{"id":6707,"date":"2024-07-13T15:34:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T15:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=6707"},"modified":"2024-07-13T15:34:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T15:34:32","slug":"kim-kardashian-says-people-didnt-know-who-marilyn-monroe-was-before-she-wore-her-dress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=6707","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Says People \u2018Didn\u2019t Know\u2019 Who Marilyn Monroe Was Before She Wore Her Dress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kim Kardashian<\/strong> says people \u2018didn\u2019t know\u2019 who Marilyn Monroe was before she wore her iconic dress.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kardashians<\/em> star rocked Monroe\u2019s \u2018Happy Birthday Mr President\u2019 dress at the 2022 Met Gala and ended up facing a huge backlash afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SKIMS owner was accused of damaging the garment, which she strongly denied, as well as being slammed for the strict diet she began before the red carpet event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now Kim is raising even more eyebrows thanks to her new comments about the Hollywood legend\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kardashian\u2019s wearing of the dress had a lot of controversial elements\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, she revealed to Vogue that she dropped more than a stone in weight in just three weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She claimed she \u2018would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and just eat the cleanest veggies and protein\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led to Kim being called out for promoting \u2018unhealthy\u2019 weight loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to lose any more weight but I have more energy than ever. I cut out so much sugar, and a lot of junk food I was eating,\u201d she said when addressing the backlash. \u201cI just completely changed my lifestyle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim would tell The New York Times that it\u2019s the same as an actor losing weight for a film role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She explained: \u201cTo me it was like: \u2018OK, Christian Bale can do it for a movie role and that is acceptable\u2019. Even Ren\u00e9e Zellweger gained weight for a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all the same to me. I wasn\u2019t saying: \u2018Hey everyone, why don\u2019t you go lose this weight in a short period of time?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim Kardashian and Ripley\u2019s have maintained that the dress was not damaged following the red carpet event. Credit: Alamy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another aspect of the dress-wearing which sparked a backlash was the question marks over whether Kardashian did damage to the historical artefact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographs taken by Scott Fortner, a collector who works to authenticate and verify Monroe memorabilia, appeared to show stretched and buckled fabric and missing crystals on the back of the dress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post quotes the dress\u2019s owner, Ripley\u2019s Believe It Or Not!, who at the time claimed \u2018great care was taken to preserve this piece of pop culture history. With input from garment conservationists, appraisers, and archivists, the garment\u2019s condition was top priority \u2026 no alterations were to be made to the dress and Kim even changed into a replica after the red carpet!\u2060\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the International Council of Museums states that \u2018historic garments should not be worn by anybody, public or private figures\u2019, as per The Guardian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ripley\u2019s also released a statement saying (via Us Weekly): \u201cKim Kardashian wearing the \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 dress has been hotly contested, but the fact remains that she did not, in any way, damage the garment in the short amount of time it was worn at the Met Gala.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ripley\u2019s Vice President of Publishing and Licensing, Amanda Joiner, added in the memo: \u201cFrom the bottom of the Met steps, where Kim got into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it started in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ripley\u2019s concluded: \u201cA recent social media post asked, \u2018Was it worth it?\u2019 Kim Kardashian did not pay Ripley\u2019s Believe It or Not! to wear the dress, nor did the company pay her. Rather, Kardashian made a charitable donation to two charities in the greater Orlando area on behalf of the dress.\u201dKim Kardashian has received a backlash for saying people \u2018didn\u2019t know\u2019 who Marilyn Monroe was. Credit: @kimkardashian\/Instagram<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahead of her appearance, Kim defended her outfit decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely respectful to the dress and what it means to American history,\u201d she said. \u201cI would never want to sit in it or eat in it or have any risk of any damage to it, and I won\u2019t be wearing the kind of body makeup I usually do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim maintained: \u201cIt was such a process. I showed up on the red carpet in a robe and slippers. I put the dress on on the bottom of the carpet, went up the stairs, I probably had it on for four minutes and then I changed right at the top of the stairs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked if the dress had been damaged by her wearing it, she insisted: \u201cNo. [Ripley\u2019s and I] worked together so well. There were handlers wearing gloves that put it on me.\u201dKim Kardashian says she was so happy to get the \u2018opportunity\u2019 to wear Marilyn Monroe\u2019s iconic dress. Credit: @kimkardashian\/Instagram<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But now, there\u2019s been another dress-related controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim has gone viral after saying that people didn\u2019t even know who Monroe was before she sported the gown!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality TV star appeared on Today with Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb when Monroe\u2019s historic dress came up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was on the show to promote her skincare line when the host brought up a behind-the-scenes conversation she\u2019d had with Kim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many social media users are furious about Kardashian\u2019s comments, with one writing: \u201cAin\u2019t no way Kim Kardashian said many people didn\u2019t know who Marilyn Monroe was until she wore her dress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another says: \u201cThe audacity of this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cImagine having this much ego!\u201d a third adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat a bubble she lives in, covered only with money,\u201d a fourth person comments. \u201cI just don\u2019t know why people give her so much attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monroe wore the dress to sing \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden in May 1962 \u2013 three months before she died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim added: \u201cI respect her and I understand how much this dress means to American history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith the theme being American, I thought what is more American than Marilyn Monroe singing \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to the President of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guthrie said: \u201cWe were just talking, you said you were shocked on TikTok, some people don\u2019t even know who Marilyn Monroe was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim replied: \u201cThat was the most shocking thing to me and that\u2019s why I was so happy to at least have that opportunity and that Ripley\u2019s gave me the opportunity to share this moment so that it could live on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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