Kim Kardashian's Dangerously Rapid Weight Loss for the Met Gala Is Not Normal or Admirable

05.05.2022, 10:35 allure.com

When you're a journalist covering fashion and/or beauty at the Met Gala, you can pretty much guarantee that your night won't be over until Kim Kardashian walks that red carpet. That was certainly true on the night of May 2, when a solid chunk of the Allure staff, myself included, waited with bated breath to see what she would wear (and to go to bed afterward). We gasped in delight when Kardashian revealed to Lala Anthony, a Vogue correspondent for the night, that she was wearing the exact dress that Marilyn Monroe wore in 1962 when she infamously sang "Happy Birthday" to then-President John F. Kennedy.  Awesome, right? We thought so — then she said something that made our stomachs churn with undeniable discomfort. "I tried it on, and it didn't fit me. And so I looked at it, and I said 'give me three weeks,'" Kardashian said. "I had to lose 16 pounds to be able to fit this, but it was such a challenge. I was determined to fit it." Anthony cracked a joke about Kardashian eating an abundance of tomatoes and her ability to do anything that she "puts her mind to." Kardashian preened as she noted that she lost the weight despite people not thinking she'd be able to.