Ex‑Vogue editor’s novel says Lady Gaga had Met Gala meltdown

Former Vogue editor Filipa Fino has written a roman à clef called "Best Dressed" about her time at the magazine, and the book suggests Lady Gaga had a meltdown in the museum gift shop during the 2010 Met Gala, about 30 minutes before she was due to perform. Fino describes Gaga as "barricaded in the Met gift shop, surrounded by tote bags, snow globes, and coffee-table books, having what could only be described as a catastrophic reckoning.

Crying. Smoking. Praying Apologizing. Then apologizing for apologizing." Part of the panic, the book says, stemmed from the event taking place in Gaga’s childhood neighborhood, near landmarks including the Catholic school she attended. Event co-chair Oprah Winfrey kept her cool, as did a character strikingly similar to Anna Wintour.

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