Here’s Why Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala Diet Isn’t Safe, Per Experts

At the 2022 Met Gala, Kim Kardashian’s outfit, borrowed from the one and only Marilyn Monroe, was tough to beat. Exactly 60 years after Marilyn first wore the shimmery, nude, curve-clinging gown, Kim took it to the Met, making her the only other person to ever wear the iconic dress. Covered in more than 6,000 hand-sewn crystals, it is currently valued at over $10 million, the New York Post reported.

And on the November 10 episode of The Kardashians, Kim pulls back the curtain and reveals just what it took for her to fit into Marilyn’s iconic dress.

“The idea really came to me after the gala in September last year,” Kim told Vogue.” What’s the most American thing you can think of? And that’s Marilyn Monroe.”

But the look took serious—and unhealthy—dedication to pull off. “I always thought [Marilyn Monroe] was extremely curvy,” Kim said. “I imagined I might be smaller in some places where she was bigger and bigger in places where she was smaller. So when it didn’t fit me I wanted to cry because it can’t be altered at all.”

“I knew I had to lose at least ten pounds for it to even go up on me,” Kim said in a confessional during the November 10 epuside. “This is exhausting, but it feels like a movie role. How an actor will lose weight for roles—this feels like my role is Marilyn Monroe. I am determined.”

So, Kim decided to start a new diet and exercise plan that would help her drop enough pounds to squeeze into the dress without altering it. “I would wear a…