Heidi Klum and her husband both dressed as E.T. for Halloween - and it came at some cost!
The 51-year-old model is known for her elaborate costumes for the spooky holiday, and this year was no different as she and husband Tom Kaulitz stepped out onto the red carpet for her annual Halloween Party at Hard Rock Hotel New York: The Venue on Music Row as male and female versions of the alien character from classic 1982 movie 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'.
Heidi told People magazine she decided to dress as the character because E.T. has been "part of most of our lives" and she's always been "a big fan."
The former 'Project Runway' star's costume included a glowing fingertip and a motorised headpiece that allowed one of Heidi's team to remotely control the moveable mouth and eyes.
And it was so complex, Heidi opted to wear a diaper so she didn't have to risk going to the bathroom as the outfit was so difficult to put on and take off.
She told the New York Times newspaper: “Maybe I never need to use the diaper, but at least that way I don’t have to think about it."
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WWD via Getty Images)The blonde beauty had had the idea for the costume for almost a year. She said: “They have no genitals. I like the whole idea of, like, we’re all the same... I kind of thought about the universe in a different way and I thought E.T. was so cute and how he was wiggling around and all the moments when E.T. got dressed up with a wig and everything so I just thought it would be fun to become E.T. and especially to see two."
The costumes were designed by Mike Marino - who has worked on a number of Heidi's Halloween outfits over the years - using 3-D printing and had a zip from the top of the head to the middle of the spine, before being covered in more fake skin pieces to conceal the zip and seams.
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FilmMagic)Printed stills from the movie were on display during Heidi's costume fittings, as her team worked tirelessly with padding for her body, moulded skin pisses and a wig made from synthetic and human hair.
And the 'America's Got Talent' judge and her husband weren't the only famous E.T.s stepping out on Halloween, as Janelle Monae also dressed as the alien, having spent two years planning it.
She told People magazine: "I've shared a costume idea with someone's team, actually, and tried to get a price for how much it would cost. And then I found out that person was going to be that and I had been planning this costume for two years."
Meanwhile, a little closer to home, the UK's Halloween King Jonathan Ross delighted trick-or-treaters by handing out sweets outside his spookily decorated home in London.
The TV chat show host, who previously held an annual lavish Halloween party, opted for a more low-key affair this October 31. Jonathan can be seen dressed in all black with ghoulish make-up created with white, red and green face paint as he handed out sweets to children who had turned up at his house.
The TV presenter put on a spooky show for the visitors at his home, which was decorated in cobwebs, skulls and had a large, menacing-looking standing wolf in the garden.
He was also joined by his wife Jane Goldman as well as a lady dressed in a red cape and black hat, and a man in a plaid shirt and dungarees. Ross was known for hosting an annual star-studded Halloween bash which was attended by famous faces including Maya Jama, Martin Freeman, Davina McCall and Stephen Merchant in the past.
In 2021, he revealed he was not holding his annual party due to his daughter Betty being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body, according to the NHS.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain at the time, Ross said: “Really, it’s being cautious as much as anything.
“One of our children isn’t well, one of our children had Covid at the beginning of the pandemic and they thought she had long Covid, but it’s now been diagnosed as fibromyalgia which is quite debilitating, so she’s back home with us and we’re looking after her.
“She’s upstairs in the bedroom and I thought, ‘I can’t in good conscience have a big, loud, fun party downstairs and one of my children is locked in a room upstairs’. It would be like something out of a horror novel.
“So really, just out of a good conscience, we’re not going to do it, but hopefully next year we’ll be back.”
Ross shares three adult children with his wife Goldman – Betty, Harvey and Honey.
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