Sharon Osbourne has backtracked on the anti-feminist comments she made towards Kim Kardashian West after coming under fire for telling The Telegraph she thinks the 36-year-old is “being a hoe” by showing off her body.
“Those girls live off their bodies, half of L.A. has been through them and everything they do from the sex tape to the plastic see-through dresses and the gym wear is about sex, not female progress,” Osbourne told the publication.
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“If Kim wants to show off her body, fine,” she continued. “But that’s not feminism, that’s being a ho. And there’s nothing wrong with being a ho, but always remember what you are.”
On Monday’s episode of The Talk, Osbourne appeared to attempt to retract her words.
“It’s so ridiculous how these things happen… I was doing this interview, and … (the reporter) said to me ‘have you heard that Kim Kardashian has come out as a feminist’ … and of course I commented,” the panelist explained. “She asked my opinion and I gave it. It wasn’t rude, it wasn’t … whatever (Kim) does, it’s showing her body. Which shows that she’s a strong grounded woman and she’s not ashamed of her body, she wants to show it, which is her business … people have been doing that since day one … it doesn’t make you a feminist.”
Osbourne added that it was “misquoted, when it came out, my response.”
“[And] Kim came back and said ‘I never said I was a feminist … you’re responding to something I never said,’” Osbourne said.
Days after Osbourne’s initial interview, Kardashian West defended herself in an interview with E! News.
“First of all, I think she said I said a quote about, ‘I post nude photos in the name of feminism.’ Never said that. So I think when people misquote you and then comment, it just sounds ridiculous,” the mom of two said. “I post nude photos because I like how I look and I feel proud when I’ve lost all this baby weight and I post it because I feel like posting it and I feel powerful.”
She went on to say that she’s never been a “‘free the nipple’ kind of girl.”
“If I post a photo, I post it because I like how I look,” she said. “So [Osbourne] kind of misquoted me on that and I thought it just looked really, like stupid.”
Photo Credit: Instagram / @sharonosbourne
