It’s kind of wild she didn’t fall over and start rolling down those steps.

Kim Kardashian made headlines at the Met Gala for being unable to breathe and walk.

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The “Jam (Turn It Up)” singer was clearly STRUGGLING to get up those 40 steps.

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And now we know why she couldn’t walk.

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Kim revealed what was going on with her shoes in an interview with Vogue:


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The shoes didn’t have heels.

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“It’s clever because if I had a shoe with a heel, the heel gets stuck in the metal skirt. So that was our issue with walking,” she explained.

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“To wear these, you’re on your tiptoes, and you’re balancing the whole time flexing your calf muscles,” she continued. “I think ballerinas do it, and they probably have a lot of practice. This is our only practice, but we’ll do it.”

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So, there you have. Kim couldn’t walk because she was walking on her tippies.

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She’s lucky she didn’t keel over and die.

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Next time, she should just go for a pair of Lana Del Rey’s hooves.

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Bye!