Heidi Klum’s 2024 Halloween outfit is filling people’s ‘childhood hearts with joy’.
Lizzo may’ve used the occasion to clap back at South Park in epic fashion and Anne Hathaway incorporated a cheeky pun, but Heidi Klum continues to reign superior above them all.
Previous years have seen Klum take to red carpets ahead of her annual Halloween parties – yes, she’s that much of a spooky season Queen – as the Forbidden Fruit in 2006, a stripped open body cadaver in 2011, a 95-year-old version of herself in 2013, a worm in 2022 and a peacock last year with several back-up dancers even on hand to complete the fit.
Klum told Vogue last year her costume ‘needed to be more magical than in the year’s past’ as a result of the pandemic having paused the annual Halloween do’s.
However, this year could very well top them all, with Klum’s outfit a take on an absolutely iconic movie character – which you should have all recognized as soon as you saw the images, but for those of you who need a film education still, it’s the E.T. alien from the 1982 release starring Drew Barrymore.
Heidi Klum and partner Tom Kaulitz have won Halloween (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Heidi Klum Halloween)
Klum took to Instagram earlier in the day on October 31 to tease her costume, sharing an image of red-nailed fingers clutching a prosthetic thumb, alongside sharing a video of herself in her costume, but with only her face on camera it’s hard to tell what on earth – or clearly not on earth – she is.
Klum says: “We have begun, we have begun.” Before checking in to see how much longer they have – presumably in hair and make-up and getting the costume fitted – with prosthetic designer Mike Marino saying: “About six more hours.” – A mammoth task to say the least.
The TV host shared two more clips teasing her costume before unveiling it in a post with PrimeVideo, the caption reading: “Heidi, phone home!”
The video shows Klum go from herself into E.T. wearing a blonde wig, bowl hat, pink cardigan and scarf with her partner Tom Kaulitz in more stripped back classic E.T. gear.
And it hasn’t taken long for images of the pair papped on the carpet ahead of her 23rd Annual Halloween Party presented by Butterfinger, Mattel and Prime Video at The Venue on Music Row in New York to spread round social media, people flooding online to weigh in.
Everyone bow down to the Halloween Queen (Noam Galai/Getty Images for Heidi Klum Halloween)
One Twitter user wrote: “Oh wow. That’s incredible. And fills my childhood heart with joy.”
“Kills it EVERY SINGLE TIME,” another added.
A third commented: “Took me a while to realize their faces were in their necks!”
And a fourth resolved: “Heidi is ALWAYS the Queen Of Halloween! Love it!!!!!”