Kim Kardashian lost weight for Marilyn Monroe ‘Mr. President’ Met Gala 2022 gown

Kim Kardashian stuns in Marilyn Monroe's "Joyful Birthday, Mr. President" robe for the 2022 Met Gala.
Getty Photos

Blonds have extra enjoyable – even Kim Kardashian.

Glittering within the glitzy, outdated Hollywood costume as soon as worn by Marilyn Monroe, Kardashian shocked the 2022 Met Gala by donning the historic robe and dyeing her hair platinum blond for the event.

The 41-year-old cautiously ambled up the Met steps as comic boyfriend Pete Davidson, wearing a basic black go well with and sun shades, helped her. She sported platinum blond hair and a white fur coat hiding her notorious rump.

Kardashian wore the notorious “Joyful Birthday, Mr. President” robe — dubbed the “costliest” costume — that Monroe wore 60 years in the past to serenade then-President John F. Kennedy.

“I attempted it on and it didn’t match me,” Kardashian recalled on the crimson carpet as she retold the story of her first becoming. “It was such a problem. It was like a job, I used to be decided to slot in it.”

Kardashian misplaced 16 kilos in three weeks to squeeze into the robe, even dyeing her hair blond to suit the half — and vowing she’ll hold it that manner for some time.

Pete Davidson, left, and Kim Kardashian, proper, arrived on the crimson carpet collectively.

Getty Photos

The costume is now 60 years outdated and is taken into account probably the most costly attire.

Getty Photos

Actress Marilyn Monroe sings “Joyful Birthday” to then-President John F. Kennedy at Madison Sq. Backyard for his forty fifth birthday in 1962.

Bettmann Archive

In the meantime, Davidson stood by her facet, ducking out of the interview to let his girlfriend shine, regardless of her beckoning him into the body.

“She wouldn’t let me put on my propellor hat,” he joked to crimson carpet co-host La La Anthony.

“What’s essentially the most American factor you'll be able to consider? And that’s Marilyn Monroe,” Kardashian instructed Vogue. 

Pete Davidson, left, and Kim Kardashian, proper, arrive on the 2022 Met Gala.

Getty Photos for The Met Museum/

The “Joyful Birthday, Mr. President” costume in July 1999 at Christie’s in New York.

AFP by way of Getty Photos

Kardashian, recognized for displaying off her curves very similar to Monroe, instructed Vogue she’s donning the “unique bare costume.”

“These days, everybody wears sheer attire, however again then that was not the case,” she mentioned. “In a way, it’s the unique bare costume. That’s why it was so stunning.”

Kardashian’s mother, Kris Jenner, adopted go well with, paying homage to Jackie Kennedy, the spouse of JFK.

---

See all of the celeb appears from Met Gala 2022 with Web page Six Model’s stay protection.

---