Kim Kardashian may be getting all the attention — but the Met knows what a real statuesque booty looks like.
Joining in on a Twitter frenzy ignited by the reality star’s butt-baring appearance on a magazine cover, the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday tweeted its own pic of an ample-bottomed sculpture that bears a striking resemblance.
“Here at the Met, we have artworks that can #BreakTheInternet too!” the Met tweeted, adopting the hashtag that has been blowing up on Twitter ever since Paper magazine offered a peek of the racy cover of its winter issue.
Kim Kardashian shows off her famous backside on the cover of Paper magazine.Photo: Jean-Paul Goude/Paper
The Met’s 8.4-inch-tall “Steatopygous female figure” predates Kardashian by about 6,500 years. It is a symbol of fertility.
Within hours, the cheeky tweet had garnered more than 1,000 retweets — and won kudos across social media.
Paper’s cover shot of Kardashian’s colossal derriere — printed with the line “Break the Internet” — has been lampooned on social media all this week, with memes depicting her rump as everything from hot-dog buns to Homer Simpson’s lips.
The star was apparently reveling in the spike of fame, even if she is the butt of the jokes.
“Because we know you came [sic] just read the article,” she tweeted.
Additional reporting by David K. Li
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