The Met Gala was a night of spectacles.
Lena Dunham walked the red carpet dressed as a blood splatter. Bad Bunny showed up as an old man. Heidi Klum — whose two modes are wearing lingerie with her daughter or going over the top with Halloween costumes — came as a statue .
But the biggest stones of the night belonged to Blake Lively.
On the same day that a settlement was announced in her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively arrived at the Met Gala in a Versace gown with a 13-foot train. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
Mere hours after it was announced that she and her “It Ends with Us” co-star Justin Baldoni had settled their very public and very nasty lawsuit, she did what any shameless faux-feminist would do: She showed up at the Met Gala.
Lively wore a dramatic pastel Versace gown, complete with a 13-foot train that looked like a quilt made of shower poufs.
Perhaps, subconsciously, the Hollywood mean girl hoped that the train would slough away all the stubborn muck she’s left on her career, her…