Nikki Glaser reveals why she got an ‘emergency’ fix on her dress for Vanity Fair Oscars Party
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Nikki Glaser has revealed why her dress needed an “emergency” adjustment before the Vanity Fair Oscar Party.
The 40-year-old comedian attended the star-studded occasion on Sunday night, following the Academy Awards, in a sheer black lace gown by Valdrin Sahiti and matching black heels. On the red carpet, she confessed that it wasn’t easy for her to make this look work at first.
During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Glaser was asked if there was a secret she could share about the outfit. She responded: “It was a different size a couple of hours ago.”
“Because I got fitted for it a month ago and I’ve been eating too much Skinny Pop!” she added.
After continuing her joke about eating too much popcorn while “on the road” for work, she then described the last-minute changes her team made to alter the dress.
“They had to emergency bring in a sewing machine and take out part of the train and make this wider,” Glaser said, referring to the waist of her dress. “So I’m comfortable.”
The comedian, who hosted the Golden Globes in January, also paid tribute to Oscars host Conan O’Brien.
“He is the reason I do comedy. He is my favorite person of all time, I am so excited to watch him. I can’t believe it,” she said. “He’s like a national treasure.”
This isn’t the first time that Glaser has suffered a wardrobe malfunction before a red carpet event. At the Golden Globes in January, she shared a hilarious video of herself getting ready for the awards ceremony, as she lip-synced Taylor Swift’s song, “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?”
At one point in the footage, which shows Glaser strutting the red carpet, the top of her gold, strapless dress slips down. Still, the comedian continued to passionately lip sync and strut down the hallway.
To handle the wardrobe malfunction, she covered her exposed nipple with the word “Oops,” written in a black box. The phrase continued to appear on her chest in other parts of the video, including when she hilariously fell to the ground and looked intensely at the camera.
The Vanity Fair Oscar Party last night features a slew of show-stopping celebrity looks. Olivia Wilde smiled for the cameras in a totally sheer gown with a plunging neckline that exposed her naked figure underneath. Model Julia Fox also wore a transparent mesh dress adorned in faux hair by Turkish designer Dilara Findikoglu.
Meanwhile, Catherine O’Hara posed for the paparazzi in an orange, yellow and purple woven long-sleeve dress with a pale pink satin clutch.
