Thanks, Obama: There's Going to Be Insane Traffic Getting to the Met Ball

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Tonight's Met Ball has the increasing potential to be a joyless, selfie-free event, and now, it'll be plagued by another huge bummer: traffic. Page Six reports that just blocks away from the Met, there'll be a fundraiser for President Obama tonight that could cause major delays getting uptown.

The gala, co-hosted by Anna Wintour, has already issued a statement to attendees warning them about the president's presence and the inevitable giant traffic jam that follows. We expect, however, that won't be too much of an issue, considering the ride over to the Met will be celebrities' last chance to pose for a back-of-the-cab pic before their phone cameras must be sacrificed.