{"id":29972,"date":"2026-08-06T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29972"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T10:42:27","slug":"why-anna-wintour-is-obsessed-with-john-galliano-even-if-met-gala-honors-makes-a-listers-cancel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29972","title":{"rendered":"Why Anna Wintour is &#8216;obsessed&#8217; with John Galliano \u2014 even if Met Gala honors makes A-listers cancel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-fzi3zurzm-1785968523451.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261785954160\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Anna Wintour is \u201cobsessed\u201d with designer John Galliano, leading to his being <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/08\/02\/style\/met-gala-2027-to-honor-controversial-fashion-designer-john-galliano\/\">honored at the 2027 Met Gala<\/a> \u2013 even if it leads to high-profile guests skipping the event, sources tell Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>The Vogue doyenne has been plotting for years to award one of fashion\u2019s greatest honors to her close friend, who had been canceled over an antisemitic outburst in 2011, we\u2019re told.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnna has said that her favorite fashion show of all time is Galliano\u2019s Fall\/Winter 1994 collection, often referred to as \u201cThe Black Show,\u201d said<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backrow.net\/p\/anna-wintour-got-her-way-at-what-cost\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backrow.net\/p\/anna-wintour-got-her-way-at-what-cost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backrow.net\/p\/anna-wintour-got-her-way-at-what-cost\"> Odell,<\/a> who penned Wintour\u2019s biography.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anna Wintour, seen with John Galliano in 2010, has plotted for years to honor her longtime friend at the Met Gala. <span class=\"credit\">Dimitrios Kambouris<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThink how many fashion shows this woman has gone to \u2014 and this is the one she picks. She thinks he\u2019s a creative genius, she\u2019s obsessed with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Met Gala chairperson Wintour \u2014 alongside Andrew Bolton, who helms the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art celebration \u2014 met with Jewish leaders before making their final decision, as previously reported.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, the decision to honor Galliano has left many furious. Philippe Virgitti, whom Galliano raged at in a Parisian bar, calling him a \u201cf\u2013king Asian bastard\u201d and his girlfriend a \u201cf\u2013king ugly Jewish bitch,\u201d and \u201cdirty Jew face,\u201d dubbed him \u201ca pig\u201d <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"B0GSF9D8RX\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdp%2FB0GSF9D8RX%3Flv%3Dshuf%26channelId%3D500%26plpRedirect%3DmhFallback%26tag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F08%2F06%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fwhy-anna-wintour-is-obsessed-with-john-galliano-even-if-met-gala-honors-makes-a-listers-cancel%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">in a new book<\/a>, adding, \u201cHe\u2019s garbage, he caused a great deal of harm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOdd Mom Out\u201d star Jill Kargman, a regular presence at the Met Ball, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbf5acRnM_w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said of the decision<\/a> to name Galliano just one of three living designers to be honored by the museum, \u201cI am APPALLED. I guess antisemitism is OK now at the highest art museum.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Wintour named Galliano\u2019s fall\/winter 1994 show as her favorite fashion show ever. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kargman, 52, confirmed she would not be attending, adding, \u201cSubstitute any other minority and he\u2019d be (RIGHTFULLY) cancelled permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, PR Lauren London claimed she witnessed another antisemitic Galliano rant in 2019 at the Henri Chenot spa in Merano, Italy, where he allegedly objected to people speaking Hebrew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no alcohol to blame\u2026no drugs\u2026not even sugar or caffeine,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbgR0kmoFIt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she posted on Instagram <\/a>earlier this week. \u201cGalliano was sober and this was 8 years after his despicable rant that got him fired from Dior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Late Vogue editor Andr\u00e9 Leon Talley was a big Galliano supporter alongside Wintour and Vogue fashion editor Grace Coddington. The trio is seen at a Galliano show in Paris in 2007. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy friend was on the phone with her daughter speaking English. Then she switched languages and started speaking Hebrew. The minute Galliano heard Hebrew he started screaming \u2018Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas\u2026\u2019 Over and Over. On repeat until my friend hung up the phone. It was July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my friend asked him if he had a problem with Hebrew he promptly and very unapologetically responded that he did. She then told him that she had a lot of his clothes and when she got back to her home in Israel she would dispose of them. He told her to please do\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>London added, \u201cHe is a racist and a Hitler-loving antisemite both drunk and sober \u2026 I know antisemitism is en Vogue in New York (and virtually everywhere now) but this is surprising nonetheless. Shame on you Anna Wintour!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Met Gala fixture Jill Kargman \u2014 seen at the 2025 ball \u2014 said the Galliano news was \u201cappalling\u201d and said she would not attend next year\u2019s event honoring him. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for The Met Museum\/Vogue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Page Six has reached out to London and a rep for Galliano.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Wintour said, \u201cThere is no one more deserving of an exhibition of this scale than John Galliano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis body of work\u2014at Dior, Givenchy, Margiela, his namesake label and more\u2014combines erudition and creativity, darkness and light, the past, the present, the future all smashing together in a brilliant way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a great designer and his career isn\u2019t defined by a moment\u2014something that he will live with for the rest of his life. The exhibition won\u2019t shy away from any of the darkness in John\u2019s past. It\u2019s part of what has shaped him. The show will take in the full arc of his career and grapple with all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Galliano at a Paris police station in February 2011 following his antisemitic rage in a bar. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jewish leaders, including Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League, have said they are satisfied Galliano has apologized for his previous actions and is sincerely sorry.<\/p>\n<p>Following the 2011 outburst, Galliano said he was suffering addiction to alcohol, sleeping tablets and Valium at the time. The matter went to court in Paris, and he was found guilty of public insults based on a person\u2019s origin and fined the equivalent of $7,000.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his claims of rehabilitation, Virgitti wrote in \u201cAffaire Galliano,\u201d his recently published book, \u201cI do not forgive him, especially since he filed a defamation complaint against us, even though he was the one who had attacked us. That was despicable on his part.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Wintour greets Galliano at the 2009 Met Gala, as Marc Jacobs, Kate Moss and Justin Timberlake look on. <span class=\"credit\">Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOn top of that\u2026 he put us at considerable risk. His apologies at the trial were insincere. He apologized only because his lawyer had told him to do so. He didn\u2019t even understand why he was apologizing. He was completely in denial. To him. I was merely an obstacle in his path, something standing in the way of his career in fashion. On top of that, he blamed me for losing his job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Virgitti said he only received a \u201csymbolic check\u201d for one Euro, signed not by Galliano himself, but by his lawyer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Met Gala curator Andrew Bolton and Anna Wintour quietly met with Jewish leaders before making the final decision to honor Galliano. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI became a victim of Stockholm syndrome,\u201d he wrote, \u201cDuring the intense media cage, I actually felt sorry for him \u2013 even pity \u2013 because he was being attacked from every direction and I had always admired him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked who could sponsor the Gala, Odell speculated it could be fashion brand Zara, which is now working with Galliano, or <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/02\/celebrity-news\/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-spent-10m-to-co-host-met-gala-sources\/\">a large tech firm.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it will happen \u2013 it\u2019s been in the works for years,\u201d she said. \u201cAnna has this incredible power to rehabilitate people, and to help people get jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Wintour is \u201cobsessed\u201d with designer John Galliano, leading to his being honored at the 2027 Met Gala \u2013 even if it leads to high-profile guests skipping the event, sources tell Page Six. 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