She lost 16 pounds in just three weeks to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress from when she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy in 1962.
And Kim Kardashian has finally broken her silence on the Met Gala transformation, comparing it to that of Christian Bale’s extreme weight loss for his role in The Machinist.
The reality star, 41, also shared that she ‘didn’t do anything unhealthy’ and simply put that she would not have attended the event without her loss.
Weight loss: Kim Kardashian (left) has finally spoken out on her 16lbs weight loss for the Met Gala – as she compares it to Christian Bale’s The Machinist transformation (pictured right)
Chatting to The New York Times, Kim shared that she lost the weight through diet, a sauna suit and running twice a day and explained: ‘I didn’t do anything unhealthy’.
Christian Bale famously lost almost five stone for his role in movie The Machinist, with Kim revealing she doesn’t see a difference with her own transformation.
‘OK, Christian Bale can do it for a movie role and that is acceptable,’ she quipped.
Back in the day: Marilyn Monroe wore the gown when she sang Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy in 1962
The full effect: Kim even sported a platinum blonde look for the recreation
Weight gain: Kim also compared her weight loss to Renée Zellweger’s weight gain for Bridget Jones’ Diary
Referencing Renée Zellweger’s weight gain to play her eponymous role in the Bridget Jones’ Diary movie, Kim continued: ‘Even Renée Zellweger gained weight for a role. It’s all the same to me. I wasn’t saying, “Hey everyone, why don’t you go lose this weight in a short period of time?”‘
Showing just how much fitting into the dress meant to her, when asked what would have happened if she hadn’t reached her weight goal, she replied: ‘I just simply couldn’t have gone, which wouldn’t have mattered, It was just important to me to reach that goal.’
The dress was bought at auction by Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum chain, with no adjustments allowed to be made to the original gown.
Kim previously revealed that to lose the weight and fit into the dress, she would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and eat ‘clean’ vegetables and protein.
Changing his look: Christian Bale famously lost almost five stone for his role in movie The Machinist in 2004 (pictured right), after beefing up for American Psycho in 2000 (pictured left)
Fitting in : Kim previously revealed that to lose the weight and fit into the dress, she would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and eat ‘clean’ vegetables and protein
But the Hulu star came under an immense amount of criticism for the diet, with many branding it ‘unhealthy’ – including actress Lily Reinhart, who said Kim’s ‘ignorance is other-worldly and disgusting’.
However, the star’s personal trainer, Don ‘DB’ Brooks, hit back at trolls and explained that it ‘wasn’t like starving yourself’, noting that she ‘put the work in’.
‘So I mean I was there through the process, so it wasn’t like a starving yourself type of thing. I mean she went on a real balanced diet and at times, you know, she wouldn’t eat as much. But then the second thing was she was in the gym and put the work in.’
Tricky: No adjustments were allowed to be made to the dress as per agreement when it was sold, meaning Kim had to slim down to fit
On display: The figure-hugging Jean Louis gown boasts 2,500 crystals and bought at auction by Ripley’s Believe It or Not museum
Backlash: The Hulu star came under an immense amount of criticism for the diet, with many branding it ‘unhealthy’ – including actress Lily Reinhart, who said Kim’s ‘ignorance is other-worldly and disgusting’
