Kim Kardashian gifted ‘fake’ Marilyn hair, Monroe expert claims

nypost.com:

most iconic looks. The dress was a loaner from Ripley’s Believe it Or Not! Museum in Orlando, Florida, which reportedly also surprised the 41-year-old reality TV star with what they claimed to be a lock of the legendary blonde bombshell’s platinum hair.

However, Monroe historian Scott Fortner claims to have debunked Ripley’s story, and may have the receipt to prove it. “News Alert: Marilyn Monroe Hair Gifted to Kardashian by Ripley’s is Fake,” Fortner declared on Instagram.

On Friday, the collector re-shared Ripley’s clip of Kardashian accepting her gift, followed by a screenshot from the museum’s website, and what Fortner claims to be a photo of a 1962 hair salon receipt — putting the hair-loom’s origins into question.

Fortner is said to keep the world’s largest private collection of Monroe’s property and archives, according to his website TheMarilynMonroeCollection.com, where he also shared a blog post billing Kardashian’s Monroe lock as “fake.”According to Ripley’s, the “lock was clipped by her hairstylist Robert Champion just prior to her Madison Square Garden performance,” when she famously crooned “Happy Birthday” to President John F.