The 41-year-old successfully tried on a replica dress, but when she tried on the original – owned by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not – it didn’t even go past her hips. After a grueling three-week workout and strict diet, she fitted into the dress, revealing more about her training and 30-hour peroxide session to have blonde hair like Marilyn for the 2022 Met Gala. Insight: Kim Kardashian shared more about what it took to fit Marilyn Monroe’s iconic ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’ dress on this week’s The Kardashians Kim almost didn’t even get a chance to try on the dress until her mom Kris Jenner called Ripley’s. She finally flew to Ripley’s headquarters in Orlando to try on the original dress again… and it fit… sort of. The zipper didn’t go up over her butt, although she did wear the dress, which led her to continue her workout routine in the days leading up to the Met. Zipper: The zipper didn’t go up above her butt even though she wore the dress, prompting her to continue training in the days leading up to the Met The episode cuts to Los Angeles as Kim continues to work out so she can continue to fit into Marilyn’s dress. She tells trainer Melissa Alcantara that she’s back down to 118 pounds after jumping to 120 pounds, which she said “tripped me up.” “So I fit into the dress, but I won’t stop working out. I have this sauna suit and you wear it and it makes you sweat. Even if it’s just water weight, it helps,” Kim confesses. Sauna suit: “I fit into the dress like this, but I won’t stop working out. I have this sauna suit and you wear it and it makes you sweat. Even if it’s just water weight, it helps,” Kim confesses Kim’s trainer tells her to do 10 minutes on the treadmill and then another 10 minutes on the Stairmaster as Kim speaks directly to the camera. “We have four days until the Met Ball. I still have to dye my hair blonde, I don’t know when I’ll do it, I only have one day to go blonde,’ says Kim. “When I thought about going with the Marilyn Monroe dress – and I know how precious and fragile the dress is, I knew I had to lose at least 10 kilos to get it up,” she adds. Treadmill: Kim’s trainer tells her to do 10 minutes on the treadmill and then another 10 minutes on the Stairmaster as Kim speaks directly to the camera “This is tiring, but it’s like a movie role, you know? How will an actor lose weight, gain weight for roles? I feel like my role is Marilyn Monroe. I’m determined,” she adds as they show footage of Kim training. After watching the final words of Blac Chyna’s trial, Kim boarded a plane to New York where she entered the final phase of her preparation: going blonde. Kim is at her hotel with hairstylist Chris Stapleton, revealing they’re watching the new Marilyn Monroe documentary on Netflix to cheer themselves up. Determined: “This is tiring, but it’s like a movie role, you know? How will an actor lose weight, gain weight for roles? I feel like my role is Marilyn Monroe. I’m determined,” she adds as they show footage of Kim training “Tomorrow is Met Monday and I didn’t sleep much because we had to pull an all-nighter to dye my hair blonde,” Kim confesses. She adds that the hair dye process is “tiring and annoying,” but adds that it’s “dedication” on her part. Chris says the last time they did this it took a week to get the color and now they only have two days. Met Monday: “Tomorrow is Met Monday and I didn’t sleep much because we had to pull an all-nighter to dye my hair blonde,” Kim adds in the confessional He adds that Kim is “so dedicated” and has “never met anyone more dedicated than Kim.” “It has to be the right color. My hair can’t fall out. We have to do it right. We have one day to paint it. We’ll be up for 15 hours,” says Kim. A producer asks how many Met Galas she’s been to as she counts all the looks and she says she’s been to eight Met Galas and this will be her ninth. “This I can’t walk, I can’t sweat, I can’t breathe. If one stone falls, I will have to pay millions of dollars,” adds Kim. Chris adds that this year is different because she won’t be leaving the hotel wearing her red carpet. “I can’t get out of the hotel and go downstairs. They’ll have to barricade me out of the hotel in a robe. They put an outfit on the red carpet and I’m going to put it on there,” says Kim. A producer asks, “Oh, you don’t dress up here?” Kim replies: “No, because I can’t sit in a car, I can’t risk it. It’s so fragile, guys. No one can touch me. So if someone touches me and gets their oils on the dress… it’s too dangerous to get in the car and leave the hotel and do that.” Well, all of that – losing weight, dying my hair for 30 hours, leaving the hotel in a robe, getting there, changing on the red carpet, walking the top of the red carpet, and then changing back into the replica dress, because we can’t risk sitting in it and eating dinner, it’s all for maybe 10 minutes of my life, just on the red carpet. Like that’s it,” Kim says, though Chris adds, “She’ll live down in history.” A producer asks, “What do you think people will say about you wearing the dress?” “I’m a little nervous that some people are going to hate and say, ‘How dare she think she can just walk into Marilyn’s dress, and I get it,’” Kim says. Marilyn: “I’m a little nervous that some people are going to hate and be like, ‘How dare she think she can just walk into Marilyn’s dress and I get it,’” says Kim Chris adds, “You’re like the modern Marilyn, so I love that you’re still you,” as Kim adds, “I don’t want to say I’m the modern Marilyn,” and Chris says, “I’ll say it. She’s the modern-day Marilyn, but Kim says, “I don’t think so.” “I love that Marilyn was a normal girl and figured it out and became the most famous woman in the entire world. It’s just exciting,” says Kim. “This year’s Met is about dedication and hard work and having my own voice and vision. Be determined and make st happen. I’ve never had such a strong will in my life,” Kim confesses. Dedication: “This year’s Met is about dedication and hard work and having my own voice and vision. Be determined and make st happen. I’ve never had such a strong will in my life,” Kim confesses
