--- description: Queen of the red carpet Rihanna will co-host the 2018 annual Met Gala, along with Amal Clooney and Donatella Versace. title: Red Carpet Queen Rihanna Will Co-Host the 2018 Met Gala Ball image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt376523b1789c1a14/6988e50bfb4eac15b189478f/rihanna-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Red Carpet Queen Rihanna Will Take Her Rightful Place as an Official 2018 Met Gala Host  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 8, 2017 5:50 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Rihanna attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - MAY 04: Rihanna attends the "China: Through The Looking Glass" Costume Institute Benefit Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)Mike Coppola—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 8, 2017 5:50 PM CUT It’s a universally acknowledged fact that [Rihanna](http://time.com/4852121/rihanna-jet-ski/ "undefined")‘s fearless red carpet fashion always ensures that she is [queen of the Met Gala](http://time.com/4762629/rihanna-queen-met-gala-2017/ "undefined"), so it’s only appropriate that the bad gal will be taking her rightful place as one of this year’s official hosts of [fashion’s biggest party](http://time.com/4756953/outrageous-met-gala-fashion/ "undefined"). On Wednesday, [_Vogue_](https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-2018-theme-heavenly-bodies-fashion-and-the-catholic-imagination "undefined") announced that Rihanna will be co-hosting the 2018 annual Met Gala next May and that the theme will be “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination.” Completing the holy trinity of hosts for what’s sure to be a soul-fulfilling night are Amal Clooney and Donatella Versace who will also assume hosting responsibilities for the event. According to _Vogue_, the theme seeks “to create a dialogue between fashion and the masterworks of religious art” and will include “papal garb on loan from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, many of which have never been seen outside the Vatican.” Since Rihanna’s keen sartorial sense is always a religious experience, this pairing seems like a perfect fit. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5015330/rihanna-met-gala-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5015330/rihanna-met-gala-2018/"},"headline":"Red Carpet Queen Rihanna Will Take Her Rightful Place as an Official 2018 Met Gala Host","datePublished":"2017-11-08T17:50:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:34.975Z","description":"She'll be co-hosting with Amal Clooney and Donatella Versace","url":"https://time.com/5015330/rihanna-met-gala-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","fashion","Rihanna","Met Gala","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt376523b1789c1a14/6988e50bfb4eac15b189478f/rihanna-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt376523b1789c1a14/6988e50bfb4eac15b189478f/rihanna-met-gala-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"China: Through The Looking Glass\" Costume Institute Benefit Gala - Arrivals","caption":"\"China: Through The Looking Glass\" Costume Institute Benefit Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"Mike Coppola—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5015330/rihanna-met-gala-2018/","name":"Red Carpet Queen Rihanna Will Take Her Rightful Place as an Official 2018 Met Gala Host"}}]}] ```