In an incident straight out of a bad dream, Kim Kardashian showed up to actor Tracee Ellis Ross' 50th birthday part over the weekend impeccably dressed in a painstaking Halloween get-up as X-Men's Mystique—only to find upon arrival the party was not a costume party.
Kardashian even had two friends join her at the party who were also dressed as female X-Men characters—influencers Olivia Pierson and Natalie Halcro came as Magik and super-villain Selene, respectively, to round out Kardashian's Marvel theme.
But when they got there, all they found was your standard upscale dinner-and-cake birthday bash. Oops.
\u201cAnd she assembled her very own X-Men squad with pals Olivia Pierson as Magik and Natalie Halcro as Selene \ud83d\udd25\u201d— Daily Mail Online (@Daily Mail Online) 1667207580
Kardashian went full-on in the Halloween look, donning not only Mystique's skin-tight latex jumpsuit, but also her painstaking makeup job to render her face entirely blue and covered with the character's scaly skin texture.
The process reportedly took as much as nine hours to complete for actors Rebecca Romijn and Jennifer Lawrence when they played the character in the various X-Men movies they starred in.
No word on how long Kardashian's make-up job took, but she definitely didn't skimp on the details, even donning contact lenses to turn her brown eyes to Mystique's yellow ones.
All that when she could have just thrown on an evening dress and had some birthday cake. Oh well.
At least she was able to get a laugh out of it, however. On her Instagram Story, Kardashian posted a snap with Ellis in which she joked about her party attire mistake.
\u201cKim then dropped by Tracee Ellis Ross' 50th birthday party in full costume... and this happened \u261f\u201d— Daily Mail Online (@Daily Mail Online) 1667207580
In onscreen text, Kardashian wrote:
"That time I showed up to a birthday dinner in full costume when it wasn't a costume party!"
Thankfully, Ellis Ross's birthday bash wasn't the only party Kardashian was attending that night. She later attended a true costume party where she rubbed elbows with another iconic celebrity who went full-on for their Halloween costume, Diddy, who dressed as late actor Heath Ledger's take on Joker from Batman.
\u201cDespite the awkward moment, Kim still made the most of her Halloween costume\n\n\ud83c\udccf She was seen enjoying a party with Diddy, who was dressed as the Joker\u201d— Daily Mail Online (@Daily Mail Online) 1667207580
On social media, plenty of people were feeling some secondhand embarrassment for Kim's gaffe.
\u201c@PopBase The second hand embarrassment\u201d— Pop Base (@Pop Base) 1667225914
\u201c@MailOnline It feels like this is a Elle Woods, legally blonde moment. @ReeseW @KimKardashian @TraceeEllisRoss\u201d— Daily Mail Online (@Daily Mail Online) 1667207580
\u201c@PopBase It\u2019s giving\u201d— Pop Base (@Pop Base) 1667225914
\u201c@MailOnline \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d nah that\u2019s just embarrassing. I\u2019d be lying if I said this wasn\u2019t a good costume tho\u201d— Daily Mail Online (@Daily Mail Online) 1667207580
But people sure did love Kim's costume.
\u201cMknd is blown\u201d— Phil Jimenez (@Phil Jimenez) 1667228319
\u201chttps://t.co/zoieYWcg2o\u201d— j\ud83c\udf83uan (@j\ud83c\udf83uan) 1667187472
\u201c@PopBase why is everyone eating this halloween up\u201d— Pop Base (@Pop Base) 1667112623
\u201cI\u2019m not a Kim K fan, but THIS!\u201d— Mr. Aldeus Nix (@Mr. Aldeus Nix) 1667186968
\u201cLike how r u going to tell me frigging kim kardashian of all ppl is a mystique stan \ud83d\udc80\u201d— David (@David) 1667115987
\u201c@PopBase Me when I don\u2019t get what I want\u201d— Pop Base (@Pop Base) 1667112623
Kardashian wasn't the only one slaying the X-Men character's look. Musician Saweetie also stepped out in a Mystique get-up. No word on whether she wore it to a regular ol' birthday party though.
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