KIM'S CAT TRICK IS PAW-THETIC!

CALCULATING Kim Kardashian averted catastrophe by a whisker sources say she pounced back onto the ultra-exclusive Met Gala guest list by kissing up to the kitty of late designer Karl Lagerfeld, who was the official inspiration for this year's bash!

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As The National ENQUIRER reported weeks ago, the bubble-butted beauty, 42, was devastated to learn she'd been bumped from the star-studded soiree in favor of an 11-year-old Burmese cat named Choupette that once belonged to the controversial German-born designer, who died at 85 in 2019.