An Online Costume Retailer Has Apologized Over This Kim Kardashian Robbery Halloween Costume

It seems like every year costume companies try to outdo themselves to see who can come out with the most distasteful Halloween costume. A few that come to mind over the past few years are a “lion killer dentist” costume that included a plush lion head modeled after Cecil the Lion, a three-boobed lady costume, and even an ALS Ice Bucket Challenge costume, which is as crass as it is lazy.

This year, however, Costumeish, the creator of the aforementioned Cecil costume, may have taken the cake with this “Parisian Heist Robbery Victim” costume which we’re sure in no way was supposed to reference Kim Kardashian’s recent scary armed robbery in Paris, during which she actually claimed that she feared for her life.

If you’re wondering what exactly you get for $69.99, the costume was advertised to come with a “white short, sexy robe,” long black wig, large sunglasses, fake gag, two feet of rope and a “four million dollar” ring which fine print assures is made of plastic and not really worth $4 million. Whew! Wouldn’t want to experience a Parisian-style heist of your own!

Predictably, once the costume started to go viral, people picked up on the insensitivity and called out Costumeish on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/liv_barraclough/status/785820144207589376

https://twitter.com/emi_emma1/status/785802441224704000

As of earlier today, Costumeish told Fox 411 that they had no intentions of taking the costume down and that it had been been selling well, in a statement that read: “Our deepest sympathy to the family and nobody deserves to go [through] what she did. We are not mocking her, however, Halloween reflects pop culture and celebrities are no different.”

It looks as though they must have had a change of heart, because this afternoon the company tweeted:

The good news, though, is that — as far as we know — the “Donald the Wall Builder” costume is still available at the time of this writing.

(Via Fox News)