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Madonna’s ‘fake baby’ Lourdes Leon was turned away from Thursday’s Marc Jacobs show in New York for arriving after the doors had closed.
The humiliating incident took place just two years after Lourdes was named the face of the fashion brand’s spring 2021 campaign.
A viral TikTok posted by the account @mickmicknyc showed that Lourdes tried to enter the venue on Thursday, but was stopped by security on her way up.
Voiceover narration at the beginning of the clip claimed that Lourdes showed up at 6pm sharp – the exact time the runway show was to begin.
The man she arrived with was seen talking to the guards for more than a minute, but he and Lourdes were repeatedly told the event was “closed.”
Putting Them Down: Madonna’s ‘fake baby’ Lourdes Leon was turned away from Thursday’s Marc Jacobs show in New York for arriving after the doors closed
Oops: The humiliating incident happened just two years after Lourdes was named the face of the fashion brand’s spring 2021 campaign
As Lourdes tried to make her way onto the show, some bystanders could be heard trying to tell the guards who she was. “Let her in, she’s the doll!” one wailed.
Their efforts reached a climax when they repeatedly chanted, “Let her in!” only for Lourdes to be rejected anyway.
Finally, Lourdes gave up and slipped away, shielding her face with one hand as she headed out into the cold New York night.
She had dressed for the show in a buxom denim ensemble complete with a matching coat that slid fashionably over her arms.
She accentuated her features with makeup and lent herself a touch of extra stature by skillfully balancing on a towering pair of stiletto boots.
The Marc Jacobs show, held at the historic Park Avenue Armory, welcomed a guest list that included Emily Ratajkowski, Nicky Hilton Rothschild and Ashley Graham.
Madonna welcomed Lourdes in 1996 with her then-boyfriend Carlos Leon, a fitness trainer who has apparently remained friends with the pop diva.
Lourdes, who often visits Lola, once spoke to Debi Mazar Interview magazine and claimed, “We don’t get alms in my family.”
The showbiz legacy acknowledged, “Obviously I grew up with extreme privilege. That cannot be denied. But I think my mom saw all these other kids of famous people, and she thought, ‘My kids won’t be like that.’”
She added, “I also feel that when your parents pay for things, they gain a position of power over you. My mom is such a control freak and she has controlled me all my life. I had to be completely independent from her once I finished high school.’
Lourdes began her public career as a model, but has since followed her mother’s footsteps in music, releasing singles with names like C***radiction.
She is one of a huge plethora of rising starlets with celebrity parents, from Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp to Andie MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley.
Maude Apatow, whose father is Judd Apatow, and Maya Hawke, whose parents are Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, have also risen to fame in recent years.
Also Cindy Crawford’s daughter, Kaia Gerber, Heidi Klum’s daughter, Leni Klum, and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter, Riley Keough.
Online chatter around “fake babies” reached a fever pitch in December after New York magazine posted a viral cover story about the phenomenon.
Dakota Johnson, whose parents are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and whose grandmother is the Hitchcock blonde Tippi Hedren, was one of the faces on the cover.
