Kim Kardashian addresses backlash after claims she ‘ruined’ Marilyn Monroe dress: ‘I respect her’

metro.co.uk:

Kim Kardashian has insisted that the Marilyn Monroe dress she wore to the Met Gala is still intact. The Kardashians star rocked up to the charity fashion event’s red carpet last month wearing the iconic dress Monroe wore while singing Happy Birthday to President John F Kennedy in 1962.

However, reports have since claimed that the dress was returned to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! showing signs of disrepair. Photos have emerged on social media sites like TikTok appearing to show some of the rhinestones missing and ripped material.

Addressing the furore during an interview with the star, Today show host Hoda Kotb said: ‘We keep seeing stuff like, “The dress is ruined” … All of that is not true?’ Kim, 41, then replied: ‘No.

Ripley’s [and I] worked together so well; there were handlers in gloves that put it on me. ‘It was such a process…I showed up to the red carpet in a robe and slippers, and I put the dress on on the bottom of the carpet, went up the stairs … I probably had it on for three minutes, four minutes.’ Kim added: ‘I respect [Monroe], I understand how much this dress means to American history.