{"id":262190,"date":"2025-11-05T00:22:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262190\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T00:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:22:08","slug":"kim-kardashian-denies-that-she-whooped-marilyn-monroes-iconic-dress-after-wearing-it-to-2022-met-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/262190\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian Denies That She &#8216;Whooped&#8217; Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s Iconic Dress After Wearing It to 2022 Met Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kim Kardashian remained tight-lipped about the damage that was seemingly done to Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s 1962 gown after she wore it to the 2022 Met Gala while partaking in a lie detector test for Vanity Fair <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kardashian, who was playfully interrogated by her All&#8217;s Fair costar, Teyana Taylor, was asked if she &#8220;whooped&#8221; the dress following allegations that she had caused damage to the relic<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The reality star received flak for wearing the historical clothing item as well as for the strenuous and publicized transformation she underwent to fit into it<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kim-kardashian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kim Kardashian;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kim Kardashian<\/a>&#8216;s prerogative to keep the details on one of her most infamous looks to date close to her chest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-IU2z7awLSk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:lie detector video for Vanity Fair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">lie detector video for Vanity Fair<\/a> with her All&#8217;s Fair costar <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/teyana-taylor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Teyana Taylor;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Teyana Taylor<\/a>, the actress, 45, kept mum about whether or not she had, in Taylor&#8217;s words, &#8220;whooped&#8221; the famous 1962 Marilyn Monroe gown that appeared to have been damaged after she wore it to the 2022 Met Gala.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This one, I wanna settle this for once and for all. Did you whoop Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s dress?&#8221; Taylor, 35, asked the Kardashian star, who doubled down on her &#8220;no&#8221;s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;So you&#8217;re saying that it got you already whooped?&#8221; pressed Taylor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how it got to me,&#8221; claimed Kardashian. &#8220;But it&#8217;s perfect now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"John Shearer\/Getty Kim Kardashian poses solo at the 2022 Met Gala in New York City on May 2, 2022\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"305\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d52eae9ad459f78db74b06498f178855.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>John Shearer\/Getty Kim Kardashian poses solo at the 2022 Met Gala in New York City on May 2, 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After receiving an &#8220;I don&#8217;t know&#8221; when questioning Kardashian about who fixed the dress from its alleged damage, Taylor then asked, &#8220;So when you tried it on, what was the dress giving?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You&#8217;re gonna cost me $10 million in insurance. Let&#8217;s move on,&#8221; said the mom of four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Although Kardashian has remained a fixture at the Met Gala, held annually on the first Monday in May, her appearance in 2022 has remained one of her most talked-about red carpet moments.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Kevin Mazur\/MG22\/Getty Kim Kardashian accompanied by Pete Davidson at the 2022 Met Gala\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"280\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/440bd81c0a7eafbb81ad352014ffba41.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Mazur\/MG22\/Getty Kim Kardashian accompanied by Pete Davidson at the 2022 Met Gala<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Monroe&#8217;s dress was designed by Jean Louis and originally cost $12,000. It was reportedly so tight that Monroe had to be sewn into it prior to her very sexy performance for President John F. Kennedy on May 19, 1962, at a Madison Square Garden fundraiser. As Kardashian set her mind on wearing the relic to the star-studded event, she also went through a dramatic physical transformation to slip into it. She lost 16 pounds in three weeks and committed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/met-gala-2022-kim-kardashian-lose-16-pounds-marilyn-monroe-dress-pete-davidson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:severe diet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">severe diet<\/a>. &#8220;It was such a challenge,&#8221; she told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/kim-kardashian-met-gala-2022\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vogue;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vogue<\/a> in 2022. &#8220;It was like a [movie] role. I was determined to fit [into] it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I would 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,&#8221;\u00a0she said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t starve myself, but I was so strict.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kardashian garnered backlash the moment she stepped onto the red carpet, but received further flak after the gown, which was flown to Kardashian via a private plane from Ripley&#8217;s Believe It or Not Museum in Orlando, Fla., <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/marilyn-monroe-dress-kim-kardashian-wore-to-the-met-gala-appears-to-be-damaged-photos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:appeared to be damaged;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">appeared to be damaged<\/a> after she wore it. (Although Kardashian only wore the dress for mere minutes while taking photos on the Met Gala red carpet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/met-gala-2022-kim-kardashian-only-wore-marilyn-monroe-dress-on-met-steps-changed-into-replica\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:before changing into a replica;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">before changing into a replica<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before-and-after photos first shared on social media by Marilyn Monroe historian and collector\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marilynmonroecollection\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scott Fortner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scott Fortner<\/a>\u00a0showed that the dress had signs of damage, including missing crystals and several small rips along the zipper seam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the virality of the photos, Ripley&#8217;s denied the allegations that any damage was caused by the dress&#8217; appearance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ce4DnFYOPso\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=57771453-6c89-4e73-a57c-6c28f0a8165e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:social media post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">social media post<\/a> shared on June 16, 2022, Ripley&#8217;s explained the history of the dress, sharing that they first acquired the dress at a Julien&#8217;s Auctions event in 2016 for $4.8 million \u2014 the most expensive dress to ever be sold at auction. They clarified that a report on the condition of the dress published in early 2017 states, &#8220;a number of the seams are pulled and worn. This is not surprising given how delicate the material is. There is puckering at the back by the hooks and eyes,&#8221; as well as outlining other flaws. Ripley&#8217;s did not reply to PEOPLE&#8217;s request for additional information regarding the source of the report or where it was published.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kim-kardashian-denies-damaging-marilyn-monroes-dress-2022-met-gala-11843136\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Kim Kardashian remained tight-lipped about the damage that was seemingly done to Marilyn Monroe&#8217;s 1962&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,4207,121394,105275,17534],"class_list":{"0":"post-262190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-kim-kardashian","13":"tag-marilyn-monroe","14":"tag-met-gala","15":"tag-teyana-taylor"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}