Kim Kardashian just revealed another reason to avoid dangerous and outdated weight-loss stunts.
In a new interview with Allure, Kardashian explained that losing about 16 pounds in three weeks in order to fit into Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress at the 2022 Met Gala contributed to a “really painful” psoriasis flare-up. Kardashian has been extremely open about her struggles with the autoimmune disease throughout her career.
Kardashian, who typically sticks to a plant-based diet, went back to eating meat during the lead-up to the Met Gala to conform to her “strict” carb-free and sugar-free diet. “Psoriasis broke out over my body and I got psoriatic arthritis so I couldn’t really move my hands,” she told Allure. “It was really painful, and I had to go to a rheumatologist who put me on a steroid. I was freaking out. I cut out the meat again, and it’s calmed down.”
In May, Kim Kardashian sparked backlash at the 2022 Met Gala for a multitude of reasons. For one, many were upset that the reality star wore—and potentially damaged—Monroe’s historic dress. “Kim Kardashian’s walk up the Metropolitan Museum’s stairs at this year’s Met Gala has caused quite the stir, but one thing it did not directly cause is the reported damage to Marilyn Monroe’s famed ‘Happy Birthday’ dress from 1962,” Ripley’s Believe It or Not! insisted in an Instagram post.
Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian attend the 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion”.John Shearer
However, it was the crash diet that really upset many of her fans and critics. “If I was starving and doing it really unhealthy, I would say that, of course, that’s not a good message,” Kardashian responded to the criticism. “But I had a nutritionist, I had a trainer. I have never drunk more water in my life. I don’t see the criticism for other people when they lost weight for roles — they are [considered] geniuses for their craft. There are so many things out there that are so not accurate and not true.”
