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!

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.