On the 14th (local time), Stewart attended the gala premiere of Spike Lee's movie 'Flagklansman' held at the Lumière Theater in France, where the 71st Cannes International Film Festival was held.
Appearing in black high heels, he quickly took off his shoes and climbed the stairs while holding them in his hand.
It was a demonstration of the Cannes Film Festival's strict dress code rules for those attending the official gala screening at the Lumière Theater.
The Cannes Film Festival sparked controversy in 2015 when women in flat shoes were banned from entering the gala screening of the movie 'Carol' because they broke the dress code. The incident became widely known under the hashtag “heelgate” as it became known that some of these were middle-aged women wearing heeled shoes due to poor health. In 2016, as a protest against this, Julia Roberts became a hot topic when she walked barefoot on the Cannes red carpet.
In a recent interview, Stewart said, "Change is
necessary. If someone says that people who are not wearing high heels cannot
enter, I would say, 'Why don't you ask male actors why they don't wear
heels?'" he said.
