Kim Kardashian has broken her silence over the controversial Balenciaga photo shoot that featured children posing with teddy bears in bondage.
“As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images,” she said in a series of tweets. “The safety of children must be held with the highest regard and any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society — period.”
The outcry on social media over Kardashian’s silence was increasingly growing as The Kardashians star hadn’t made a public statement about the polemic surrounding the fashion brand she works with frequently.
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“I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been disgusted and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaigns, but because I wanted an opportunity to speak to their team to understand for myself how this could have happened,” she explained.
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Kardashian stated that she is “currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it off their willingness to accept accountability for something that should have never happened to begin with — & the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.”
“I appreciate Balenciaga’s removal of the campaigns and apology. In speaking with them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the issue and will take the necessary measures for this to never happen again,” she added.
After the holiday photo shoot went viral, Balenciaga issued a statement apologizing for the campaign saying, “Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign. We have immediately removed the campaign from all platforms.”
In addition, their website featured a photo with documents about the US Supreme Court decision on child porn laws. Balenciaga would issue a second statement apologizing for “displaying unsettling documents” and claimed to be “taking legal action against the parties responsible for creating the set and including unapproved items” for their campaign.
“As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images…”
Does she not remember how SHE became famous?
Hypocrisy is alive and well and living in Calabasas.
Only America, with its puritanical bones, could jump from “Ew, gross. Not cool.” to “THIS IS PROMOTING CHILD ABUSE!!!!1!!!!”
If you can’t see how putting children in ads with BDSM materials on teddy bears while papers defending pedophilia are strewn about is promoting child abuse, then that is because you are a sick person yourself.
Ye tried to warn ya. It’a a creep fest at the top.
Ye the anti-Semite was the one who got her into Belenciaga to start with fool.
And can you believe they’re blaming the photographer?! As if they didn’t approve the campaign before he shot it for them and again before it dropped. Sickos. I hope they sink.
The buck stops with Balenciaga. They are accountable for their brand image. Heads should roll at their headquarters for this outrageous ad campaign.
The disturbing thing as that they not only approved the concept but also the campaign when it was completed. They clearly don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. They’re only “concerned” now that the public has made their outrage known. Had the public not done that, Balenciaga would be churning out more campaigns like this. And no doubt ones that are even more extreme and twisted.