Madison Square Garden wont give Emily Ratajkowski any more free tickets
If you got courtside or VIP tickets for free to some big sporting event, would you go? And if you went, would you stay for the entire game? While I rarely watch basketball, if I was given free courtside tickets, I would stay until the very end, especially if it was an exciting game at Madison Square Garden. Even if it’s a boring game, you can still people-watch and again, the tickets were free. Well, Emily Ratajkowski is in trouble over all of this. She was given comped tickets, alongside Irina Shayk, to watch the Knicks last month in courtside seats. Emily and Irina attended the game but they left before it ended, in what was a really exciting nail-biter. Now Emily has asked for comped tickets to the Rangers game at MSG, only they denied her.
She’s getting Knicks’d from the VIP list! Don’t look for supermodel Emily Ratajkowski on “Celebrity Row” at Madison Square Garden anytime soon. Sources exclusively told Page Six that after Emrata and her fellow model pal, Irina Shayk, exited a nail-biter Knicks victory with a couple minutes to go, Ratajkowski subsequently put in for Rangers tickets at MSG — but didn’t get the coveted comped seats. The top model is still welcome at MSG, as long as she buys tickets like any paying customer.
Sources previously told Page Six that the fetching, fair-weather fans left their courtside seats with mere minutes ticking down in the game on Nov. 24 as the Knicks roared back from a 21-point hole to beat the Heat 100-98. It was considered to be the best game of the season so far.
An MSG spokesperson told us on Monday when we reached out to ask about Ratajkowski’s alleged recent Rangers ticket request: “Emily was not offered comped tickets for the Rangers,” after leaving the Knicks game early. But, “she was offered, and is welcome, to buy great seats any time.”
Sources stressed the star is still welcome to buy seats. Floor seats for games can go for thousands, and the many stars who flock to the Garden usually get the VIP spots comped.
Shayk posted pics from the evening — mostly of her and Ratajkowski modeling their outfits — including on a forklift located in the bowels of the Garden. During the game, the jumbotron had showed them sitting center court as the models laughed and waved.
A rep for Ratajkowski did not comment. But a source told us that, “Emily was unaware of any issue, given that she and Irina left the game early due to a childcare issue at home.” However, other sources told us that the pair must’ve stopped to pose for the backstage pics at MSG as they left the game, since they’d allegedly only have access to that area when they exited the venue. A different source said the pics were taken at halftime.
When Emrata and Shayk left the Knicks game together with minutes left, a source told us at the time, “They left early! I mean, people notice when the two of them walk out together.” The insider added: “That was a big game against Miami.”
I get it and I think MSG is fine for doing this – it’s not like Emily is being banned from the venue, nor should she be. She’s just not going to get any more free tickets, or no more comped tickets for a while. Even if she had a childcare issue – and who knows – it didn’t seem like she was very into the game in the first place. She mostly just wants to be seen out. Which could happen if she buys her tickets like everyone else.
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