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‘Having a breakdown’: Camila Cabello recalls viral wardrobe malfunction at Met Gala

20 July 2023, Puerto Rico, San Juan: Camila Cabello arrives at the 2023 Premios Juventud Awards at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. Photo: Alejandro Granadillo/dpa/Sipa USA
20 July 2023, Puerto Rico, San Juan: Camila Cabello arrives at the 2023 Premios Juventud Awards at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot. Photo: Alejandro Granadillo/dpa/Sipa USA dpa/picture-alliance/Sipa USA

Don’t believe everything you see on TikTok, folks.

Camila Cabello admitted she was in fear of being “canceled” after a few users of the app accused her of carrying a $25,000 bag to the Met Gala last month.

Appearing on Wednesday’s “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” the pop star cleared up a few things.

First off: The viral bag no longer even exists, because it melted. The material designer Jane Wade used was ice, and not the diamond version.

“It’s water, frozen,” Cabello explained of the purse that contained a dried rose from craft supplies site Etsy. “You can make it at home!”

Carrying around a cold clutch that was literally disappearing in her hands wasn’t exactly a laugh a minute.

“I was just stressed!” the “I Luv It” singer admitted.

To top things off, the bag’s strap also broke right before the Fifth Harmony-er hit the museum’s iconic steps to pose for paps after somebody “accidentally moved it.”

“This is the thing that you least want to have happen is a bunch of famous people looking at you having a breakdown,” the Miami native said.

In Instagram pictures from the chichi event, the 27 year old looks the opposite of stressed, though, posing like a pro.

If certain TikTokers had seen Cabello’s caption, her fashion situation would have been, um, likely more clear:

“Icy and dripping. Oops.”

This story was originally published June 14, 2024 at 11:30 AM.

Madeleine Marr
Miami Herald
Celebrity/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper’s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.
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