8 Most Controversial Celebrity Halloween Costumes Of All Time

It isn’t uncommon for a celebrity to be publicly shamed for their mistakes, and Halloween is no exception. Below are eight times those in the public eye didn’t think twice before posing, speaking out about, or promoting a controversial Halloween costume.

Luann de Lesseps

In Season 10 of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” star Luann de Lesseps shocked her co-stars by sporting a Diana Ross costume to an event. NBC morning show host Megyn Kelly recently defended the Bravo star, saying of her costume, “She made her skin darker than it really is and people said that was racist. I thought, who doesn’t love Diana Ross? She wants to look like Diana Ross for one day. I don’t know how that got racist on Halloween.” Kelly later apologized for her comments.

Kate Middleton’s Parents

Carole and Michael Middleton received major flack for selling a Halloween costume which some thought depicted their daughter’s late mother-in-law, Princess Diana. The Middleton’s website Party Pieces featured a children’s outfit called “Zombie Sleeping Princess” for sale earlier this month. The costume included a white “princess gown” covered in blood. Princess Diana’s friend Simone Simmons slammed the costume as “sicker than sick” and called for a boycott of the site.

Tomi Lahren

Not one to shy away from controversy, Lahren caused a stir with her 2017 Halloween getup. The news correspondent upset some followers by wearing an American flag as a cape and sporting a leotard that read the phrase: “Make America great again.” When some accused Lahren of breaking U.S. code with her costume, Lahren claimed she was not in breach of flag etiquette.

Kim Kardashian West

The “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” star’s decision to portray late singer Aaliyah didn’t sit well with fans. After showing off her costume last year, fans shaded West online for her outfit.

“I saw online that some people were offended by my Aaliyah costume and I am sorry if that offended anyone, but I wasn’t dressing up as a race or culture but rather as a woman I admire and think is amazing, so I don’t agree honestly,” West wrote on her blog.

Julianne Hough

The “Dancing With The Stars” alum made quite the stir in 2013 when she was photographed dressed as actress Uzo Aduba’s character Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren from Netflix’s “Orange Is The New Black.” Following the backlash for her decision to wear blackface, Hough posted this apology: “It certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anyone in any way. I realize my costume hurt and offended people and I truly apologize.”

Lili Reinhart

The “Riverdale” actress was quick to apologize last October after she tweeted a photo of a person covered in black body paint and called it her Halloween inspiration. “Inspired by the color of my soul,” the TV star said of the offending snap. After getting backlash for her post, Reinhart publicly apologized.

“I did not mean for my tweet to come off that way. I can see how it was interpreted as being insensitive, completely. I saw the pic on a Halloween Instagram and didn’t think it would be interpreted as being racially insensitive.”

Jason Aldean

Country star Jason Aldean stepped out in blackface to portray rapper Lil Wayne in 2015. One year later, said he didn’t see a problem with his attire.

“In this day and age people are so sensitive that no matter what you do, somebody is going to make a big deal out of it,” he told Billboard. “Me doing that had zero malicious intent … I get that race is a touchy subject, but not everybody is that way. Media tends to make a big deal out of things. If that was disrespectful to anyone, I by all means apologize. That was never my intention. It never crossed my mind.”

Colton Haynes

Actor Colton Haynes is known for having extreme Halloween costumes every year, but more than one getup has landed him in hot water. In 2011, the “Teen Wolf” alum dressed as rapper Kanye West, and in 2012, he portrayed himself as Gandhi. The actor apologized for sporting blackface on both two occasions in a video in 2013.