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Italian model Eugenio Casnighi<\/strong> claimed he was let go from working the 2024 Met Gala<\/a> because he took the attention away from Kylie Jenner<\/strong> in photos<\/a> from the event in 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cI just got fired from the Met Gala,\u201d Eugenio, 26, claimed in a video he posted to TikTok on May 3.<\/p>\n He then shared several photos of himself in the background of pictures of Kylie, 26, at the event and asked, \u201cRemember me?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I\u2019ve never talked about this because I was under [an] NDA,\u201d Eugenio continued. \u201cIt\u2019s funny enough [that] they fired me, so I can say whatever I want now. I\u2019ve been working for the Met Gala as a model and greeter [in] 2022 and 2023, and I was supposed to do it this year. Just to give you an idea, today\u2019s Friday and the Met Gala is on Monday. They let me know today that they cut me off. They fired me because I went viral last year.\u201d<\/p>\n Eugenio then gave some details about his alleged firing and what went down behind the scenes.<\/p>\n \u201cBasically they said, \u2018You made it about yourself, so we can\u2019t have you work there anymore. So, I\u2019m sorry, you got laid off, fired, whatever you want to call it,\u201d Eugenio explained. \u201cLet me just tell you how it works a little bit. Last year they told me I was going to be with Kylie Jenner all night, and I helped her, you know, with whatever she needed. It\u2019s funny because the Met Gala and the company that I\u2019m not going to mention \u2013 they fired me \u2013 they want models to work on the red carpet. They want, like, people to get noticed. Like, they literally told me, \u2018We picked you because we like you more than other people to be with this celebrity.\u2019 But when people took pictures of the actual celebrity, not me, of, like, the actual celebrity, like Kylie Jenner, and I was next to her, of course I ended up in the picture. They blamed me. They said, \u2018You made it about yourself, so we don\u2019t want to work with you anymore.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n The model concluded, \u201cI [had been] confirmed to work this year a month ago. I have emails, I have messages, but for now I\u2019m going to stop here.\u201d<\/p>\n