"Monáe appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Showon October 29 dressed as the classic scary movie monster, Michael Myers Mike Myers's live-action Cat in the Hat from 2003. The costume is bone-chilling, from her Krampus-like fur, to the tail that creepily moves on its own, to the Kabuki-ghost makeup. This isn't a Cat in a Hat. This is a damn Babadook."
"The costume is made all the scarier by Monáe's fierce commitment to doing the entire interview in character as the classic feline god of mischief himself. "Hello, children! Hello, grown folk! I love you!" she says in a voice halfway between Amy Sedaris and Barney. When Hudson tries to ask about the costume, Monáe goes, "What costume? I decided to come as me! ""
Janelle Monáe appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show on October 29 in a haunting, hypercommitted Cat in the Hat costume that evoked horror icons like Michael Myers and the Babadook. The outfit combined Krampus-like fur, an autonomous tail, and Kabuki-ghost makeup. Monáe remained fully in character throughout the interview, speaking in a singsong, performative voice and deflecting questions with playful, eerie lines. The bit blended showmanship, guerrilla-style publicity for Seuss-related material, and Halloween spectacle, turning a daytime TV appearance into a deliberately unsettling performance mixing nostalgia, fright, and marketing flair.
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