Kim Kardashian Regrets Marilyn Monroe Dress and Stylist ‘Torture’

Kim Kardashian is finally spilling all the behind-the-scenes chaos of her 2022 Met Gala Marilyn Monroe moment.

The 45-year-old reality star stunned at the fashion extravaganza in New York, channeling the iconic gown Marilyn Monroe famously wore in 1962 when she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy. 

But Kim now admits she wasn’t happy with her blonde hair and wishes she had stayed brunette to channel Jackie Kennedy instead.

On the latest The Kardashians, Kim revealed: ‘I will bring this up til the end of time. I don’t know why, but everyone told me: “Don’t do Marilyn hair. You’re gonna look like a wax figure of Marilyn.”

‘We just thought we wanted to be blonde. I should’ve been, like, dark Jackie O vibes … [I] photoshopped it 500 different ways after the fact.’

Kim also admitted she has since ‘tortured’ her hairstylist Chris Appleton over the decision to go blonde for the red carpet.

Kim Kardashian is finally spilling all the behind-the-scenes chaos of her 2022 Met Gala Marilyn Monroe moment – and it sounds brutal

Kim now admits she wasn’t happy with her blonde hair and wishes she had stayed brunette to channel Jackie Kennedy instead

The gown itself, owned by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!, posed its own nightmare.

Kim previously admitted it was a struggle just to get into the dress, forcing her to change at the gala to avoid damaging it during travel.

‘I can’t sit in a car, I can’t risk it. It’s so fragile, you guys. No one can touch me. So if anyone touches me and gets their oils on the dress … it’s too risky to get in the car and leave from the hotel and do it,’ she said on a previous episode.  

‘So, all of this – the losing the weight, dying the hair for 30 hours, leaving the hotel in a robe, getting there, changing on the red carpet, just walking to the top of the red carpet, then changing again into a replica of the dress, because we can’t risk sitting in it and eating dinner, is all for maybe 10 minutes of my life, just on the red carpet. Like, that’s it.’

Kim went all-in on the details, pulling an all-nighter to get her hair just right and fretting that the dye might damage her locks. 

‘It has to be the right color. My hair can’t fall out. We have to get it right. We have one day to dye it. We’re gonna be up for 15 hours.’

She also admitted the weight-loss pressure to fit the dress: 

‘When I thought to go in Marilyn Monroe’s dress – and I know how precious and fragile the dress is, I knew I had to lose at least 10 pounds for it to even go up on me.’

On the latest The Kardashians, Kim revealed: ‘I will bring this up til the end of time. I don’t know why, but everyone told me: “Don’t do Marilyn hair. You’re gonna look like a wax figure of Marilyn’

‘We just thought we wanted to be blonde. I should’ve been, like, dark Jackie O vibes … [I] photoshopped it 500 different ways after the fact’

Kim also admitted she has since ‘tortured’ her hairstylist Chris Appleton over the decision to go blonde for the red carpet

Kim finally switched into a replica that fit her 5ft2in frame perfectly, letting her enjoy the night with family and boyfriend Pete Davidson at the annual Costume Institute gala

Marilyn’s glittering gown, designed by Jean Louis, has been on display at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Museum in Orlando since they purchased it at Julien’s Auction for $4.81 million. 

Monroe originally paid just $1,440 for the custom piece, which remains one of the most expensive dresses ever sold at auction.

Legend has it Marilyn had to be sewn into the gown prior to her iconic Happy Birthday performance — and Kim faced her own wardrobe woes. 

She never fit into the $5M historical piece, carefully covering her backside with a white shawl as she ascended the Met Gala staircase.

Kim finally switched into a replica that fit her 5ft2in frame perfectly, letting her enjoy the night with family and boyfriend Pete Davidson at the annual Costume Institute gala — though the nightmare behind the glamour is now part of Met Gala lore.