Kim Kardashian feels that she has always been an underdog. Image Source: Hello Magazine
In a recent interview with Allure, Kim Kardashian discussed about her iconic Met Gala 2022 controversy along with why she thinks that she has been an underdog.
Kim Kardashian's MET GALA 2022 look was such an iconic one as she wore Marilyn Monroe’s "Happy Birthday, Mr. President," which garnered a lot of attention, both good and bad. She was asked how she felt about it and she said that it was a roller coaster of emotions and went ahead to explain that to even find the iconic dress was a feat and then to get the Ripley's Believe it or Not to allow her to wear the dress was another feat.
Kim Kardashian explained that no one is allowed to touch the dress with bare hands, so she and her team had to wear gloves and the guards were around them all the time, and one had to put down a special paper too, and revealed that the dresser was shaking because what if something goes wrong? It was Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress, but unfortunately, it did not fit the reality TV star initially.
The SKIMS founder said that she was heartbroken and disappointed when the dress did not fit her two weeks before the Met Gala, and then she lost 15 pounds to fit into the dress, and she was very proud of herself. Kim Kardashian said that she could not believe that she had lost 15 pounds in two weeks. The comments about losing weight to fit into the dress drew a lot of criticism from the public, as well as a few celebrities who pointed out that, as a role model, Kim Kardashian should not have said or done the things about losing weight on the red carpet.
Kim Kardashian on the red carpet mentioned that she went into intense working out and a strict diet for three weeks. Despite her claims to the contrary, some believed that she had starved herself. She follows a plant-based diet, but since she just started working as the chief flavor consultant for Beyond Meat, she has resumed eating actual meat. She continued by saying that she had psoriasis all over her body, and I developed psoriatic arthritis. As a result, she was unable to move her hands and described how painful it was; she eventually saw a rheumatologist who prescribed a steroid. Kim explained that she was terrified and had to remove the meat once more before everything settled down.
When asked about the criticism she received for her drastic weight loss, she responded that if she were starving herself and engaging in unhealthy behavior, she would explain that's obviously not a good message. However, she added that she had a nutritionist and a trainer who monitored everything from what she ate to how much exercise she was getting. Kim mentioned that she has never drank more water in her life and she does not see why individuals are criticized when they lose weight for parts when they are regarded as geniuses at what they do. Additionally, she asserts that a great deal of information is unreliable and untrue.
Recently Kim Kardashian was also accused of damaging the dress she wore at the Met stating that few of the diamonds of the dress were missing and the threads around the zipper seemed to be loosened and damaged to which the Ripley's Believe it or Not spokesperson said that the dress was not destroyed. It was returned to them the way it was given to the reality star and they clarified that one person from the museum was always with Kim Kardashian and her team and she had changed into the replica of the dress as soon as she was inside the hall.
When the interviewer suggested that perhaps it was difficult for people to feel sympathetic for her, she said that she had always been the underdog. Kim Kardashian explained that what she meant by calling herself as an underdog was that being on a reality show is not respected and she always has felt that there is something extra or more for her to do to show the audience and critics that she is a different person. Pointing out a news headline she said that she was in London for two days with her boyfriend Pete Davidson as he was filming a movie but the headlines read that she has been rejected to come to the Jubilee by the Queen or ‘Kim: Rejected!’ The reality star added that it’s one of the reasons why she thinks she loves doing reality shows as it’s a chance to show people who she really is. These words were echoed by the star previously as well in another interview where she mentioned that people do not take her seriously just because she is a reality TV star and they forget that she is also someone who has worked hard to be where she is today.
Lastly, she was asked what if the entire thing just goes away in a minute to which she said that it would be so nice for her to retire as Kim K and just be a lawyer and added that maybe she would just be happy. Kim Kardashian wants people to walk away and be like she was a good person and she did some good things in her life.
