Kim Kardashian Continues to Be Roasted for Tone-Deaf 'Work' Comment After Sharing New Photos
Starting Line
This is so funny because she’s a nepotism baby like…….. I hate this woman so much https://t.co/1o5OxPpzKR
— divorce feel like michael myers (@donutttfilth) March 12, 2022
They really talk like they got it out the mud https://t.co/oimM1Ic3Rd
— fresco 🇨🇻 (@youknowfresco) March 12, 2022
Viewers were shocked to hear Kardashian speaking as if she had built her brand and her business by herself on hard work alone. They took pains to calculate the advantages she had in starting her career.
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Can’t talk we’re fucking working https://t.co/QNJLwG0LVr
— amil (@PUSHATIFF) March 10, 2022
Critics noted that Kardashian's career is dependent on engagement from fans, and they wondered how she could ask them for such engagement after criticizing their work ethic. Many left furious comments on her next few posts suggesting that they no longer had time to fixate on Kardashian because they needed to work.
prevnext'Toxic'
Disgusting. Billionaires can't afford to pay their employees?
— lolita shatter (@shatterlo) March 9, 2022
Kardashian's mention of "toxic work environments" drew a lot of criticism when fans found a job posting for an internship with the reality star. It demanded a lot of time, effort and energy with no pay.
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this me opening that jar of tomato sauce first try after someone else loosened it… https://t.co/jrlS0hqzKr
— the HOLY GOOF △⃒⃘ (@pezdspencer_) March 11, 2022
Many people cracked jokes by applying Kardashian's comments to mundane tasks, implying that she was being melodramatic about nothing.
prevnextReal Work
You ARE A SUPERSTAR!
— Barbara K Doty (@BarbaraKDoty2) March 11, 2022
ps, I do the same with my mom. pic.twitter.com/bQKWvgysTa
https://t.co/bHy7Os9eyj pic.twitter.com/kpnBCvjhOj
— FILM DAZE (@filmdaze) March 10, 2022
Many commenters described the immense amount of work they do that goes underappreciated – or at least pays less than Kardashian's "work."
prevnextInarticulate
I don’t care who she’s talking, about she needs to check herself. As she has people working for her for free. Purposely seeking out college students so she can have free interns to slave around for her.
— Andrea Marie (@DecemberAndi) March 12, 2022
Even fans who tried to give Kardashian the benefit of the doubt admitted that she did not articulate this advice well. Many thought this did not bode well for her plan to become a lawyer.
prevnextFirsthand Experience
The wildest thing about that job: I saw firsthand how the most famous women in the world Frankensteined an impossible standard of beauty, pushed the rest of us to “keep up” with them, weaponized that standard of beauty to sell products, and *still* never felt good enough.
— Jessica DeFino (@jessicadefino_) March 10, 2022
[me wearing a Big Dogs t shirt sweating gin at 7 am in the calabasas sun]
— A-List Actor Dave McNamee (@DaveMcNamee3000) March 9, 2022
Sorry for being in your way, Kylie. Won’t happen again, mam.
Finally, many of the top comments came from people with firsthand experience working with Kardashian, and they disputed her claim about work ethic here. Many also felt this quote was indicative of how Kardashian really felt about her collaborators, suggesting that she used people thanklessly.
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