May 5, 2026 • 19 mins
On this episode of The Latest with Loren LoRosa, Loren recaps a powerful week from Atlanta to Miami, celebrating Black excellence, sisterhood, and leveling up in rooms that challenge and inspire.
Then it’s all eyes on the Met Gala 👀—with Beyoncé returning after a decade as a co-chair. Loren breaks down why this year’s theme is deeper than fashion and how storytelling through culture, identity, and design will dominate the carpet.
Plus, Megan Thee Stallion exits Broadway early amid her breakup with Klay Thompson, and Cardi B pulls up in support—showing real love during a tough moment.
It’s a mix of culture, conversation, and real-life reflection on success, vulnerability, and what happens when the spotlight gets personal.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
I'm a homegrown that knows a little bit about everything
and everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You know, if you don't lie about that, right, Lauren
came in.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hey, y'all, what's up. It's Laurena Rosa and this is
another episode of The Latest with Lauren Rosa. This is
your daily digging all things pop culture, entertainment, news, and
all of the conversations that shake the room. Baby. Now,
if we are checking behind the scenes of the grind
like we normally do here before we get into the Latest,
(00:32):
y'all know, I'm coming off of like a solid week
of traveling. We were in Atlanta first for the Black
Effect Podcast Festival, and then I left there back in
New York for a few days at work at the
Breakfast Club, and then left midweek to go down to
Miami for Accelerate Her, which is a global leadership conference
with Oh my God, like it's like the It's literally,
(00:56):
this is how I've been describing it. It's like the
Avenger assembling of Black women. I mean, some of the
most powerful, most amazing thought leaders black and brown women,
but predominantly Black women in the world come and get
together and just have a good time. It is such
a community like it's a conference and you do learn,
(01:17):
and there's panels and there's connecting and there's all these things,
but it really feels like you're linking back up with
like a community of like like just like your sisters,
like y'all are coming. It's almost like a family reunion
of like the biggest and the best. Like I can't,
I literally can't put it into words. But someone said
to me earlier today because I've been calling and just
(01:38):
saying thank you to everyone who championed me being awarded,
which is how I got the invite because it is
invite only, like it is very exclusive. And on one
of those phone calls today, the person said to me,
it's like our own Wakanda, and I was like, that's it, Like, yes,
it is like our own Wakanda, but it's like the
(01:58):
Wakanda of like power for black women. So that has
been amazing. And I think when you're when you're working
and you're achieving and you're figuring out these new levels
of success, like you need you need people that have
experienced things already and have gotten through these things. And
whether they failed or they you know, succeeded through these things,
(02:21):
they're still here and they're still thriving and they're doing well,
but they have a lot of knowledge to impart. I'm
always here for the substance of things, Like everything I do,
I'm always thinking about, like, you know, how can I
make sure that like this is actually going to lead
to something that is long lasting. I also always am
battling against the fear and just the mindset of like
(02:41):
what if this all goes away tomorrow, which is partly
trauma and partly like anxiousness because of what I've never
experienced before and seeing it happen, happening and unfolding in
my life. But even those conversations, like I was able
to have so much of those conversations with these women
you know, who were intended, who in attendance, who a
lot of them like me, they're reaching success for the
(03:04):
first time and they're just figuring it out as they go,
and like they're like the first people in their immediate
families to do so, and you know, in certain friend
groups to do so. Like it's just a very different
experience that's happening daily, and a lot of times, like
when I'm going through it, there's not too many people
that I can pick up the phone and describe things to.
(03:25):
I have a lot of people that I can call
and that will listen that's not what I'm saying, but
who can actually listen and advise and guide me through it.
It's getting a little bit different because of the things
that I'm getting to experience in this conference and accelerate
her and this tribe of people that I've now been
introduced to and you know, hugged on a love don't buy.
(03:47):
I'm just excited to be able to have that in
a real way. I learned so much, not even just
in the panel discussions and the presentations, but in common
casual conversations just in the elevator, walk into the bar,
sitting at the bar, you know, grabbing food at the
restaurants in the hotel, and just joining conversations. Like I
went by myself, so I had no choice but to
(04:10):
like just talk and meet people. And I was actually
really excited about that part of it. And it did
for me what I knew I needed it to do.
It made me like throw myself into unknown territory with
people that I didn't know whatsoever, which is always been
an easy thing for me. But you know, a lot
of times you walk into these rooms and these people
are so successful, you like, what the hell do we
(04:31):
have in common? So I just sit back and listen
and you know, and I was doing a lot of that,
but the conversations were so inviting. It was like, no,
we want to hear your perspective too, And I don't know,
it's just it's just such a good space to be in,
to be figuring things out and now be able to
pick up the phone and call people who look like you,
who have experiencing things the way you have experienced that
(04:54):
are genuinely there to help you, but have gotten through
it in a way that makes them cream and the crop.
So shout out to Kim Blackwell and accelerate her. I
received the Bossy Award while there, Thank you again for that.
And if you guys are listening to this episode, we
did upload some bonus content of me receiving that award
(05:15):
and I thank you speech and things, so go take
a listen to that. Now let's get on into the latest.
So it is the first Monday in May, but baby,
the people are already calling it the first Monday and
they b e y And that is because Beyonce is
making her return to the met gala after ten years now.
(05:36):
The theme this year is costume Art, and Beyonce is
one of the co chairs of the gala, along with
Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and a Winterur. And you're probably wondering, like,
you know, if you're not a fashion person, if you're
not a person who's into all these celebrity red carpets
and the things, why you even care about this right now?
(05:56):
There are a few reasons, and I'm gonna break it
down to y'all. So fans number one of the gala
are talking about the fashion and they expect to see,
you know, cultural firepower that is celebrated and born by
a lot of the icons that you'll see on the
Met Gala carpet, from people in music to sports, to
fashion to film. But the more important conversation here that translates,
(06:20):
you know, even far beyond the celebrity of all of this,
is the storytelling that will happen. And how amazing that
that storytelling happens on such a big platform like the
Met Galleery carpet, because millions of people around the world,
whether they want to or not, we'll get to see
these photos but also hear the conversation around it. So
(06:41):
with costume art in the cultures that they've picked, what
I'm predicting what happened is we will see a lot
of deep storytelling that makes you culturally tap into, you know,
the history of certain people in their races and their
origins and their religions, and there's things that we as
people like to separate ourselves from. So like we like
(07:05):
to think that, you know, because I'm black and because
this person's white, we don't have anything in common. Or
like I was even talking to you guys, like the
wealth gap of the women in the room that I
was just with. My first reaction was what do I
have in common with these ladies? But it's like when
you really get into the storytelling and to the background,
into all the winds, the losses, you know, just the
(07:25):
culture of it all, you'll find it a lot of
times there's a lot more similarities and differences. And that's
why I love the power of storytelling. But I love
it through fashion because you can't deny it. You can't
deny what's happening right there in front of you. But
also through art and fashion, people will look at things
and take things so many different ways. So there'll be
so much conversation that comes out of it. And when
(07:47):
you talk about like a Beyonce right or a Venus Williams,
these women are people who have championed, you know, the
storytelling throughout their whole careers and we've all clung to that.
Like Beyonce information when she used you know, that time
and that whole rollout to address Hurricane Katrina and race
(08:08):
relations and black beauty and the Black is King, she
chowcased a lot of African heritage, afrocentric fashion and fashion
designers braids being two knots. Beyonce has always been one
to celebrate black designers, but during the Renaissance tour, I
feel like a lot of people paid more attention to it.
She spotlighted a LaQuan Smith, she you know, even around Juneteenth.
(08:32):
She did so much within that space. And LaQuan Smith
is somebody who you know. He is a young Black
designer who has been making his way in this colature
world for a very very long time. Him and Sergio
Hudson right now are like the two black designers that
people point to most in the coature space. It is
a very hard space to live and thrive in couture
(08:55):
is not very welcoming of us, of black people, of
black designers, of black body shape, and it has opened up
a lot more, but it is still what it is.
So her championing those people mean so much. Cowboy Carter,
we know that that was like the cowboy, the Western,
the country music era where she was able to through
her fashion, through her partnership with Levi's, through her music,
(09:17):
really spot like black people's place in country music and
a lot of the things that we originated in country
music and just our roots there and why we actually belong.
When you think about Venus and Serena Williams, you think
a lot about their fashion because people have always talked
a lot about you know them on the court and
how well they play and all the you know, the
barriers that they break. These are two young black women
(09:40):
from Compton, right, so there's always that conversation around them,
both positive and negative. But they get a lot of
shit for their body silhouettes. For I remember, you know
them wearing you know, certain fits and cuts and catsuits
was a conversation at one point, and they they've used
it to their vantage, like they've kind of flipped it
on their head. I remember when I went to the
(10:02):
US Open in twenty twenty five, Venus Williams. Actually she
did a tribute to Althia Gibson, who was the first
black woman in tennis who was able to play at
the heights of something like a US Open. And she
wore a white polo and she had the white pleta
skirt on. And for a lot of people who don't
know much about Althea Gibson, and I didn't at the time,
(10:24):
if I'm being honest, When I saw the Vogue article
with her giving the nod to Althia Gibson and talking
about Athia Gibson in the interview, that made me understand
more culturally, right, And I'm there at the US Open,
so you have Althia Gibson memorials set up everywhere her
family's there. It was such a tribute. So everything symbolically
(10:45):
is making you go back, learn research, understand regardless if
you're white or black. And that's what costuming is art
is all about. And I think we're going to get
to see so much of that on the Mett galliad
carpet that I am really really excited about. Just with
the conversations culturally, it will spark and I will say
Beyonce doesn't lend her time or her energy, and especially
(11:08):
not her presence to any old thing. So if she's
going to show up and it has been over a
decade since she has been there, y'all know she is
about to start a hell of a conversation. So I'm
very excited to see what that will be. I know
a lot of the Beehi. I believe that this is
the start of Act three. And her team has come
out and said that there is no music done. People
(11:29):
believe that we're going to get a single around the
met Gala, that there will be some visual stuff that
drops around the met Gala with her music. But I
just know if she's showing up, that alone is going
to be a conversation and a start of something. Because
she don't go anywhere, She don't just go anywhere, and
when she's somewhere, there's a reason. There is an importance
around it. And the celebrities have been running around all
(11:52):
weekend the celebration of the Metgala, so you have so
many people that will be in attendance. Serena Williams. I
mentioned Venus is one of the col chairs, but Serena
williams Is is set to attend. I know Kim Kardashian
and Lewis Hamilton are set to attend. Zendaya, who we
always look forward to on the carpet, reportedly is not
attending this year. I saw the Met Gala release a
statement about that, but there's no reason yet as to
(12:14):
why I did see reporting that. You know, she's just
so busy right now, but the fact that she's in
New York and she's not attending has become, you know,
a conversation if people wanted to know why people love
to see Zindea and her stylist, law Roach, and just
their combination of the things on the carpet. I'm looking
forward to, you know, Cardi b and Colin Carter on
(12:34):
the carpet. I know Cardi is in New York. She
went to go see Meg thee Stallion on Broadway to
support megda Stallion's final night there. So I'm looking forward
to a lot of that, but deep, more deep though,
Like I love it when we can tell story through
eye catching things and educate people and pull people up.
And I think that this year's Met Gala, just like
(12:56):
last year's Met Gala when they did the dandy theme,
and twenty twenty five will be that, and people complain
about how the Met Gala has become just so like
surface level and no real storytelling. I think this will
be another year of that storytelling. Now moving on into
our next story in the latest, your girl, Cardi b
as I just mentioned, is in New York. It's Met
(13:17):
Gala Monday, but last weekend she went to see Magda
Sallion close out her role in Mulin Rouge as Zidler.
Let's take a listen to Cardi's review of Magda Sallion
on Broadway.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
And making that amazzy and she did amazing. I don't
know if she ever gonna do it again, but I
thought she was gonna do it longer. And then I'm like,
oh shit, and I promise her I saw her. I'm
gonna come. I saw her. I've been telling her like,
just like, were you in my city, I'm gonna come
see you. Watch Okay, So you think I'll be Cavern,
(13:53):
It's like, all right, if you're in New York, I'm
gonna be seeing you. Ain't got I'll be here. When
I be in La or other places, I don't really
go out too much because if I'm in another state.
It's for past who will start you work related? If
I'm in New York, I'm coming to get you. It
(14:15):
was so amazing. I hope she does it again.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
I told y'all a couple of weeks ago that Meg
the Sion was actually really, really good. And I keep
saying actually because a lot of celebrities get on Broadway
and you can tell that they are the celebrity on
the cast, like it's just they don't blend as well
as you think they would. But she did an amazing job,
like a really amazing job. But you know, in recent weeks,
with her announcing the breakup between her and Klay Thompson,
(14:41):
she's decided to leave and not finish out her full
run on Broadway. She was supposed to be there until
May seventeenth, but May first was her final date. And
I thought that it was nice to see that people
came out and supported her because I know she needs
it right now, Like I can't imagine, like you're in
this public eye, you're going through this big breakup with
To be fair, she did announce, we didn't even know
(15:02):
what's happening, but still it's there, and you got Cardi
B coming out to support you. Candy birds coming out
to support you. You know, the girl's rallying around her,
but also her cast rallying around her too. They sung
her really sweet goodbye song that I thought was cute
backstage as the night closed. Let's take a listen. I
(15:52):
wish the Sali in the best. I don't know what's
coming up next. I also don't know. I'm still trying
to figure out, like the why, because the why behind
her revealing that her and Klay Thompson had broke up
in a way that she did. I thought that maybe
we were about to see him pop out with another woman,
or some allegations him running around, some photos pop up,
and she was just trying to get ahead of a story.
(16:14):
I didn't want to believe that it was just all
emotion because she's Magda Salian like girl, Yeah, your microphone
is big, but she's human and I get that. I'm
just really still trying to figure out why, Like why
cause all of the fanfare and the conversation around you
and your relationship when we didn't even have to know
what was happening, if nothing was about to break right,
(16:35):
But that question still hasn't been answered. I do know
that there will be some things announced for her coming
up very soon that I'm hearing or supposed to be
really big, so maybe it points, you know, and paints
a better picture speaking of you know, art and costuming,
paints a better picture of like the why and what's happening.
So you know, we'll be tuned in and I'll keep
you guys updated with the latest. But yeah, I wish
(16:58):
Magda Sallion the best and all of this. I know
the people are really upset about everything that has happened
because people feel like she should have kept her mouth
shut and not revealed her breakup and you know, talking
about how unfair it is to Clay. But regardless of
where you stand on whether she should have or should
not have, I'm telling y'all now, it's hard to tell
to have to tell people that what you believe would
(17:20):
be something isn't that. And I can't imagine doing it
as Meg Dea Sali in a Superstar. So I'm saying
we give her some grades, but to each his own.
I'm Laura Rosa. This has been another episode of the
Latest with Laura mo Rosa, your daily dig on all
things pop culture, entertainment, news and all of the conversations
that shake the room. I will be back tomorrow because
(17:44):
we are going to have to talk about the carpet
that actually happened, and I will have some audio from
an expert. I'm going to be sitting down and having
a conversation with one of my homegirls, who you know,
speaking of the girls supporting girls have been supporting me,
and I've been supporting her for some time. Her name
is Alexis Bennett, and we actually met. I just graduated college.
(18:07):
I don't even know if I actually hadn't even graduated.
I was a junior in college. I think she had
just finished college, and we were trying to figure out
work in New York and we went to this Cosmopolitan magazine, Fun,
Fashion and Fearless conference and we were the only black
girls there. So I walked over to her and her
friend and just said, Hey, it's only us in here,
and we left and joked about it, and we've been
(18:27):
friends ever since. She is the director of shopping Partnerships
with Refinary twenty nine. She works with Essence, Beauty, Kon
and Afropunk as well. And you know, she was the
director of She was the head of e commerce over
at Vogue for some time was at Install magazine, and
if you know of her work in the world, she's
a young black girl that is out here killing it.
(18:49):
So we're going to really break down some of the looks,
the meanings, and you know, all the things. So be
back for next episode. I tell you, guys, every single episode,
I appreciate you. You could be anywhere with any old body
having these conversations, but you choose to be right here
with me by Lowriders. I'll see you in my next episode.
I'm a homegrown that knows a little bit about everything
and everybody.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
You know, if you don't lie about that, right, Lauren
came in.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hey, y'all, what's up. It's Laurena Rosa and this is
another episode of The Latest with Lauren Rosa. This is
your daily digging all things pop culture, entertainment, news, and
all of the conversations that shake the room. Baby. Now,
if we are checking behind the scenes of the grind
like we normally do here before we get into the Latest,
(00:32):
y'all know, I'm coming off of like a solid week
of traveling. We were in Atlanta first for the Black
Effect Podcast Festival, and then I left there back in
New York for a few days at work at the
Breakfast Club, and then left midweek to go down to
Miami for Accelerate Her, which is a global leadership conference
with Oh my God, like it's like the It's literally,
(00:56):
this is how I've been describing it. It's like the
Avenger assembling of Black women. I mean, some of the
most powerful, most amazing thought leaders black and brown women,
but predominantly Black women in the world come and get
together and just have a good time. It is such
a community like it's a conference and you do learn,
(01:17):
and there's panels and there's connecting and there's all these things,
but it really feels like you're linking back up with
like a community of like like just like your sisters,
like y'all are coming. It's almost like a family reunion
of like the biggest and the best. Like I can't,
I literally can't put it into words. But someone said
to me earlier today because I've been calling and just
(01:38):
saying thank you to everyone who championed me being awarded,
which is how I got the invite because it is
invite only, like it is very exclusive. And on one
of those phone calls today, the person said to me,
it's like our own Wakanda, and I was like, that's it, Like, yes,
it is like our own Wakanda, but it's like the
(01:58):
Wakanda of like power for black women. So that has
been amazing. And I think when you're when you're working
and you're achieving and you're figuring out these new levels
of success, like you need you need people that have
experienced things already and have gotten through these things. And
whether they failed or they you know, succeeded through these things,
(02:21):
they're still here and they're still thriving and they're doing well,
but they have a lot of knowledge to impart. I'm
always here for the substance of things, Like everything I do,
I'm always thinking about, like, you know, how can I
make sure that like this is actually going to lead
to something that is long lasting. I also always am
battling against the fear and just the mindset of like
(02:41):
what if this all goes away tomorrow, which is partly
trauma and partly like anxiousness because of what I've never
experienced before and seeing it happen, happening and unfolding in
my life. But even those conversations, like I was able
to have so much of those conversations with these women
you know, who were intended, who in attendance, who a
lot of them like me, they're reaching success for the
(03:04):
first time and they're just figuring it out as they go,
and like they're like the first people in their immediate
families to do so, and you know, in certain friend
groups to do so. Like it's just a very different
experience that's happening daily, and a lot of times, like
when I'm going through it, there's not too many people
that I can pick up the phone and describe things to.
(03:25):
I have a lot of people that I can call
and that will listen that's not what I'm saying, but
who can actually listen and advise and guide me through it.
It's getting a little bit different because of the things
that I'm getting to experience in this conference and accelerate
her and this tribe of people that I've now been
introduced to and you know, hugged on a love don't buy.
(03:47):
I'm just excited to be able to have that in
a real way. I learned so much, not even just
in the panel discussions and the presentations, but in common
casual conversations just in the elevator, walk into the bar,
sitting at the bar, you know, grabbing food at the
restaurants in the hotel, and just joining conversations. Like I
went by myself, so I had no choice but to
(04:10):
like just talk and meet people. And I was actually
really excited about that part of it. And it did
for me what I knew I needed it to do.
It made me like throw myself into unknown territory with
people that I didn't know whatsoever, which is always been
an easy thing for me. But you know, a lot
of times you walk into these rooms and these people
are so successful, you like, what the hell do we
(04:31):
have in common? So I just sit back and listen
and you know, and I was doing a lot of that,
but the conversations were so inviting. It was like, no,
we want to hear your perspective too, And I don't know,
it's just it's just such a good space to be in,
to be figuring things out and now be able to
pick up the phone and call people who look like you,
who have experiencing things the way you have experienced that
(04:54):
are genuinely there to help you, but have gotten through
it in a way that makes them cream and the crop.
So shout out to Kim Blackwell and accelerate her. I
received the Bossy Award while there, Thank you again for that.
And if you guys are listening to this episode, we
did upload some bonus content of me receiving that award
(05:15):
and I thank you speech and things, so go take
a listen to that. Now let's get on into the latest.
So it is the first Monday in May, but baby,
the people are already calling it the first Monday and
they b e y And that is because Beyonce is
making her return to the met gala after ten years now.
(05:36):
The theme this year is costume Art, and Beyonce is
one of the co chairs of the gala, along with
Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and a Winterur. And you're probably wondering, like,
you know, if you're not a fashion person, if you're
not a person who's into all these celebrity red carpets
and the things, why you even care about this right now?
(05:56):
There are a few reasons, and I'm gonna break it
down to y'all. So fans number one of the gala
are talking about the fashion and they expect to see,
you know, cultural firepower that is celebrated and born by
a lot of the icons that you'll see on the
Met Gala carpet, from people in music to sports, to
fashion to film. But the more important conversation here that translates,
(06:20):
you know, even far beyond the celebrity of all of this,
is the storytelling that will happen. And how amazing that
that storytelling happens on such a big platform like the
Met Galleery carpet, because millions of people around the world,
whether they want to or not, we'll get to see
these photos but also hear the conversation around it. So
(06:41):
with costume art in the cultures that they've picked, what
I'm predicting what happened is we will see a lot
of deep storytelling that makes you culturally tap into, you know,
the history of certain people in their races and their
origins and their religions, and there's things that we as
people like to separate ourselves from. So like we like
(07:05):
to think that, you know, because I'm black and because
this person's white, we don't have anything in common. Or
like I was even talking to you guys, like the
wealth gap of the women in the room that I
was just with. My first reaction was what do I
have in common with these ladies? But it's like when
you really get into the storytelling and to the background,
into all the winds, the losses, you know, just the
(07:25):
culture of it all, you'll find it a lot of
times there's a lot more similarities and differences. And that's
why I love the power of storytelling. But I love
it through fashion because you can't deny it. You can't
deny what's happening right there in front of you. But
also through art and fashion, people will look at things
and take things so many different ways. So there'll be
so much conversation that comes out of it. And when
(07:47):
you talk about like a Beyonce right or a Venus Williams,
these women are people who have championed, you know, the
storytelling throughout their whole careers and we've all clung to that.
Like Beyonce information when she used you know, that time
and that whole rollout to address Hurricane Katrina and race
(08:08):
relations and black beauty and the Black is King, she
chowcased a lot of African heritage, afrocentric fashion and fashion
designers braids being two knots. Beyonce has always been one
to celebrate black designers, but during the Renaissance tour, I
feel like a lot of people paid more attention to it.
She spotlighted a LaQuan Smith, she you know, even around Juneteenth.
(08:32):
She did so much within that space. And LaQuan Smith
is somebody who you know. He is a young Black
designer who has been making his way in this colature
world for a very very long time. Him and Sergio
Hudson right now are like the two black designers that
people point to most in the coature space. It is
a very hard space to live and thrive in couture
(08:55):
is not very welcoming of us, of black people, of
black designers, of black body shape, and it has opened up
a lot more, but it is still what it is.
So her championing those people mean so much. Cowboy Carter,
we know that that was like the cowboy, the Western,
the country music era where she was able to through
her fashion, through her partnership with Levi's, through her music,
(09:17):
really spot like black people's place in country music and
a lot of the things that we originated in country
music and just our roots there and why we actually belong.
When you think about Venus and Serena Williams, you think
a lot about their fashion because people have always talked
a lot about you know them on the court and
how well they play and all the you know, the
barriers that they break. These are two young black women
(09:40):
from Compton, right, so there's always that conversation around them,
both positive and negative. But they get a lot of
shit for their body silhouettes. For I remember, you know
them wearing you know, certain fits and cuts and catsuits
was a conversation at one point, and they they've used
it to their vantage, like they've kind of flipped it
on their head. I remember when I went to the
(10:02):
US Open in twenty twenty five, Venus Williams. Actually she
did a tribute to Althia Gibson, who was the first
black woman in tennis who was able to play at
the heights of something like a US Open. And she
wore a white polo and she had the white pleta
skirt on. And for a lot of people who don't
know much about Althea Gibson, and I didn't at the time,
(10:24):
if I'm being honest, When I saw the Vogue article
with her giving the nod to Althia Gibson and talking
about Athia Gibson in the interview, that made me understand
more culturally, right, And I'm there at the US Open,
so you have Althia Gibson memorials set up everywhere her
family's there. It was such a tribute. So everything symbolically
(10:45):
is making you go back, learn research, understand regardless if
you're white or black. And that's what costuming is art
is all about. And I think we're going to get
to see so much of that on the Mett galliad
carpet that I am really really excited about. Just with
the conversations culturally, it will spark and I will say
Beyonce doesn't lend her time or her energy, and especially
(11:08):
not her presence to any old thing. So if she's
going to show up and it has been over a
decade since she has been there, y'all know she is
about to start a hell of a conversation. So I'm
very excited to see what that will be. I know
a lot of the Beehi. I believe that this is
the start of Act three. And her team has come
out and said that there is no music done. People
(11:29):
believe that we're going to get a single around the
met Gala, that there will be some visual stuff that
drops around the met Gala with her music. But I
just know if she's showing up, that alone is going
to be a conversation and a start of something. Because
she don't go anywhere, She don't just go anywhere, and
when she's somewhere, there's a reason. There is an importance
around it. And the celebrities have been running around all
(11:52):
weekend the celebration of the Metgala, so you have so
many people that will be in attendance. Serena Williams. I
mentioned Venus is one of the col chairs, but Serena
williams Is is set to attend. I know Kim Kardashian
and Lewis Hamilton are set to attend. Zendaya, who we
always look forward to on the carpet, reportedly is not
attending this year. I saw the Met Gala release a
statement about that, but there's no reason yet as to
(12:14):
why I did see reporting that. You know, she's just
so busy right now, but the fact that she's in
New York and she's not attending has become, you know,
a conversation if people wanted to know why people love
to see Zindea and her stylist, law Roach, and just
their combination of the things on the carpet. I'm looking
forward to, you know, Cardi b and Colin Carter on
(12:34):
the carpet. I know Cardi is in New York. She
went to go see Meg thee Stallion on Broadway to
support megda Stallion's final night there. So I'm looking forward
to a lot of that, but deep, more deep though,
Like I love it when we can tell story through
eye catching things and educate people and pull people up.
And I think that this year's Met Gala, just like
(12:56):
last year's Met Gala when they did the dandy theme,
and twenty twenty five will be that, and people complain
about how the Met Gala has become just so like
surface level and no real storytelling. I think this will
be another year of that storytelling. Now moving on into
our next story in the latest, your girl, Cardi b
as I just mentioned, is in New York. It's Met
(13:17):
Gala Monday, but last weekend she went to see Magda
Sallion close out her role in Mulin Rouge as Zidler.
Let's take a listen to Cardi's review of Magda Sallion
on Broadway.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
And making that amazzy and she did amazing. I don't
know if she ever gonna do it again, but I
thought she was gonna do it longer. And then I'm like,
oh shit, and I promise her I saw her. I'm
gonna come. I saw her. I've been telling her like,
just like, were you in my city, I'm gonna come
see you. Watch Okay, So you think I'll be Cavern,
(13:53):
It's like, all right, if you're in New York, I'm
gonna be seeing you. Ain't got I'll be here. When
I be in La or other places, I don't really
go out too much because if I'm in another state.
It's for past who will start you work related? If
I'm in New York, I'm coming to get you. It
(14:15):
was so amazing. I hope she does it again.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
I told y'all a couple of weeks ago that Meg
the Sion was actually really, really good. And I keep
saying actually because a lot of celebrities get on Broadway
and you can tell that they are the celebrity on
the cast, like it's just they don't blend as well
as you think they would. But she did an amazing job,
like a really amazing job. But you know, in recent weeks,
with her announcing the breakup between her and Klay Thompson,
(14:41):
she's decided to leave and not finish out her full
run on Broadway. She was supposed to be there until
May seventeenth, but May first was her final date. And
I thought that it was nice to see that people
came out and supported her because I know she needs
it right now, Like I can't imagine, like you're in
this public eye, you're going through this big breakup with
To be fair, she did announce, we didn't even know
(15:02):
what's happening, but still it's there, and you got Cardi
B coming out to support you. Candy birds coming out
to support you. You know, the girl's rallying around her,
but also her cast rallying around her too. They sung
her really sweet goodbye song that I thought was cute
backstage as the night closed. Let's take a listen. I
(15:52):
wish the Sali in the best. I don't know what's
coming up next. I also don't know. I'm still trying
to figure out, like the why, because the why behind
her revealing that her and Klay Thompson had broke up
in a way that she did. I thought that maybe
we were about to see him pop out with another woman,
or some allegations him running around, some photos pop up,
and she was just trying to get ahead of a story.
(16:14):
I didn't want to believe that it was just all
emotion because she's Magda Salian like girl, Yeah, your microphone
is big, but she's human and I get that. I'm
just really still trying to figure out why, Like why
cause all of the fanfare and the conversation around you
and your relationship when we didn't even have to know
what was happening, if nothing was about to break right,
(16:35):
But that question still hasn't been answered. I do know
that there will be some things announced for her coming
up very soon that I'm hearing or supposed to be
really big, so maybe it points, you know, and paints
a better picture speaking of you know, art and costuming,
paints a better picture of like the why and what's happening.
So you know, we'll be tuned in and I'll keep
you guys updated with the latest. But yeah, I wish
(16:58):
Magda Sallion the best and all of this. I know
the people are really upset about everything that has happened
because people feel like she should have kept her mouth
shut and not revealed her breakup and you know, talking
about how unfair it is to Clay. But regardless of
where you stand on whether she should have or should
not have, I'm telling y'all now, it's hard to tell
to have to tell people that what you believe would
(17:20):
be something isn't that. And I can't imagine doing it
as Meg Dea Sali in a Superstar. So I'm saying
we give her some grades, but to each his own.
I'm Laura Rosa. This has been another episode of the
Latest with Laura mo Rosa, your daily dig on all
things pop culture, entertainment, news and all of the conversations
that shake the room. I will be back tomorrow because
(17:44):
we are going to have to talk about the carpet
that actually happened, and I will have some audio from
an expert. I'm going to be sitting down and having
a conversation with one of my homegirls, who you know,
speaking of the girls supporting girls have been supporting me,
and I've been supporting her for some time. Her name
is Alexis Bennett, and we actually met. I just graduated college.
(18:07):
I don't even know if I actually hadn't even graduated.
I was a junior in college. I think she had
just finished college, and we were trying to figure out
work in New York and we went to this Cosmopolitan magazine, Fun,
Fashion and Fearless conference and we were the only black
girls there. So I walked over to her and her
friend and just said, Hey, it's only us in here,
and we left and joked about it, and we've been
(18:27):
friends ever since. She is the director of shopping Partnerships
with Refinary twenty nine. She works with Essence, Beauty, Kon
and Afropunk as well. And you know, she was the
director of She was the head of e commerce over
at Vogue for some time was at Install magazine, and
if you know of her work in the world, she's
a young black girl that is out here killing it.
(18:49):
So we're going to really break down some of the looks,
the meanings, and you know, all the things. So be
back for next episode. I tell you, guys, every single episode,
I appreciate you. You could be anywhere with any old body
having these conversations, but you choose to be right here
with me by Lowriders. I'll see you in my next episode.
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