Worst celebrity Halloween costumes of all time: Kim Kardashian, Chris Brown and more stoke controversy

Halloween remains a battlefield for out-of-touch stars who consequence being canceled complete their violative aliases tone-deaf costumes.

Recent years person seen seen stars including Kim Kardashian and Julianne Hough beryllium forced to apologize aft fans branded their costumes racist.

Meanwhile, different celebrities person been lambasted for simply wearing tasteless outfits.

Regardless of nan reasons, stars person racked up plentifulness of unspeakable costumes from celebrating Halloween.

Now, DailyMail.com takes a look astatine immoderate of nan worst and astir arguable celeb costumes complete nan years. 

Kim Kardashian dresses up arsenic nan precocious Aaliyah successful 2017

Kim Kardashian courted contention — seemingly unintentionally — backmost successful 2017 erstwhile she tried to toggle shape herself into nan precocious vocalist Aaliyah.

The reality prima adopted a akin outfit to nan 1 nan songstress wore successful nan euphony video for her azygous Try Again, which was released successful 2000 arsenic portion of nan soundtrack to nan movie Romeo Must Die, which she besides acted in.

The tune went connected to apical nan Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, but Aaliyah had small clip to savor its success, arsenic she died successful 2001 successful a tragic level crash.

Although Kim's Aaliyah costume showed disconnected her stellar figure, it outraged fans owed to her determination to dress up arsenic a Black woman.

Due to Kim's changeless tan, it wasn't clear if she had attempted to darken her tegument beyond it's normal shade, but fans were nevertheless outraged astatine nan race-switching costume.

She later addressed nan contention pinch a mealy-mouthed apology connected her website.

'I saw online that immoderate group thought my costume was successful mediocre sensation and I americium genuinely sorry if that offended anyone. When I was creating nan costume, I wasn’t dressing up arsenic a title aliases civilization but alternatively arsenic a female whom I will ever admire,' she wrote.

'I play each benignant of genre of euphony successful my location and I for illustration for my kids to beryllium exposed to galore different artists. For me, it’s ever astir emotion and respect,' Kim continued, while pointing retired her different family members' costumes.

'I loved that Kourtney [Kardashian] was Michael Jackson for 1 of her costumes,' she said. 'We don't spot colour successful my home. We were paying homage to group and artists we emotion and respect — it’s that simple!'

Kim's allegedly color-blind costuming went backmost moreover further, arsenic she had antecedently dressed arsenic different fallen singer, nan Mexican American star Selena Quintanilla.

However, that look, which progressive a sparkling purple bodysuit, grounded to ignite nan aforesaid benignant of nationalist criticism, moreover though Kim was erstwhile again dressing up arsenic a female of different ethnicity. 

In 2020, Kim posted a roundup of her favorite past Halloween looks and seemingly ignored nan past controversy, arsenic she included some her Aaliyah and Selina costumes among her champion looks.

 Chris Brown offends pinch 'terrorist' costume astatine Rihanna's 2012 Halloween bash

Chris Brown didn't look to beryllium worried astir offending fans erstwhile he rolled up to Rihanna's West Hollywood Halloween statement successful 2012.

The disgraced hitmaker — who hit nan big savagely capable that she had to spell to nan infirmary successful an infamous incident 3 years earlier — was dressed successful what mightiness person been a generic Bedouin costume.

However, successful summation to nan cream-colored clothes and grey turban, he added a ridiculously long, heavy beard that turned nan look into a mockery.

Brown's costume was described arsenic a 'terrorist' look, and he ensured fans would get that belief by carrying a — presumably clone — firearm successful a staged photograph earlier nan statement while wearing crisscrossing ammunition belts crossed his torso.

He was joined by an entourage successful likewise violative looks who besides sported hopefully clone guns aimed astatine nan camera.

Chris was later seen astatine nan statement aft ditching nan cumbersome beard, but nan foul belief was already established.

Julianne Hough wears Blackface for Orange Is The New Black Costume

There's been a awesome effort to amended Halloween partiers astir avoiding costumes involving violative tegument darkening to represent a Black aliases brownish personification successful caller years.

One of nan biggest catalysts complete nan past decade was Julianne Hough's violative 2013 costume.

The Dancing With The Stars seasoned bronzed up her look and wore orangish scrubs resembling a situation azygous to dress up arsenic nan characteristic Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren (played by Uzo Aduba) from Netflix's prison-set bid Orange Is The New Black.

The look besides featured Julianne's hairsbreadth twisted up into an approximation of Bantu knots, a celebrated hairstyle successful Black and African cultures.

Julianne was later forced to apologize for nan violative costume. 

'I americium a immense instrumentality of nan show Orange Is nan New Black, character Uzo Aduba, and nan characteristic she has created,' she wrote connected Twitter. 'It surely was ne'er my volition to beryllium disrespectful aliases demeaning to anyone successful immoderate way. I recognize my costume wounded and offended group and I genuinely apologize.'

Offensive Halloween costumes targeting aggregate races and ethnicities

Some of nan worst — and laziest — costumes person arisen from celebrities trying to dress up arsenic group of different races and ethnicities.

Even though immoderate of nan looks were intended to beryllium guiltless gestures, aliases moreover tributes, they nevertheless infuriated fans.

Former Real Housewives Of New York City star Luann de Lesseps was forced to apologize aft she dressed arsenic Diana Ross for Halloween.

The costume looked much for illustration Marge Simpson pinch its comically ample Afro wig, and though Luann looked other tan, she claimed that she hadn't additionally darkened her tegument successful a consequent apology connected Watch What Happens Live.

'I had bronzer connected that I deterioration usually for illustration nan remainder of my skin. I’m tan, for illustration correct now,' she claimed. 'So I didn’t adhd thing aliases would ever, ever dream of doing a blackface. Ever ... I’m very sorry to everyone retired location if I offended anyone.'

Tia Mowry, who identifies arsenic Black, irked immoderate fans erstwhile she posted photos of herself pinch dense makeup, a stylized wig and a colorful instrumentality to toggle shape into what was described arsenic a Japanese Geisha.

In 2014, Ellie Goulding came nether occurrence for wearing a Native American costume pinch a beaded beforehand piece.

She posted nan costume to Instagram, but later deleted nan offending images.

Hilary Duff and her then-boyfriend Jason Walsh made a akin blunder astatine nan 2016 Casamigos Halloween party, which was nan tract of Julianne Hough's earlier violative costume. 

Jason dressed up arsenic a stereotypical Native American chief, while Hilary was a pants-free pilgrim.

Former RHOC prima Kelly Dodd and her hubby Rick Leventhal managed to beryllium doubly violative successful 2021. 

She dressed arsenic a Native American to 'celebrate' her 'heritage.' However, fans didn't bargain her excuse for nan stereotypical outfit, arsenic she only learned of her 'heritage from a DNA test. 

Many Native Americans require that a personification has been a portion of an established people passim their life successful bid to declare Native American heritage.

Leventhal managed to offend successful a different way. He was dressed successful a comical cowboy garb, which he explained was to look for illustration Alec Baldwin successful Western cogwheel connected nan group of his cursed movie Rust.

Baldwin shot and killed nan film's cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and injured its director, Joel Souza, during a rehearsal successful beforehand of nan camera, though he has claimed that he did not propulsion nan trigger.

Baldwin was charged pinch involuntary manslaughter for nan incident — doubly — though nan charges were yet thrown retired by a judge aft nan prosecution was accused of withholding evidence. 

Heidi Klum was accused of wearing a racist costume and mocking Hinduism erstwhile she dressed up arsenic nan blue-skinned deity while sporting aggregate clone arms astatine her 2008 Halloween party.

Harry Hamlin's Nazi no-no

Harry Hamlin stoked contention — again astatine nan Casamigos Halloween statement — successful 2015. 

For nan party, he was dressed successful a achromatic leather biker overgarment complete a reddish garment pinch a black-and-white swastika. 

The infamous Nazi awesome had been provocatively worn by nan Sex Pisols 'bassist' and punk rocker Sid Vicious, whom Hamlin was dressed as.

He was joined by his woman Lisa Rinna, who wore her ain punk looked and a curly blond wig to toggle shape into Vicious' ill-fated woman Nancy Spungen.

Spungen died successful 1978 aft being stabbed successful nan abdomen pinch a weapon owned by Vicious, though different friends and acquaintances who whitethorn person tried to rob nan mates person been suggested arsenic imaginable culprits.

Vicious was charged pinch second-degree execution by died of a supplier overdose successful 1979 earlier his proceedings began.

Despite tastelessly dressing up arsenic Sid Vicious and his alleged execution victim, it was nan swastika that astir offended societal media users.

Rinna and Hamlin apologized for nan couple's costume connected Instagram aft nan party.

'I'm sorry... If I wounded you ❤️ we were being authentic to nan characters of Sid and Nancy for our Halloween costumes,' they wrote. 'I'm sorry... If I wounded you ❤️ we were being authentic to nan characters of Sid and Nancy for our Halloween costumes.'

 Billie Eilish's age-gap controversy

In 2022, Billie Eilish and her fellow Jesse Rutherford grossed retired immoderate of her fans by dressing arsenic nan eventual May–December couple.

For a costume statement quality featuring Billie's relative Finneas, Billie, past 20, dressed up arsenic a comical baby.

Her fellow Jesse, past 31, opted to spell successful nan other guidance by dressing up arsenic an aged man.

The look whitethorn person been intended to mock overly fans who criticized their 11-year property gap, but nan utmost quality successful their costumes — and nan truth that Billie was dressed arsenic a kid — grossed retired immoderate fans.

Gross-out misfires and oddities

Heidi Klum is nary alien to over-the-top, shocking and sometimes gory costumes astatine her yearly Halloween parties.

But her 2022 costume, successful which she transformed into a elephantine worm, was 1 of her astir revolting looks.

Only a proposal of Heidi's look was visible down nan grotesque costume, which different enveloped her body.

The look didn't play to immoderate accepted Halloween themes aliases supply immoderate scares, but it did move stomachs.

Heidi's hubby Tom Kaulitz accompanied her arsenic a fisherman who had ripped retired his eyeball pinch his ain sportfishing hook arsenic he attempted to drawstring up nan elephantine worm.

The try-hard costume was 1 of nan model's astir over-the-top looks to date, but grounded to deed connected nan playful tone of Halloween.

Al Roker had a akin misfire pinch a 2015 Charlie Brown costume. 

Although his outfit perfectly matched nan Peanuts character's clothing, nan prosthetics he utilized to execute Charlie's bulbous bald caput looked bizarre and creepy, alternatively than charming.

In 2014, Katy Perry fell unfortunate to a low-energy costume erstwhile she dressed up arsenic a Flamin' Hot Cheeto. 

It wasn't nan past clip that she would dress up arsenic a elephantine nutrient item, but nan costume wasn't particularly funny aliases bizarre.

Hugh Grant's Halloween sins were mild compared to different personage outfits. His humble lion suit doesn't look to person offended anyone, but its 1 of nan lazier outfits a prima of his stature arsenic tried to get distant pinch successful caller years.