Aimee Lou Wood has many wonderful things to say about how Patrick Schwarzenegger eased her nervousness for her Met Gala debut.
The English actress, 31, attended her very first Met Gala on Monday, May 5, and was lucky enough to arrive with her White Lotus costar, also 31.
As they walked the red carpet, talking to various reporters from different outlets, the pair gushed about how much of a relief it was for them to lean on each other for such a big night.
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Aimee Lou Wood; Patrick Schwarzenegger — 2025 Met Gala
“When I found out that Patrick and I could go in the car together, ‘cause originally we weren’t meant to go in the car together, and then we were both like, ‘Yeah, we need to go in the car together,’ and so we made it work,” Wood said in an interview shared by Good Morning America.
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She added, “And as soon as I knew that, I thought, ‘I can do this.’ ”
Though the gala — which saw “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” as the theme — was not Schwarzenegger’s first time at the event, he also explained why attending with Wood was important to him.
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White Lotus, Season 3
“I texted Aimee. I heard Aimee was coming and I immediately texted her, and I said, ‘Can we please go together? I’m so nervous,’ ” the Gen V actor told Variety.
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Playfully mocking her higher-pitched voice, he said she replied, “’I was gonna text you the same thing!’ ”
For Schwarzenegger, the arrangement was “perfect.”
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“So I went, and we met up. I went to her hotel and we showed up together. It’s great. It takes the nerves out of it that you have a real friend to come with,” he added.
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Speaking to Vogue on the red carpet, Schwarzenegger said although it was his third Met Gala, he suggested he and Wood go together “because we’re both nervous and terrified.”
During their joint interview, he also revealed that he was able to start getting ready around “5:15 p.m.” and able to get to her hotel by 6, meanwhile she started her Met Gala prep at noon.
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Lisa, Aimee Lou Wood, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger — 2025 Met Gala
Wood and Schwarzenegger weren’t the only season 3 White Lotus cast members at the Costume Institute’s big event this year — Walton Goggins and BLACKPINK star Lisa Manobal also made their debuts.
This year’s Met theme was inspired by guest curator Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, which explores “the Black dandy as both a concept and an identity signifier.”
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