Months after her controversial decision to wear Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Happy Birthday Mr. President dress to the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian shares a glimpse of how she lost 16 pounds to fit into the dress on this week’s episode of The Kardashians fit.
The 41-year-old reality star revealed her plan to wear the dress Monroe wore during her iconic serenade by President John F. Kennedy at the 1962 Met Gala in the new episode titled What’s More American Than Marilyn Monroe? ” wore.
While her journey to donning the dress seemed to be going well, she hit a metaphorical snag when she didn’t fit into the original … which led to her attempting to lose 16 pounds in just three weeks, including a strict diet, sauna suits and more.
Loss: Months after her controversial decision to wear Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Happy Birthday Mr. President dress to the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian shares a glimpse of how she lost 16 pounds on this week’s episode of The Kardashians to be in to fit the dress
Sauna suit: While her journey to donning the dress seemed to be going well, she hit a metaphorical snag when it didn’t fit into the original… which led to her attempting to lose 16 pounds in just three weeks, including a strict diet, sauna suits and more
Kim runs on a treadmill and is determined to lose the weight needed to wear the Marilyn Monroe dress.
“I have about three weeks to fit into this dress. I will do everything I can to try to make that happen,” Kim said in the confession.
She’s seen working out with a trainer and admitted she needs to eat “so clean” and also cut out sugar, which is “so hard” for her.
Treadmill: Kim runs on a treadmill, determined to lose the weight it takes to wear Marilyn Monroe’s dress
Confession: “I have about three weeks to fit into this dress. I will do everything I can to try to make that happen,” Kim said in the confession
Clean: She’s seen working out with a trainer and admitted she needs to eat “so clean” and also cut out sugar, which is “so hard” for her
“Let me try it on again, please. I won’t take no for an answer,” Kim adds in a confession as she shows how she continuously works out.
One of the shots appeared to show Kim changing into a sauna suit, which some health advocates claim increases the effectiveness of exercise, with the extra sweat reportedly having the same benefits as sitting in a sauna.
The preview of next week’s episode of The Kardashians reveals that Kim flew to Florida to try on the Marilyn dress at Ripley’s … and even that took some convincing.
Sauna: One of the footage appeared to show Kim donning a sauna suit, which some health advocates claim increases the effectiveness of exercise, as the extra sweat is said to have the same benefits as sitting in a sauna
Convincing: Next week’s preview of The Kardashians’ episode eight reveals that Kim flew to Florida to try on the Marilyn dress at Ripley’s… and even that took some convincing
“They wouldn’t even let me try it on until Kris Jenner called,” Kim confesses, watching her resume training with four days left until the Met Gala.
“I honestly worked my ass off. I’ll be devastated if it doesn’t pay off,” Kim said in a confession, while Khloe revealed she was invited to the Met Gala.
While she only briefly wore the original dress on the red carpet, she transformed into a replica for the rest of the evening, although it caused controversy when the original dress was revealed to be slightly damaged.
Working: “I honestly worked my ass off. I’ll be devastated if it doesn’t pay off,” Kim said in a confession, while Khloe revealed she was invited to the Met Gala
Ripley’s loaned Kim the dress for the Met Gala, with Kim reportedly losing more than 16 pounds to fit into the dress for the party.
The event became controversial a month after the Met, when before-and-after photos showed some of the embedded crystals were now missing and one of the dress’s zippers was also reportedly damaged.
Despite the photos, Ripley released a statement claiming, “She did not damage the garment in any way in the short time it was worn to the Met Gala.”
Amanda Joiner, Ripley’s VP of Publishing and Licensing, added, “From the bottom of the Met steps where Kim stepped into the dress, to the top where it was returned, the dress was in the same condition it was in started.”
Weight loss: Ripley loaned Kim the dress for the Met Gala, with Kim reportedly losing more than 16 pounds to fit in the dress for the party