NEW YORK — Heidi Klum donned green scales and writhing snakes to transform into Medusa for Halloween on Friday.
Klum said she loved the Greek myth of Medusa, in which the goddess turns a beautiful woman into a monster with snakes for hair, the sight of which turns living things around her to stone.
“So I wanted to be very, very like a very ugly, ugly Medusa. And I feel like we achieved that – down to the teeth,” Klum said before pointing to the fangs in her mouth.
Her husband, musician Tom Kaulitz, dressed up as a man turned to stone.
Klum said she spent 10 hours putting on the costume for her annual Halloween party. She said it was all worth it because she loves the holiday.
The supermodel turned TV personality went viral in 2022 when she arrived at her party on the end of a fishing line, encased in sliding worm costume.
IN past yearsKlum came dressed as the 8-foot-tall (2.4-meter) Transformer, the werewolf from Michael Jackson's “Thriller” music video, a clone who was accompanied by several Klum lookalikes, and Kali, the multi-armed Hindu goddess of death and destruction.
Klum said she starts planning her costume for next year as soon as the party ends.
Other celebrities who walked the carpet at the Hard Rock Hotel New York included Darren Criss in green as Shrek, Mae Musk as Cruella de Vil and Ariana Madix as Lady Gaga.
Last year, Klum and Janelle Monáe attended their respective parties. in the same suit: ET
Monáe also held her annual party on Friday and came dressed as the Cat in the Hat. The actress and singer-songwriter turned the entire month into a series of exciting Halloween-themed events throughout Los Angeles, culminating with a party at her Studio City home.
“Halloween gives context to what I already do every day,” Monáe told The Associated Press in early October. “As an artist, I am always transforming, creating a world and inviting people to play in the worlds I create.”
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Associated Press journalists John Carucci in New York, Jordan Hicks in Los Angeles, Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City and Audrey McAvoy in Honolulu contributed reporting.
