If you missed it, Kim wore Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday" dress to the Met Gala. To be able to fit into it, she lost 16 pounds in 21 days — as the dress could not be altered. Subsequently, many criticized Kim for perpetuating harmful diet culture rhetoric and dangerous weight loss ideals.
However, in a new interview withAllure, Kim revealed that eating meat for her pre-Met Gala diet led to a flare-up of herpsoriatic arthritis— which she typically partially manages through a plant-based diet.
"Psoriasis broke out over my body and I got psoriatic arthritis so I couldn’t really move my hands,” she recalled.
"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.”
Despite literally being unable to move her hands properly, Kim maintained that her weight loss was fine. “If I was starving and doing it really unhealthy, I would say that, of course, that’s not a good message. But I had a nutritionist, I had a trainer. I have never drunk more water in my life," she added.
Broadly speaking, Kim said that she doesn't feel as if she is responsible for unrealistic beauty standards. Despite being abillionairewith numerous resources, she said, “If I’m doing it, it’s attainable. There are so many different beauty standards — whether it’s Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Marilyn Monroe. When I was a teenager, [the look] was just blonde waifs.”
You can read more about what a dietitian had to say about Kim's Met Gala weight losshere.
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