Carmelo Anthony says he was just trying to keep a low profile when he was spotted giving Rihanna a cooing look at the 2014 Met Gala afterparty.
In his article Thursday, “7pm in Brooklyn” Podcast — with The Kid Melo, Rudy Gay, Monica McNutt — the group couldn't help but laugh as Anthony described the moments leading up to the photo.
“We're already there and having a great time. Every time a celebrity shows up, the cameras go crazy,” Anthony said. “…that area is small and you can see the flashes go off and it’s a big fuss when you go in there.Finally I went in and passed the camera and sat down.Now I’m in my comfort zone of sitting. I found the zone. I'm not at the top level of the couch, I'm trying to get lower. When Lee comes in, the camera gets confused and all I see is a white flash.
“There's only one area to go to, there's only one area to go to, and I'm like, 'Please don't come here,'” he joked. “The flash went off, so I put my head down and looked up and she was there, posing.”
The former Knicks forward attended the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his then-wife, actress LaLa Anthony (they divorced in June 2021). treated as a meme.
At the time, one joked that he now looked “ready to risk everything.”
On the podcast, Anthony mimicked his viral look, making everyone in the room laugh.
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“This has thrown the internet into chaos,” said McNutt, the ESPN basketball analyst.
“I've never seen you look like that, what's going on?'' said Gay, who announced his NBA retirement after 17 seasons last October.
