Kim Kardashian on Balenciaga Scandal Reaction, Says People Get Mad Regardless of What She Does

Kim Kardashian discussed the backlash that she received after her first comments about the Balenciaga scandal.

During the 42-year-old reality star’s appearance On the “Angie Martinez IRL Podcast,” The “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” alum said on Monday that even after she spoke out against the fashion house’s BDSM-themed ad involving children, people were still upset with her, Fox News reported. She said there’s no winning when it comes to cancel culture.

“Even with the Balenciaga thing, it was like, everyone was like, ‘Why aren’t you speaking out? Why aren’t you speaking out?’ And I’m like wait — I’m not in this campaign,” Kardashian shared. “I don’t know what’s happening, let me like take a minute to research this.”

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“And then 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 porn and completely denounced it,” She continued. “But because I didn’t say ‘F*** you, Balenciaga, that’s it,’ people got mad at that.”

“They’re mad if I don’t speak out, they’re mad if I do speak out, and if I don’t cancel,” Kardashian continued. “They’re just mad that if you don’t cancel someone in today’s society then … I know people talk about cancel culture and how crazy it is, but it’s still happening. And so it’s never been my place.”

The “Kardashians” Star slammed cancelling people and said: “the whole point of life is to make mistakes, is to grow, and to evolve and be better people.”

“Obviously there is absolutely no place or an ounce to even play with anything with children,” This reality TV star shared. “Like any sexualization of children, there’s like not an ounce of that … should be in our brains and in our society. I get that. I couldn’t have been more clear on: ‘This is horrifying. This is disturbing.’”

“But unless they heard what they wanted to hear, it’s like ‘f*** you you’re canceled,’” She continued. “Totally, you definitely can’t win. No matter what, you can’t win. But I’ll still be me.”

According to the outlet, it’s not clear when the podcast was recorded.

In November, Kardashian faced a backlash over not taking a stand in the Balenciaga scandal, a brand with which she’s been synonymous.

Reality star is finally here released a statement Learn more “disgusted and outraged” After initially sharing that she was not, she was able to be seen in Balenciaga’s recent campaigns. “re-evaluating” Her relationship with the brand.

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