Kim Kardashian has defended her reaction to the Balenciaga scandal.
The luxury fashion house came under serious fire last month, after they released a campaign which included images of young children holding teddy bears dressed in bondage clothing.
Paperwork about a Supreme Court ruling on child pornography was identified in one of the images from the controversial campaign.
the brand "Balenciaga" just did a uh….. interesting… photoshoot for their new products recently which included a very purposely poorly hidden court document about 'virtual child porn'
normal stuff pic.twitter.com/zjMN5WhZ0s
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) November 21, 2022
Kim was a longtime supporter of Balenciaga but two weeks after the scandal, she said that she was “re-evaluating” her relationship with the brand.
Speaking on the Angie Martinez IRL podcast on Monday, the SKIMS founder said: “With the Balenciaga thing, everyone was like, ‘Why aren’t you speaking out?’”
“And I was like, ‘Wait, I’m not in this campaign, I don’t know what’s happening. Let me take a minute to research this.'”
“And as soon as I saw what everyone was seeing on the internet and the reality of the situation I completely spoke out and gave my thoughts on child pornography. I completely denounced it.”
In a statement, Kim said she was “shaken by the disturbing images” used in the Balenciaga.
However, some fans were not happy about her response.
She said on the podcast: “Because I didn’t say, ‘F*** you, Balenciaga. That’s it,’ people got mad at that. So they’re mad if I don’t speak out. They’re mad if I do speak out, and if I don’t cancel. No matter what you can’t win.”
“You don’t want to be a part of the narrative, but you’re brought in. But then I have to take responsibility and say, ‘Okay, people look at me as the face of this, so let me speak out.’ I just always want to do the right thing.”
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