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Kim Kardashian Westis sharing her experience with cancel culture, and why she thinks people should have the opportunity to grow and change.
The SKIMS mogul, 41, explained in an episode of Bari Weiss' podcastHonestyon Thursday that if she “worried about every last thing that someone said and I had to try to change it, then I would never be me. Anyone wouldn’t be them. That’s why I think cancel culture is the most ridiculous thing, because I really do believe … in rehabilitation and freedom of speech. I’ve never really been into cancel culture.”
Weiss highlighted some of the criticisms that Kardashian West has received over the years, including claims of appropriating Black culture (like withhistorically Black hairstyles) and one 2017 KKW Beauty campaign where Kardashian wasaccused of Blackface. Specifically, she noted the backlash that ensued when Kardashian first announced her SKIMS shapewear brand in 2019. The company wasoriginally named Kimono, a name many said appropriated Japanese culture.
“Even if I know my intentions are good, I never want to take anything lightly,” she said. “In the instance of Kimono and changing that name, it was an innocent name that the team came up with. But when I got a letter from the Japanese officials, I took it extremely seriously.”
The decision to pivot the brand’s name to SKIMS “wasn’t even a question.” She later added, “I always own up to the mistakes that I make and I try not to make them again. That’s just how I live my life.”
Also during the podcast, Kardashian West reflected on when her estranged husbandKanye Westwore a red “Make America Great Again” hat for much of his October 2018 appearance onSaturday Night Live.
“You know what? I was very nervous. I didn’t want him to wear the red hat onSNL,” Kardashian West said. “And I kind of — not I kind of — I didn’t understand it at the time.”
source: people.com
