We saw many couples take on the Met Gala 2025 last night, but Hailey and Justin Bieber were not among them. ICYMI: Hailey Bieber was one of the last guests to grace the Met Gala 2025 red carpet on May 5, 2025, and she arrived solo wearing a blazer dress and super high sandal heels from Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co jewelry.
The beauty mogul looked dressed to the nines for the event, and many wondered if Justin Bieber would join her to create their first joint red carpet appearance since welcoming their first baby, Jack Blues Bieber, in August 2024 — but Justin was nowhere to be seen in NYC. In fact, he was pretty busy back at home and gave fans an update via Instagram. The reason for the busyness? Hockey.
You see, May 5 was a stacked night — not only was it the evening of the Met Gala, it was also the night of the first game of the second round schedule in the NHL 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers. Justin took to his Instagram to share images of himself watching the game from a massive screen, cheering on the Maple Leafs, who are currently 1st in the Atlantic Division.
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While Hailey was busy with the Met Gala flashes, Justin was in his comfy sweats, rejoicing in the fact that the Toronto Maple Leafs won 4-5. “1 down,” he wrote in a follow-up video reacting to the game's result. (Don't worry, though, Hailey was actually all alone at the Met Gala 2025 — in fact, the star entered the red carpet and spent most of the night with bestie Kendall Jenner in tow.)
Seeing as the two events were happening very much concurrently, fans couldn't help but comment on the fact, and the general consensus seems to be all positive. “Tell me you’re Canadian without telling me: skip the Met to watch Hockey?!” someone commented on Justin's first post. “I love it, his wife and baby mama is at [the] Met Gala doing her thing and daddy is at home watching sports; so authentic and real," another one said in his second post.
If you know Justin Bieber, you know he doesn't play when it comes to hockey. The superstar is a massive fan and has even played in a handful of NHL All-Star Games as well as charity games, most recently in February to support victims of the LA wildfires. The Biebers also enjoy hockey together and have been seen on sports date nights in the past.
Hobbies aside, it's also worth noting that Justin does not seem like a massive fan of the Met Gala. The star has only attended the event twice in total — first in 2015 solo and then again in 2021 with Hailey.
Hailey, on the other hand, is a Met Gala staple. Since making her debut, also in 2015, the star has barely missed a Ball. She attended the event for seven consecutive years before taking a two-year hiatus after the Met Gala 2022, with last night's event marking her return.
