Why Kathy Hilton Daring Tiffany Haddish to Crash Monse Runway Is the Most Talked About Moment at NYFW

Mar. 15, 2025

Tiffany Haddish, Nicky Hilton, Paris Hilton and Kathy Hilton at Monse show on Sept. 7.Photo:Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC

Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC

Tiffany Haddishmade waves when she hit the catwalk at the Monse show on Sept. 7 during New York Fashion Week.

But her runway walk wasn’t planned — it was on a dare from Kathy Hilton, who had been sitting front row with her. In the days following, it bubbled up into one of the most talked about — and controversial moments — of the week.

And she did.

Tiffany Haddish walking the runway at Monse show on Sept. 7.Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty

Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty

Paris wrote in theInstagramcaption, “My mom@KathyHiltondared@TiffanyHaddishto hit the@MonseMaisonrunway 🤭 But like Tiff always says… “She Ready!” 🤣🥰#NothingButTrouble#NYFW”

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Shortly after the show, Monse’s creative directors, Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, shared a video through the house’s Instagram with Haddish herself, addressing the whole runway situation. Thevideowas captioned, “Laura: So Tiffany what happened?” which is exactly how Kim addressed Haddish, allowing the actress to explain what happened during the show.

Haddish said she was cheering on all the models, noting that she realized it was something you’re “not” supposed to do, before Kathy told her she should get out on the runway and show off her suit.

Haddish then said that Paris started egging her on as well. “Paris was like, ‘Yass, come on, we’re sliving’ and Nicky was like, ‘Come on, this is the perfect time,'” Haddish says in the video.

The actress goes on to say that the Hiltons “double dog” dared her to do it, so she got up to walk.

Garcia says in the video that he had “no idea” why people were laughing while he and Kim were backstage with the models, though he gave her a high-five for what became a viral moment.

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Collectively, the internet has found this viral moment to largely be disrespectful to the house. Fashion shows take an incredible amount of work and commenters have noted on the videos that for someone to get up and walk the runway during the show is rude.

However, in a statement shared with PEOPLE, Garcia confirmed that for the team at Monse, the whole situation was viewed in good fun.

PEOPLE reached out to reps for Haddish and Hilton for further comment and did not hear back.

source: people.com