Kim Kardashian Faces Backlash After Comparing Chicago West To Kendall Jenner
Kim Kardashian attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City.
Kim Kardashian’s obsession with looks doesn’t stop with herself — it extends to her children, too, as the reality star is facing criticism for comparing her daughter to her supermodel sister.
Over the weekend, the SKIMS founder posted a side-by-side photo of 4-year-old Chicago West and 26-year-old Kendall Jenner. Some fans feel that she crossed a line there. And of course, they shared their feelings about the heavily filtered images.
On Reddit, users shared their discomfort as they accused Kim of being “obsessed with her children’s looks” and the use of photoshopping.
One user commented, “Very weird…both look like filtered fan edits… same facetune magician?” While another wrote, “The way they don’t even look alike??? and this is edited asf.”
“The way Kim is obsessed with her children’s looks,” wrote one person, with another adding, “It’s so sad. It’s like she’s planning Chicago’s future based on her looks.”
One person called out, “I know she’s not comparing her child to Kendall post-surgery. Kim, Chicago can’t look like Kendall. Kendall doesn’t even look like Kendall.” Someone else echoed, “Now why would you yassify a 4 year old then compare her to a surgerised model. Mental illness.”
Kim Kardashian Criticized Over Her 'Attainable' Beauty Standards
The Kardashians are known for pumping their bodies full of filler and going under the knife to achieve their coveted bodies. In a new interview, Kim Kardashian was asked if she feels “responsible, even guilty, for setting an unrealistic, unattainable beauty standard.”
“If I’m doing it, it’s attainable,” Kim told Allure magazine in response. “There are so many different beauty standards — whether it’s Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Marilyn Monroe. When I was a teenager, [the look] was just blonde waifs. My mentality was never like, you see them on TV or in magazines and pick who you want to be. It was always: Be yourself, find beauty in everything.”
In the same interview, Kim maintained that the only cosmetic procedure that she’s done to her face was “a little bit of Botox,” but has “chilled.” She denied “ever” having any filler in her face or even eyelash extensions. “I’ve never had eyelash extensions. I’ve never done anything. I have a drop of mascara on today. I’ve never filled my cheeks. I’ve never filled my lips,” she stated, adding that her eyebrows are also real.
Although Kim says she is pretty much natural in the face, she did admit, “I really, genuinely care about looking good. I probably care more than 90 percent of the people on this planet. It’s not easy when you’re a mom and you’re exhausted at the end of the day or you’re in school, and I’m all of the above. I do my beauty treatments usually late at night. After everyone’s in bed, I’m doing laser treatments.”
The interview has since sparked backlash, with people taking to social media to call out Kim’s “out of touch” and “delusional” claim that her beauty standards are attainable.
See what folks on Twitter had to say about her comments below:
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
