The energy is high in Ego Nwodim’s official Met Gala prep room—aka her ninth-floor suite in The Carlyle hotel. It’s operating as a glam space to ready the actress/podcast host/Saturday Night Live star for her Met Gala debut. This year, Ego was asked to host the red carpet alongside Teyana Taylor and La La Anthony, but on this Monday afternoon, hours before gracing the Met steps for the first time, she is not the least bit intimidated. “Maybe it’s because I do live TV 21 weeks out of the year, but I oddly am not nervous,” she says.
Throughout her nerves-free pre-Met afternoon, there is a rotation of R&B songs blasting, glam team members fluttering around making final touches, and outbursts of praise from the team admiring her look. Ego’s nails are adorned with colorful buttons—ones to match the details on her custom Christopher John Rogers look (made with pieces from the designer’s archive)—and they’ll soon earn Ego “best manicure”recognition after Met Gala Monday concludes.
In these final moments before completing her makeup and taking on Met Monday, Ego has a final project: her Cosmo Quiz. And she takes it…somewhat seriously.
Read on for what resulted and find out who has been in Ego’s DMs, what her unenviable worst wardrobe malfunction was, and the advice she kept in mind before interviewing some of the biggest celebrities on the planet.
Name:
Ego
Nickname(s):
Eggs, Eggy, Miss Eggy if you’re nasty
(But if you don’t know me, call me Ego.)
Age:
Ain’t nothing but a number.
Sun/Moon/Rising Sign:
Favorite dating app:
Hometown:
Baltimore, Maryland, home of the Orioles, the Ravens, The Wire, crab (not crabs because that’s a disease).
The Met Gala guest I’ll get most starstruck by is:
My first-ever celeb crush was on:
Justin Timberlake, big time NSYNC girlie.
My favorite Met Gala red carpet look of all time was…
Rihanna’s pope-inspired outfit. That was a vibe.
Best Met Gala red carpet hosting advice:
Have fun, everyone likes to see people having fun.
My go-to post-SNL food order:
It used to be a full red velvet cake. Now I really enjoy some sushi after the show.
My worst-ever wardrobe malfunction:
If I worked at Cosmo, I’d want my job to be….
A photographer. But only for a day, then I’d quit.
The biggest red flag in a romantic partner is:
The last person I DM’ed was:
Paul F. Tompkins.
The game show/reality show I’d absolutely win:
The Traitors, not because I’m deceptive, but because I can tell when people are lying.
My friends know I’m in a bad mood if I:
It’s on my face. Apparently I can’t hide my emotions.
My friends know I’m in a good mood if I:
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