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An Italian model has revealed he's been fired from working at this year's Met Gala because his rugged good looks upstaged stars including Kylie Jenner.
Eugenio Casnighi, 26, who worked as a greeter for the museum's previous two events, indicated in a new TikTok video that he has been disinvited from Monday;'s bash by the organizers after his beauty was the talk of the 2023 gala.
'I just got fired from the Met Gala,' Casnighi's video begins, before showing a picture of him standing next to Kylie Jenner at the 2023 gala.
'Remember me?' he asks while pointing at the picture.
Eugenio Casnighi was disinvited from the Met Gala after his stunning looks overshadowed Kylie Jenner's during last year's event
Casnighi worked as a greeter at the 2023 Met Gala, during which his rugged looks quickly caught people's attention
The clip then shows a flashback to last year's event, organized by Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour, where Emma Chamberlain is interviewing Blackpink's Jennie Kim.
Casnighi is standing in the background doing his job, but the person recording the interview was apparently blindsided by his good looks.
The camera drifts away from Chamberlain and Kim and focuses on Casnighi's face.
It was footage that went viral with text appearing on the screen that said: 'Trying to focus on Emma interviewing Jennie but...'
Casnighi, who worked for the Met Gala as a model and greeter for 2022 and 2023, said that he had previously been unable to address all the attention because he was under an NDA.
'It's funny enough,' the model said, 'they fired me so I can say whatever I want now.'
Casnighi divulged he was supposed to do be back again this year - but was shocked to find out earlier that he isn't welcome, despite being confirmed to attend a month ago.
The event's organizers said that Casnighi was at fault for all of the attention.
'They blamed me,' the model said. 'They said "you made it about yourself, so we don't want to work with you anymore".
'They let me know today that they cut me off,' he said. 'They fired me because I went viral last year.'
Casnighi said that he has emails and messages that corroborate his claims.
Speaking to DailyMail.com on Saturday after posting the video, Casnighi lifted the lid on what it was like to be a part of the coveted event.
He revealed that at the past two Met Galas, one mysterious celeb 'got in trouble because they started smoking in the tent before the stairs.'
'That's not allowed,' Casnighi explained. 'But this person did not care. They are very famous, so they can do whatever they want,' he added, declining to reveal who the celebrity was.
In his TikTok, the Italian model revealed that the Gala fired him from working this year's event a mere three days before it's scheduled to happen
The Italian model said that the organizers asked the celebrity to stop smoking.
In response, Casnighi said the celebrity retorted: 'No,
