What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News
and Kim Kardashian West is being called out
by fans on Twitter for bragging about her
14 Friesian horses and hoarded wealth during
the ongoing global crisis.
And y’all from the looks of Twitter, it
seems like that “Kim, there's people that
are dying” quote has never been so accurate.
Yep, that’s the one.
Alright, so we all know that Kim Kardashian
West has a history of tone deaf and/or offensive
posts, but fans think that sharing these pictures
and showing off her wealth during such a scary
and uncertain time for millions of people
takes things to a whole new level.
I mean, just in case anyone forgot, the United
States is currently facing a global pandemic,
demands for racial equality, and an unemployment
rate of 16 percent, just to name a few.
So Kim started to face criticism on Twitter
after she shared a series of photos from her
daughter North’s 7th birthday party in Wyoming.
North obviously looked adorable for her special
day and no one had a problem with the family
pics.
But people took issue with the fact that Kim
took the opportunity to share how many very
expensive horses their family owns.
She wrote quote, “Meet North’s Freesian
horse.
We have 14 gorgeous Freesians on the ranch.”
And just from one quick Google search, Friesian
horses apparently cost around $25,000 to $30,000,
but according to horse blogs, they can be
up to $600,000 for the stallions.
Asset: screenshot
Kim also shared photos of their custom "unicorn
ATV" that has white horses painted on it.
Meanwhile Kim’s husband Kanye West took
to Twitter to share the news that Kim is now
a billionaire after news broke about the deal
between KKW Beauty and retail giant Coty.
Alongside a photo of some tomatoes and flowers,
Kanye wrote quote, “I am so proud of my
beautiful wife Kim Kardashian West for officially
becoming a billionaire.
You’ve weathered the craziest storms and
now God is shining on you and our family.
So blessed this is still life.
So I made you this still life.
We love you so much.”
Quickly after Kanye’s post, Forbes denied
Kim’s billionaire status saying she’s
worth $900 million, but honestly… it didn’t
seem like fans cared too much about the technicality.
They were frustrated that Kim and Kanye were
bragging at all about their wealth during
this time when so many people are suffering.
One person replied to Kanye’s tweet saying
quote, “Read the room, idiot.”
And another said “Cool dude.
45 million Americans are unemployed right
now”
But the responses to Kim’s Friesian horse
post were even more heated.
One Twitter user wrote quote, “Brag brag
brag!!!!
You're always trying to look like having more
is what's important in life.
But it isn't.
... Find Jesus.
You can't take all of your material things
with you.
What's next, a 1/2 nude pic of U near the
horse?”
Another person chimed in saying quote, “The
money you paid to buy one of these horses
could have fed one or two families of four
for a whole year.
50+ people could have eaten.
But yay you have 13 extra horses.”
And this fan wrote quote, “Yeah slightly
tone deaf Kim.. come on love.. people are
struggling, don’t begrudge ur fortune but
maybe u don’t flaunt it when ppl can’t
feed their kids?”
While many others told her to read the room,
like they told Kanye.
And some fans just found the humor in all
this sharing their own funny tweets like this
person who wrote quote, “very cool Kim,
my last apartment had 14 gorgeous mice.”
Kim has not responded to any of the criticism
and has left the posts in question up on her
page.
She’s also continued on posting about other
things on social media including promoting
her companies Skims and KKW Beauty.
So it doesn’t seem like she’s too bothered
by the backlash, but we will keep you guys
posted if she does speak out.
If you want more on Kim’s billionaire status,
click right over here for another Clevver
News video.
And feel free to share your thoughts down
in the comments below.
What do you think of all the criticism Kim
is facing?
Do you think her posts are tone deaf?
Let me know!
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!
