Kim Kardashian’s fans were shocked to find out what the reality TV star’s hair actually looks like. During the season six premiere of The Kardashians, Kim revealed that she was wearing a wig that looked similar to her natural hair. On the show, she took her wig off and revealed that her natural hair looks quite damaged.
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While enjoying breakfast with her family, Kim admitted that she was wearing a wig.
While celebrating Kourtney’s birthday with her family at IHOP, Kim explained that she had a reason for concealing her natural hair: She was getting ready for the 2024 Met Gala. She planned on unveiling her blond hair at the event, and didn’t want people to see it prior to that. “This is a wig,” she said. “My hair is blond.”
Kim then took off her wig, revealing bleached hair that she had tied up in a bun. “I am in the process of dyeing my hair for the Met,” she explained during a confessional. “There will be times where you see me with brown hair and now I have blond hair, so I will keep you guys guessing this season.”
Fans reacted on social media.
For some fans, the revelation served as evidence that coloring your hair and altering it in other ways can cause lots of damage over time. “Kim Kardashian’s natural hair is proof that we as women need to look after what we have been given and to not ruin our natural beauty with fake alternatives,” one person said on X, per the Mirror. “Her hair is literally burnt off.”
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“The dried out, damaged platinum hair on kim k is TIREDDDD,” another person wrote on X. “She never looks better than when she has styled dark hair.”
Kim was also sporting a wig when she went to the White House to advocate for criminal justice reform.
If Kim was wearing a wig when she went out for breakfast with her family, surely she was wearing a wig on other occasions as well — including when she met with former Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House. When she shared photos from her time at the White House, her sleek hair looked natural enough. However, the season six premiere showed Kim’s hairstylist helping her get ready for the special occasion. “I have a wig on, so we’re just having a little wig sitch,” she said on the episode. “My hair is blond, so I just wanted it dark today.”
She also bleached her hair for the Met Gala in 2022.
That time, the impact it had on her hair was even more disastrous. In less than 24 hours, she bleached her hair for the event. “I’ll risk getting my hair to fall out,” she said at the time, revealing that she spent “a day straight dyeing my hair — 14 hours straight! —to get it done.”
As a result, the damage was obvious. In a TikTok video, Kim’s natural hair looked frazzled and short. At the time, some Redditors said she should just get a pixie cut. Others wondered why she didn’t just wear a blond wig for the special occasions instead of damaging her natural hair.
“The damage is wild but I guess that’s why they make fake hair,” one person wrote at the time.
A second fan said, “Bald Kimmy is a bold move that I would love to see. But she would never.”
A third fan said they, too, have dealt with damaged hair. “It’s a LONG journey back to healthy hair…that unfortunately includes foregoing extensions, drastically reducing hot tool use, and minimal coloring, which we know she won’t do,” they wrote. “Wonder if she’ll ever have healthy hair again?”
