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Kim Drops 16lbs. for Met Gala & Kourtney's Wedding Nerves
Chris Appleton was determined to get Kim Kardashian into her Met gown—no ifs, ands oregon butts astir it.
Ahead of the 2022 Met Gala, it wasn't guaranteed that the SKIMs laminitis would really deterioration Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress—which Marilyn wore to sing "Happy Birthday" to erstwhile President John F. Kennedy successful 1962. As chronicled successful the 2nd play of The Kardashians, Kim decided to suffer weight in bid to acceptable into the gown, but erstwhile it came clip to effort it connected astatine Ripley's Believe It oregon Not—the institution that owns the dress—the look astir didn't fit. That is, until Chris, Kim's hairstylist, stepped in.
As seen successful the episode, unit astatine Ripley's cautiously helped Kim measurement into the dress—something that Kim explained has to "glide up" alternatively than beryllium pulled up owed to its delicate nature. But… it stopped astatine her butt. So, Chris told Kim to "push your a--."
"Chris Appleton was like, ‘We didn't alert each the mode implicit present for nothing,'" Kim said successful a confessional during the episode. "He similar lifted up my butt successful my SKIMS, re-kinda positioned my shapewear and then, it went up."
While the formal yet fit, they weren't capable to zip it up so, Kim concealed her bare down with a furry overgarment astatine the May 2 event. Kim besides changed into a replica of the gown for the remainder of the evening aft the reddish carpet.
One happening that she didn't conceal? Her implicit awe astatine the information she was capable to marque it happen. "I americium gonna beryllium wearing Marilyn Monroe's archetypal formal to the Met Ball," Kim said successful a confessional. "Oh, my god. I can't judge I did it."
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But it wasn't conscionable Chris who made Kim's ensemble a reality. Her mom, Kris Jenner, also had to measurement successful to marque it truthful that Kim could adjacent effort connected the formal astatine Ripley's.
"They were not gonna fto maine deterioration this dress. They weren't adjacent gonna fto maine effort it on," Kim shared. "Until Kris Jenner calls."
Kris' lips are sealed connected what precisely she said to marque it happen, but she did stock her motto for situations similar these.
"I cannot archer you my secrets," the momager shared successful a confessional during the episode. "But you cognize what I say, 'If idiosyncratic says no, you're talking to the incorrect person.'"
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