Cringeworthy sexts, dramatic slaps, court cases and alleged infidelity – 2022 had all the great plotlines of a season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, but on steroids.
There was nary a week that went by without some celebrity scandal or other making the headlines and going viral on social media. From the “slap heard around the world” to restaurant bans to multiple cheating scandals, we were kept on the edge of our seats to see what would happen next.
Whether or not 2023 will bring a similar level of celebrity drama is unknown, but if this year was anything to go by, we think it will.
Kim Kardashian’s determination to wear what is widely considered one of the most important dresses in fashion history caused a storm among fashion watchers. The reality star donned the late Marilyn Monroe’s iconic “naked” dress to walk the red carpet at the Met Gala this year. The 60-year-old dress was loaned to Kardashian by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum, who acquired the fragile garment in 2016. From Kardashian boasting that she lost 16 pounds in three weeks in order to fit into the dress to a collector alleging that she “permanently damaged” what has been dubbed the “most famous dress in the world”, wearing Marilyn’s “Happy Birthday Mr President” dress proved to be a defining moment for Kardashian this year.
In one of the most bizarre beefs of the year, James Corden found himself banned from New York restaurant Balthazar after its owner, Keith McNally, accused him of being “the most abusive customer” towards his staff. McNally, who is known for making controversial posts on Instagram, alleged that Corden had behaved in an “extremely nasty” manner to servers on at least two occasions and was subsequently “86’d” from Balthazar. However, in a follow-up post soon after, the restuarant proprieter U-turned on the ban after claiming that Corden had “apologised profusely” – only for Corden to later say in an interview with the New York Times that he had “not done anything wrong, on any level” and declaring the incident “beneath” him. McNally once again responded to the actor via Instagram, questioning if Corden was “denying being abusive to my servers”. Corden then addressed the incident on his talk show and admitted he had made a “rude, rude comment” and vowed he would go back and apologise in person “one day”.