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The Met Built an Entire Gala Around Him. Fifteen Years After His Antisemitic Rant, It Backed Out.

John Galliano was fired from Christian Dior and convicted in France after a caught-on-camera antisemitic tirade in 2011. The Met announced a full retrospective built around him for 2027 anyway — then canceled it after the exact backlash critics had warned about.