirteen years before we even dated. We toured together, which means you’re way too comfortable with each other, so we told ourselves s— on each other that no married couple would ever say. So, we know everything about each other.”
He concluded, “With that, I think you just realize, walls and all, that they’re gonna love you, and that’s very sweet and hard for me to accept.”
Garth and Trisha are performing at the Grammys in 2022.
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