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Later last month, Kim Kardashian issued a statement condemning a Balenciaga photo campaign that featured young children carrying teddy bears while dressed apparently in bondage gear.
The fact that the comment was made days after the controversy was addressed by Kim, who said she wanted to speak with Balenciaga employees to see “how this could have happened” before criticizing the campaign in public. On the Angie Martinez IRL podcast, Kardashian talked about receiving criticism for delaying her response to the scandal after it broke.
“With the Balenciaga thing, everyone was like, ‘Why aren’t you speaking out? Why aren’t you speaking out?’ And I’m like, ‘Wait. I’m not in this campaign. I don’t know what’s happening. Let me take a minute to research this,’” she said at the 16:19 mark. “And then as soon as I saw what everyone was seeing on the internet and the reality of the situation, I completely spoke out and gave my thoughts on child porn and completely denounced it.”
“But because I didn’t say, ‘Fuck you, Balenciaga. That’s it,’ people got mad at that,” she continued. “So they’re mad if I don’t speak out. They’re mad if I do speak out, and if I don’t cancel.”
During the interview, Kardashian also discussed co-parenting with her ex-husband, the musician formerly known as Kanye West, and her efforts to keep their four children away from any bad press related to Ye and their divorce. “I definitely protected him, and I still will in the eyes of my kids, for my kids,” she said at the 8:58 mark. “In my home, my kids don’t know anything that goes on (in) the outside world.”
“I’ve managed to…I’m holding on by a thread,” she continued. “I know I’m so close to that not happening, but while it’s still that way, I will protect that to the end of the earth as long as I can.” Kim said her kids “don’t know anything,” explaining that her best friends are the teachers of their school who are well aware of what’s being discussed among the students during lunch and recess.