Megan McKenna transforms into Miss Piggy for star-studded Halloween bash as spooky season kicks off

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Megan McKenna looked unrecognisable as she transformed into Miss Piggy for a star-studded Halloween bash in Shoreditch on Tuesday night.

The former TOWIE star, 34, got into character as she wore a prosthetic nose, dramatic eyeshadow and a blonde wig.

Megan adopted the Muppet character's style wearing a glitzy pink dress and a faux-fur shawl with pink opera gloves.

The mother-of-one enjoyed a night out in London after flying back from her second home in Germany, where her husband Oliver Burke plays football.

Meanwhile, Lottie Moss opted for spooky over sexy as she wore a Knight costume at The Little Neon Door.

Jedward stars John and Edward Grimes larked around in their costumes with pals who dressed up as them. 

Megan McKenna looked unrecognisable as she transformed into Miss Piggy for a star-studded Halloween bash in Shoreditch on Tuesday night 

The former TOWIE star, 34, got into character as she wore a prosthetic nose, dramatic eyeshadow and a blonde wig

It comes after Megan spoke out on the 'awful' rare health condition she was diagnosed with whilst going through fertility treatment.

Megan and Oliver, 29, endured a difficult journey to conceive their son Landon, who turned two this week. 

During a conversation with Fearne Cotton for Happy Place podcast, Megan explained one of the hardest points in the process came when she was hospitalised with ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS).

The condition is caused by an overreaction to fertility drugs, which Megan had been taking as part of the in vitro fertilisation process.

Megan explained how after trying to conceive naturally and following a polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis as a teenager, she decided to seek medical advice about freezing her embryos.  

'I always wanted to freeze my eggs. I suppose being in the industry and I hadn't found the right person and I turned 30 - I just felt a little bit unsettled,' she explained to Fearne.

'My mum was like, "Have you ever thought about freezing your eggs?" And then I all of a sudden I met Ollie and it all kind of happened all at once.'

She explained how after trying to conceive 'something just felt off, you know, you have like a feeling. So I thought I'd go and get checked.'

Doctors told Megan that her womb lining was too thin for an embryo to implant and she embarked on months of medication and injections, during which she developed OHSS. 

The mother-of-one enjoyed a night out in London after flying back from her second home in Germany, where her husband Oliver Burke plays football

Meanwhile, Lottie Moss opted for spooky over sexy as she wore a Knight costume at The Little Neon Door

Jedward stars John and Edward Grimes larked around in their costumes with pals who dressed up as them

Megan recently spoke out on her difficult IVF journey she went through before welcoming her son Landon, two, with Oliver, 29

'It was crazy. And then I basically just didn't move for two weeks,' Megan said, 'I was so nervous because I'd had this horrendous four months of having this condition called OHSS.' 

'I'm not sure if many people know about it, but oh, it's awful. Basically, it's like you're pregnant, but there's nothing in there,' she explained, adding that the condition 'delayed everything'. 

'I was hospitalised. My ovaries were like so overgrown. Obviously, they can rupture and I had fluid in my tummy and it was just an extra thing that I didn't need to fall pregnant. It was stressful.'

Thankfully after having two high graded embryos survive the thawing process, Megan was implanted with one, calling it 'the best experience' as she watched the process. She fell pregnant with Landon and gave birth to her son in October 2024.  

Megan previously revealed she was hospitalised with OHSS just days after her UK home was robbed, admitting: 'The stress was really on top of me.'

'I was going through therapy, and I was also going through a lot of pregnancy acupuncture to calm my body, and to get my body ready to have all these injections because I didn't want it to stop what I was doing.' 

'I wanted to still go through with the process even though this had happened to me. But maybe me getting ill with the OHSS happened for a reason because it kind of delayed me falling pregnant.'

'Things happen in a funny way. When it did happen, I felt like I was in a bit of a better place.'

WHAT IS OVARIAN HYPERSTIMULATION SYNDROME? 

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) can affect women undergoing IVF or other fertility procedures.

It occurs when they take injectable hormones to stimulate the development of eggs in the ovaries.

Too much hormone medication can cause the ovaries to become swollen and painful. In severe cases it can lead to rapid weight gain, abdominal pain, vomiting and shortness of breath.

In rare cases, OHSS occurs after taking oral fertility treatments or even just spontaneously. 

Symptoms typically begin within ten days of taking injectable medications. In mild cases they can include:

  • Moderate abdominal pain
  • Bloating or an increased waist size
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Diarrhoea
  • Sudden weight gain of more than 6.6lbs (3kg)

These symptoms often ease within a week without treatment.

In severe cases, symptoms include:

  • Rapid weight gain of 33-44lbs (15-20kg) within five-ten days
  • Severe abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting
  • Blood clots in the legs
  • Reduced urination
  • Shortness of breath
  • Tight or enlarged abdomen

In around 1-2 per cent of cases, OHSS can be life-threatening and lead to:

  • Fluid in the abdomen or chest
  • Blood clots
  • Kidney failure
  • Ovary twisting
  • Rupture of an ovarian cyst, leading to bleeding
  • Breathing problems
  • Miscarriage
  • Death 

Severe sufferers may require IV fluids in hospital and drugs to suppress their ovarian activity.

Surgery may be necessary if an ovarian cyst bursts, as well as anticoagulants if clots have occurred.

OHSS' exact cause is unknown but is thought to be due a hormone called HCG, which triggers the release of an egg.

Ovarian blood vessels react abnormally to HCG and begin to leak fluid, which causes swelling that can move into the abdomen. 

Source: Mayo Clinic 

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