Kim Kardashian rocked up to the Met Gala in the dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to US President John F. Kennedy in 1962.

Kim Kardashian in Marilyn Monroe’s dress. Photo: @diet_prada

In a Vogue live-streamed interview Kardashian admitted to losing 16 lbs to fit into the $4.6 million dollar gown.

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Many fans loved the crystal-covered dress calling it “iconic” or labelling Kardashian as best dressed.

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kim k owns the damn met gala now

— geo (@hary_stylessimp) May 3, 2022

However, many condemned Kardashian’s rapid weight loss as unhealthy and raised concern about the impact it will have on her enormous following.

kim k losing 16 pounds in 3 weeks to fit into her met gala dress (for literally 10 minutes,,) is the unnecessary diet culture-y bullshit of my nightmares

— bella! where the hell have you been, loca? (@hotgirldetect) May 3, 2022

losing 16 lbs in three weeks isn’t commitment to fashion; it’s disordered eating

— Madalaina D'Angelo (@madalainaD) May 3, 2022

this take is gross, stop sensationalizing eating disorders and starve diets. losing 16 lbs in 3 weeks is not a healthy message for women or young girls, and to top it off the assignment was the gilded age. y’all are killing me.

— mkm (@theevilleaper) May 3, 2022

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Other individuals labelled Kardashian’s choice to wear Monroe’s dress as disrespectful.

Kim K wearing Marilyn Monroe’s dress is so disrespectful and disgusting why can’t they let that poor woman rest in peace

— savannah gail (@savvygmoneyy) May 3, 2022

Yep. The magic of MM was that she was confident in her body;she had sex appeal & was adored even tho she wasn’t the standard ‘size 0’, had lovely lady lumps. Seeing Kim K wear it, w. her fake ass & boobs, cheapens the magic of Marilyn’s legacy as a woman & the dress itself. https://t.co/mQr5XXJLPN

— Kamila Karnas (@KamilaKarnas) May 3, 2022

Kardashian also faced reproval for misrepresenting the year’s ‘Gilded Glamour’ theme.

I’d love to tweet about how Kim k’s lack of period appropriate undergarments made that $5M dress look like forever 21 but instead I’m spiraling about the fact that roe v wade is being overturned and millions of Americans are going to be forced to give birth to unwanted fetuses!!

— Audrey Lynn ✨ Freelance Illustrator (@AudreyEstok) May 3, 2022

Amanda Gunn contributed to this report.