ASAP Rocky is apologizing to Madelyn Llanes, the woman he leaned heavily on, so he could cut through a massive NYC crowd and get to the Met Gala event. The incident occurred on Monday evening outside NYC’s Carlyle Hotel where Rocky pushed through fans and autograph seekers who didn’t recognize the Harlem rap star at first, until he leaped over the barrier. But, to make it over, he used Llanes’ shoulder to get a boost.
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Who is Madelyn Llanes?
Madelyn Llanes was identified as a Long Island native. She revealed herself on Twitter to be 21 years old. In an interview, Llanes admitted to initially declining Rocky’s request for passage because she was standing at the barricade, which was at the end of the road.
Journalist Philip Lewis posted a video of the moment the rapper, wearing all black with his hood up, burst through the flood of fans, and jumped the gate outside of The Carlyle Hotel in New York City.
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Rocky pushed his hand into Llanes’ face to propel himself over. “So does anyone know why ASAP Rocky had to do this?” Lewis wrote in the caption.
So does anyone know why ASAP Rocky had to do this? #MetGala pic.twitter.com/cKVttaCfAY
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 1, 2023
“ASAP Rocky just literally jumped over me,” Llanes wrote on Twitter with a selfie with her glasses slightly askew.
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According to a report by The Independent, Llanes said he felt someone tapping her shoulder and when she turned it was Rocky but her brain couldn’t fully comprehend it was him.
“Sweetheart, I need to get through,” Rocky told her, she said. Llanes refused his request, but he did not care.
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“He just pushed his way up and then hopped over and grabbed me and the guy next to me as he did,” she said. “After he hopped over, he was like ‘thank you’ and then just laughed and flipped me off, and then he went inside and that’s when I fully realized it was him,” Llanes added, reported Business Insider.
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Rocky and his partner Rihanna, are expecting their second child. The couple almost missed the red carpet after coming hours late to the Met Gala on Monday.