Kim Kardashian Claims She Damaged Marilyn Monroe’s Dress – National

Kim Kardashian has responded to public backlash claiming she caused damage to Marilyn Monroe’s iconic “Happy Birthday” dress.

In an interview with Today’s show on Tuesday, the celebrity mogul spoke about why she accepted the offer to wear the dress and how much care is taken with its care.

Kardashian, 41, wore the dress – previously worn by Monroe when hosting President John F. Kennedy on his birthday in 1962 – to the MET Gala two months ago.

She told Today that she and Ripley’s Believe it or Not – who owns the iconic dress – “worked very well together.”

“It’s a process,” says Kardashian Today. “There were people with gloves that put it on for me.”

“I showed up on the red carpet in a cape and slippers, and I put the dress under the rug, going up the stairs. I could have turned it on for three minutes, four minutes, and then I changed right at the top of the stairs,” she continued.

Kardashian said she feels the iconic dress perfectly fits the MET Gala’s “Gilded Glamor” theme.

“I understood how much this dress meant to American history, and with the theme being America, I thought, ‘What could be more American than Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday to the president of the United States?’ “She said.

In the days following the MET Gala, a Monroe collector posted before and after pictures of the dress, claiming that the dress was stretched and wobbly, along with missing crystals or “missing” beads. hung by a thread”.

Last week, Ripley’s attempted to set the record straight, releasing a statement that it said “vandals” claimed Kardashian damaged the dress.

“A report written on the condition of the dress in early 2017 said, ‘some seams were pulled and worn. This is not surprising given how delicate the material is. Writing Museum.

“Kim Kardashian’s…the dress was wildly controversial, but the fact that she didn’t damage the dress in the short time it was worn at the Met Gala,” the statement continued.

Earlier this month, Kardashian was also criticized when she talked about the “lifestyle changes” she had to make to match her “Happy Birthday” dress.

Kardashian told Today’s show that she lost 16 pounds to fit the dress. She also wore a fur top on the MET Gala red carpet because the dress wouldn’t close completely in the back.

To lose weight, she claims to cut out sugar, junk food and fried food. She told Today that, since last month, she continues these lifestyle changes even after the MET Gala. She said she lost a total of 21 pounds.

Kardashian claims she views the opportunity to wear the dress as a kind of role.

“I saw it as a role, and I really wanted to wear this dress. It’s really important to me,” said Kardashian Today’s show.

In an interview with The New York Times, she said she felt the decision was similar to celebrities swinging their weight for certain movie roles.

“For me, it was like, okay, Christian Bale can do that for a movie role and that’s acceptable,” she said. “Even Renée Zellweger gained weight for a role. To me it’s all the same.”

– with files from Global News ‘Michelle Butterfield

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