India, May 6 -- "Dad did his thing. I will be so cool on the carpet for my kids, I am going to rock it," quipped actor Shah Rukh Khan to Teyana Taylor and Ego Nwodim, the two hosts of the Vogue Livestream of the 2025 Met Gala. As promised, SRK - the first male Bollywood actor to have graced the MET Gala -was cool on the starry blue carpet that bedeck the iconic stairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the venue of the annual charity event, first held in 1948, whose benefits go to its Costume Institute.

"I am extremely nervous, excited. Sabya here, convinced me to come here. I have not done too many red carpets, I am very shy." he said, pointing to designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, who designed Khan's outfit.

Over the years, the annual eve...