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In the realm of celebrity, Halloween was less a spooky thing this year and more like a backslapping club or something.
Instead of drooling blood and getting prosthetics to make you look ugly – heaven forbid – an excessive number of celebs decided to dress up as other celebs this year. Has Hollywood run out of ideas already?
The only celebrity who can unequivocally walk away proud of their effort, originality and Halloween pizazz is the ultimate Halloween queen Heidi Klum. She may be a supermodel, but she is okay with being stunning, creepy and disgusting around this time of year. Legend.
This year she strutted her stuff as a peacock at her annual bash in New York, with backup artists forming her feathers on the red carpet. Sublime:
Another #Halloween, another egg-ceptional #HeidiKlum costume. 🦚 pic.twitter.com/vIry2aQPdt
— E! News (@enews) November 1, 2023
Now that we have the cool costume done and dusted, cue the ego-stroking symposium that everyone else is calling Halloween dress-up.
Singer Camilla Cabello appeared as Anne Hathaway in Disney’s The Princess Diaries:
Camila Cabello as Anne Hathaway’s Princess of Genovia in ‘The Princess Diaries’ for Halloween. pic.twitter.com/r2cR82mH5Y
— Pop Tingz (@ThePopTingz) November 1, 2023
Kim Kardashian did a bunch, going once as Clueless and another time as Salma Hayek’s character in From Dusk Till Dawn:
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Meanwhile, her sister Kourtney went as Kim in her garish couch-curtain ensemble at the 2013 Met Gala:
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Paris Hilton paid homage to her gal-pal Britney Spears, replicating the flight attendant look from her ‘Toxic’ music video:
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Jessica Alba did a similar thing:
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Then, Dwayne Johnson dressed as former soccer player David Beckham for Tuesday’s festivities, sporting a long blonde wig and a jersey from the sports star’s days at Manchester United Football Club in England. Beckham reckons this makes Johnson the ‘winner’, which is cute:
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The drama really unfolded when Schitt’s Creek alum Emily Hampshire had to publicly apologise for her poor costume choice. She took to social media on Wednesday to offer a profuse apology for dressing up as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard alongside a friend.
“I want to address what is one of the most thoughtless, insensitive, and ignorant things I’ve ever done,” Hampshire said in her Wednesday statement. “For Halloween, I stupidly thought it would be funny to dress as Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. I am deeply sorry and ashamed for putting something that awful out in the universe.”
emily hampshire never beating the jobless loser allegations like what do you mean you dressed up as johnny depp and amber heard for halloween in 2023 pic.twitter.com/ybr2M71yEF
— cowboy like me withdrawal (@everlarksmalina) November 1, 2023
She continued: ““Domestic abuse is never, ever funny. These are real issues with real people and I REALLY regret my actions. In the future I will do better. I’m so sorry.”
Shame. I would say she was on track for dressing as something rather frightening.
Moving on to Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne who took inspiration from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and his partner Bianca Censori, who sparked confusion with her nude-coloured outfit and pillow in Italy. LOL:
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Then, Amelia Dimoldenberg donned prosthetics to transform into Mr Bean:
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Boringly, Kendall Jenner dressed up as Marilyn Monroe:
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And Lizzo became Tina Turner:
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Drew Barrymore did a Bob Ross impersonation:
It’s time for a very hairy Halloween! 🎨 pic.twitter.com/ZC1ENYqn9B
— The Drew Barrymore Show (@DrewBarrymoreTV) October 31, 2023
And Christina Aguilera dressed up as Cher in her ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ music video:
christina aguilera as cher!! iconic pic.twitter.com/2U1bEycnub
— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) October 30, 2023
Mmmkay. If you want to see more, head over here and here. Hopefully, next year’s Halloween costumes will be more well, Halloweeny, honestly.
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