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Kim Kardashian Falls into Bush in High Heels After Oscars

Published 22 March 2026

Kim Kardashian experienced an unexpected mishap en route to the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty on Sunday evening in Los Angeles, tumbling into a bush while navigating in towering eight-inch heels following the 98th Academy Awards ceremony.

The 45-year-old reality television star and entrepreneur was making her way to the exclusive event at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art when the incident occurred. Dressed in a form-fitting, long-sleeved gold Gucci gown adorned with crystals, Kardashian paired the metallic ensemble with matching platform stilettos from Pleaser Shoes, ice-blue contact lenses, and her chocolate brown hair styled loosely over her shoulders. As she walked an outdoor path lined with greenery alongside longtime friend Stephanie Shepherd and members of her entourage, Kardashian remarked on the fit of her right shoe, wondering aloud if it should be tighter. Moments later, her ankle gave way, sending her backward into a shrub with a startled scream.

Eyewitness footage captured in a TikTok video Kardashian posted on Tuesday shows the sequence unfolding rapidly. She grabbed onto a passerby carrying a pink pastry box, jostling the woman in the process. "Sorry! Sorry!"...

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