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While discussing the pressure to look 'perfect' at Cannes Film Festival, Julianne Moore candidly addressed her unfortunate red carpet shoe malfunction on Jimmy Fallon last night.
The 52-year-old coined the disaster 'toe-mageddon,' and gestured that she had found a way to ensure such an unsightly situation never happens again.
'I needed to prevent this from happening again,' she jokingly told the host. 'So I cut my toes off.' Ms Moore then gifted Mr Fallon a silver box of plastic pinky toes.
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Toe-maggedon: While discussing the pressure to look 'perfect' at Cannes Film Festival, Julianne Moore candidly addressed her unfortunate red carpet shoe malfunction on Jimmy Fallon last night
The actress, who sashayed down the red carpet for The Great Gatsby premiere on May 15 wearing a Christian Dior dress, said she was horrified when she realized her toes - spilling over the edge of her platform shoes - had stolen the show.
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Share'I thought it all went fine,' she explained. 'There's so much pressure to look good, to look perfect, so you worry about your dress, you worry about your hair, your make-up, and I thought I had everything control.
'I was comfortable with my shoes, and I went and watched the movie, but then I went online to see a picture. And what did I see, but toe-gate!'
Footwear malfunction: The actress, who sashayed down the red carpet for The Great Gatsby premiere on May 15 wearing a Christian Dior dress, said she was horrified when she realized her toes had stolen the show
Gesticulating wildly, she declared: 'I didn't feel a thing—not a thing. I felt fine! I was just walking along, like, "Hiiiii, I'm at Cannes" and my toes are hanging off [my shoes]!'
She admitted that there was a possibility the narrow shoes could cause problems, but said she felt confident that her slow walk along the red carpet wouldn't compromise her toes' security.
'You have to be really careful about your footwear at Cannes,' she explained. 'You have to be able to walk.
Toe spillage: Ms Moore admitted that there was a possibility the narrow shoes could cause problems, but said she felt confident that her slow walk along the red carpet wouldn't compromise her toes' security
'We noticed there was kind of a narrow platform, and there was a possibility of my toes falling off, but I'm like, "That's not going to happen!"
'I mean, it can happen, if you're moving really quickly, or something, but I'm just walking down the red carpet, a stately walk.... what I didn't prepare myself for was the pivoting.
'It was a disaster!'
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