The comedian has a lot of thoughts about Kim wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress on this year’s Gilded Glamour-themed red carpet.
On HBO Max’sHacks , Meg Stalter ’s reference Kayla does n’t eff much about the entertainment diligence . Even though she ’s an supporter at her founding father ’s talent agency , which manages big clients like the veteran comic played by Jean Smart , it ’s clear that she does n’t care much about the gig . In fact , she ’d rather not influence at all .
Stalter , on the other hand , is a bit of a pop - refinement devil . In summation to herHacksrole , the comedian is acknowledge for her stand - up and her hilarious internet impressions that tint on everything fromChe DiazonAnd Just Like That … andChristy Carlson Romano ’s YouTube channeltoactresses " being quirky"on red carpets — and the clip could n’t be more accurate .
While Stalter ofttimes pay spot - on take about what ’s trending , one of her vainglorious fascination is the way that so many citizenry are intoxicated by stardom . " Everyone is so obsessed with fame , which seems scary and uncollectible , " she says . " It does n’t entail anything to me , but I ’m obsessed withother people’sobsession with it . " Because of that , she ’s intrigued by the way so many of uscollectively followone of the big nights in celebrity style : the Met Gala . " Everyone has an opinion on the Met Gala look — multitude in Ohio are make TikToks about the Met Gala looks , " Stalter exclaims .
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Since her pop - acculturation knowledge and pursuit in the way peopledissectthe one-year Met fundraiser fly the coop bass , Thrillist had Stalter explain the event to us , specifically one of the most - discussed looks of the nighttime . As a big fan of Kim Kardashian , too — someone she thinks is secretly very funny — Stalter had a lot of thoughts on how the realism star repurposed the 1962 Jean Louis attire that Marilyn Monroe notoriously wear to sing " Happy Birthday " to President John F. Kennedy .
The Met Gala
In the most basic of terms , the Met Gala is an annual event where famous the great unwashed tog in excessive tout ensemble and gather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan to evoke money for its Costume Institute . fan can pursue the red - carpet arrivals on social metier and E ! , but the cameras throw in the towel flashing once everybody step inside , save for a few Instagram post from the celebs themselves . Because the poor ( aka the sports fan who will never get to go ) do n’t see what goes on at the genuine event , it ’s sort of unclear what really go on — which is where Stalter ’s compulsion with the event really lie in .
I want to talk about the Met Gala because I feel like I should n’t be afraid to say that we do n’t have intercourse what it is , whatreallygoes on . What goes oninthe Met Gala ? I feel like I ’ve talked to masses that have conk out there and I ca n’t get an answer of what actually bechance . Like , I sleep with what it is , but what really is it or what goes on once they ’re at bottom ?
To be honest , what I like occur was everyone in the room had to sing a really earnest song or something , like a one - bit song . Every fame , every couturier just sings one little song . Kim Kardashian , I conceive , would ring it in with " Happy Birthday , " but then in the middle , she would make it funny . She would n’t want to go for it at first , but she would laugh and everybody would be laughing . I know that ’s not what happen , though . It ’s probably a bunch of speeches or something .
Kim Kardashian’s choice to wear Marilyn Monroe’s dress
For the 2022 Met Gala , themed " Gilded Glamour , " Kardashian arrived in a attire — sketched by Bob Mackie and made by the late French costumer Jean Louis — that belong to Marilyn Monroe . The actress don it only once , in 1962 , when sheperformed"Happy Birthday to You " at John F. Kennedy ’s birthday company . For a number of reasons , it finish up being one of the most talked - about feel of the gala .
People were really emotionally affected by [ Kim ’s ] conclusion to wear the Marilyn Monroe dress , and offended that Kim would compare herself to Marilyn Monroe . But if you opine about it , the treatment they both have capture [ has been exchangeable ] . I ’m not saying Kim Kardashian is this C ’s Marilyn Monroe — but I do interpret where it ’s like , " God , we treated her horribly . We ’re handle Kim horrible . " It ’s like the hate never stops for womanhood !
I think that no one should have that much money — it should be illegal for sure [ laughs]—but I ’m also like , she issue forth up with a cool approximation ! People just detest her for it . Even though Kim has get so much hate for her feel , people are always talking about her every Met Gala . Last year was the all - sinister silhouette look . As much as mass hated on it , you ’re all talking about it , and that ’s her period .
Kris Jenner at the 2022 Met Gala|GWR/Star Max/GC Images
How Kim acquired Marilyn’s dress
One reason Kardashian tire the Monroe surgical gown was so newsworthy was because of how fragile the dress is . It ’s now deserving nearly $ 5 million and needed to be extracted from a museum . Stalter happen to be just as obsessed with the museum it came from , a tourist spot that also gave Kardashian a ( perhaps fake ) ringlet of Monroe ’s fuzz .
[ The apparel ] was in Ripley ’s Believe It or Not ! museum , which Ilovethe Ripley ’s Believe It or Not ! Museum ! [ express mirth ] We used to vacation in Gatlinburg , Tennessee , every year and they have , like , Bible - medicine dinner theater of operations and strip of unlike eldritch aquariums and museums like that , but I would always solicit to go to Ripley ’s every twelvemonth , even though we ’d just move the last year . It take in 20 minute to get through . I palpate like I ’ve pick up [ the Marilyn Monroe attire ] before in the case !
I do n’t have sex what [ Kim take to do to get it ] . It ’s crazy that Marilyn was the last to wear it and that it ’s been in a museum . It probably feels wild to get into that . The fabric feels probably worn . I ca n’t believe it did n’t fall to piece !
Kim Kardashian in the iconic Marilyn Monroe dress|Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
[ If they gave Marilyn ’s hair to me , ] I would say , " You should n’t give it to me . I ’m going to suffer it . Someone else should hold onto this . I do n’t opine I should be responsible . " I do n’t know what I would do with it . I do n’t think I ’d do anything . I ’d lose it for sure .
The Gilded Glamour theme
The Met has a theme every twelvemonth and invites attendees to dress accordingly . This twelvemonth ’s was " Gilded Glamour , " calling back to the gilded expressive style of the early-20th - one C Gilded Age . Kardashian ’s tone was , arguably , not at all on - theme , considering it was a sparkly , formfitting gown from the early ' 60s . Kardashianapparentlyhad the theme to wear the night-robe around the 2021 Met Gala , which had the theme " In America : A Lexicon of Fashion , " but why she did n’t fall apart it last year is unclear .
The one affair [ about Kim ’s look is that it was n’t on - theme ] . Why did she think that accommodate the report ? That is the job . I would say that I think that the radical is likeBridgerton . It ’s ado , skirts , corsets . It ’s big , full-grown , curly haircloth . It ’s like Little Bo - Peep ! A lot of multitude seem like they did it like Old Hollywood , and that was n’t really the theme either .
It ’s foreign , but then again , everyone ’s obsessed with what everyone ’s wearing , but is n’t it the designer ’s design ? The [ celebrities ] get like , " I ca n’t trust she wear out that ! Oh , you ’re not hitting the theme , " but is n’t it the decorator who pick what they break ?
Blake Lively at the “Gilded Glamour” Met Gala|Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
The Pete Davidson of it all
Rumors started swirling that Kardashian and Davidson were an item last autumn when they were spotted in his hometown of Staten Island , and it was confirmed in short after . While their kinship has been all over the tidings , study he ’s her first known partner following her divorce from Kanye West , the couple did n’t really make their red - carpet introduction until the Met Gala .
Some people still cerebrate it ’s a promotional material kinship . I desire to think that it ’s real because I am romantic , and he seems fun . She ’s so funny , it feels like ! She did such a expert job onSNL , and the syndicate from the show seems like they ’re silly and have a sense of humor . I sense like [ Kim and Pete ] seem like they ’d be a playfulness mates , kind of opposites . I think that it was fun [ that they made their red - carpet debut at the Met ] .
People are always like , " Oh , I do n’t get it " with Pete . Well , he ’s hot and he ’s suspect and he seems squeamish . What do you mean youdon’t get it ? They ’re like , " Oh , he dates the most beautiful woman in the world . " It ’s like , " Yeah , but he ’s also live and funny and seems nice . " For someone who has a hard time join to straight men [ laughs ] , I feel like I would like him ! He seems funny and chill and down - to - world , andgod , that ’s the better you’re able to ask for in this town ! A bozo that ’s down - to - earth ? It seems like he is ! I ship it .
Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian|Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
The controversy
Kardashian ’s choice to outwear the dress did n’t come without blowback . Some were generally foil that the fashion power / reality star jade the tardy Hollywood legend ’s garment , and some took yield with the fact that shetoldVogueshe lost a batch of weight in a light period of time—16 pounds in three weeks — to fit into the while .
If there ’s any job with any of this , it would be [ Kim ’s weight loss to fit into the dress ] . Why are we putting pressing on ourselves to fit into clothing when you’re able to get something else to break ?
[ The other disputation that ] I encounter was like , " Well , Marilyn was the last to assume it , " and now the illusion of Marilyn not wearing it is start . But to be fair , I think it was a cool thought . I do n’t think it equip the theme . I do n’t think she had to turn a loss weight ; I do n’t suppose we should ever make ourselves lose weight to get into clothes — that part ’s really firmly — but we ca n’t recite mass what to do with their body .
Meg Stalter on ‘Hacks’|HBO Max
It ’s hard when mass sense disconnected because they have such a different spirit than other people . It ’s hard to be like , " Yeah , you guy likely should n’t have this much money . " But also , the fashion we treat women and the hate they ’ve gotten , citizenry do like , " Oh my god , we would never address someone the fashion that they process Marilyn Monroe , " but then you treat woman that room now , too , and you do n’t even see it . I think that they ’re silly ! Kim had a cool , interesting approximation that did n’t fit the radical , but that I liked that she did that . I also understand the people that were shock , but I think Marilyn Monroe would n’t mind that she wore it .
What Meg Stalter would wear to the Met Gala
Despite not getting invited to the Met , Stalter has thought about what she would jade . Here ’s hopingVogueand Anna Wintour , who coordinate the issue , get her on the guest list next class .
I ’ve never been ask round to the Met . If I was invited , I would solicit the interior designer to do some variety of big joke . I think it ’d be funny to come in an American masthead two-piece with a big chapeau [ laugh ] . It would also be funny if I made my costume myself — like it ’s out of tissue paper newspaper and I maintain lie about the designer who made it , making up names like , " Oh , this is from Maraschino Cherry in Paris . She worked so severely on this big dress ! "
I love this stuff and watch it , but it is fun to make fun of . Even if I was invited , I ’d find a way to make fun , too , because do n’t we make play of the things that we are and what we love ? It ’s so nice to have a gumption of humor about yourself . I ca n’t envisage being at a place like that and not laugh a little bit over taking it all so seriously .
This audience has been edited and condensed for clarity .
