{"id":90779,"date":"2026-05-05T11:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/melissa-rivers-says-nipple-was-best-accessory-at-met-gala\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:47:20","slug":"melissa-rivers-says-nipple-was-best-accessory-at-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/melissa-rivers-says-nipple-was-best-accessory-at-met-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Rivers Says \u2018Nipple\u2019 Was Best Accessory at Met Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Melissa Rivers<\/strong> has officially declared the \u201cnipple\u201d as the top fashion accessory at the 2026 Met Gala.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] best accessory is the nipple because there were countless. The nipple was the accessory,\u201d Rivers, 58, declared exclusively to <em>Us Weekly<\/em> on Monday, May 4.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMelissa Rivers\u2019 Group Text\u201d host touched on whether the Kardashian-Jenner family fit in with the trend of naked dresses, after <strong>Kendall Jenner<\/strong>, <strong>Kylie Jenner<\/strong>, <strong>Kim Kardashian<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Kris Jenner<\/strong> all turned heads on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (The 2026 Met Gala theme was \u201cCostume Art\u201d and guests were encouraged to follow a \u201cFashion Is Art\u201d dress code.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to figure out on our end, which we have not had time to do a deep dive on yet, is we\u2019re trying to figure out if Kendall and Kylie, if those were the actual skin things that they make with the nipple [on their outfits],\u201d Rivers noted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4327195\" style=\"width: 282px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4327195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2274560267 kylie jenner Melissa Rivers Says Nipple Was Best Accessory at Met Gala\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274560267-kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777956847931.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Kylie Jenner attends the 2026 Met Gala.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Julian Hamilton\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking exclusively with <em>Us<\/em>, the longtime <em>Fashion Police<\/em> cohost said that each Kardashian-Jenner family member \u201cunderstood\u201d this year\u2019s theme before singling out \u201cKylie in the Schiaparelli\u201d as the best look. (The Custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown consisted of a nude top that blended into a white gown draping off Kylie\u2019s body.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is exactly what it was supposed to be about the art of dressing and the art of fashion and the body,\u201d Rivers said of Kylie\u2019s look. \u201cIt was spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivers noted that Kendall \u201clooked beyond in Zac Posen\u201d as she ranked the whole family from best to worst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKylie for top, then Kendall, Kris, Kim,\u201d she told <em>Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Met Gala red carpet was jam-packed with distinctive and, at times, shocking fashion choices from some of the world\u2019s biggest stars, including <strong>Heidi Klum<\/strong>, who was virtually disguised as a Veiled Lady statue, and <strong>Bad Bunny<\/strong>, who looked\u00a0completely unrecognizable in old-age makeup.<\/p>\n<p>As for some of the night\u2019s most prevalent trends, Rivers told <em>Us<\/em>, \u201cLots of mermaid hair, a lot of red, a lot of white. My overall feeling was it was very pretty. But we did have splashes of what you expect from the Met Gala, which is over-the-top.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the theme [of \u2018Costume Art\u2019] was hard in a way, because it leaned into all the pretty Grecian and draping but that\u2019s why I think it came out pretty, but of course we had some standouts.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4327197\" style=\"width: 274px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4327197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-1442089115 Melissa Rivers Says Nipple Was Best Accessory at Met Gala\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-1442089115-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957289829.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Melissa Rivers in November 2022.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Tommaso Boddi\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rivers singled out <strong>Gabrielle Union<\/strong> and <strong>Dwyane Wade<\/strong> on her list of the \u201cbest dressed\u201d celebrities at the 2026 Met Gala, along with <strong>Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles-Carter<\/strong> and her daughter <strong>Blue Ivy Carter<\/strong>, <strong>Sabrina Carpenter<\/strong> and <strong>Anne Hathaway<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Unfortunately, not every star impressed the fashion expert, with <strong>Katy Perry<\/strong>\u2019s Stella McCartney gown and silver mirrored mask and Klum\u2019s statuesque look facing particular criticism.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4327200\" style=\"width: 273px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:150%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4327200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-2274559883 katy perry Melissa Rivers Says Nipple Was Best Accessory at Met Gala\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274559883-katy-perry-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957677686.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Katy Perry attends the 2026 Met Gala.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe back of [Perry\u2019s] train looked like it was burnt and she had been on the Blue Origin trip, so I\u2019m glad to know the heat shield worked,\u201d she said of Perry\u2019s unusual mask.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers will dive deep into more Met Gala looks on an upcoming episode of her \u201cMelissa Rivers Group Text\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Rivers has officially declared the \u201cnipple\u201d as the top fashion accessory at the 2026 Met Gala. \u201c[The] best accessory is the nipple because there were countless. The nipple was the accessory,\u201d Rivers, 58, declared exclusively to Us Weekly on Monday, May 4. The \u201cMelissa Rivers\u2019 Group Text\u201d host touched on whether the Kardashian-Jenner family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-trends-and-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kylie-jenner-Melissa-Rivers-Says-Nipple-Was-Best-Accessory-at-Met-Gala-e1777957529991.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}