Kim Kardashian walked the Met Gala red carpet dress in the gown that Marilyn Monroe wore to sing Happy Birthday, Mr. President. Kardashian got the dress from the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum.
The museum also gave her a lock of what they said was Marilyn’s hair. It turns out it was not.
Scott Fortner, who runs The Marilyn Monroe Collection, explained why it was not the legendary beauty’s hair:
News Flash: Robert Champion did not cut and style Marilyn’s hair for the JFK gala. It was actually the one and only “Mr. Kenneth” (Kenneth Battelle) who had the honors. Battelle is responsible for Marilyn’s famous hairstyle from that night, as documented by a receipt from Lilly Dache Beauty Salon (see photo). The receipt, dated May 25, 1962 list a “Hair Dress” and references May 18 and 19, 1962. May 19th was the date of the Kennedy gala. The bottom the receipt reads, “Kenneth Services at home Fri + Saturday.” Marilyn paid $150.00 for the service.
It seems fitting that Kardashian, who is the Queen of Fakeness, was given something that was fake. Karma does comes around.
