SPEECH OF FASHION HOUSE
BALENCIAGA IS SUING THE
PRODUCTION COMPANY BEHIND ITS
CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN THAT
FEATURED KIDS TEDDY BEARS AND
BONDAGE GEAR.
THEY HAVE SINCE APOLOGIZED FOR
THE AD CAMPAIGN BUT
KIM KARDASHIAN WHO HAS BEEN
MODELING THEM WITH LUXURY BRAND
HAS DENOUNCED THE AD AND IS
DITCHING BALENCIAGA ALTOGETHER.
PART OF THE ISSUE, THERE WERE
TWO ADS AT PLAY.
ONE INVOLVED THE TEDDY BEARS AND
BONDAGE GEAR WITH CHILDREN AND A
SEPARATE AD INVOLVED THE
PLACEMENT OF A SUPREME COURT
DECISION THAT EVALUATED WHETHER
COMMUNICATIONS AROUND CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY WAS PROTECT BY THE
FIRST AMENDMENT AND THAT’S WHY
THEY ARE SUING.
THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE MOVE IS
MALEVOLENT OR EXTRAORDINARILY
RECKLESS.
IT BEGS THE QUESTION, HOW CAN A
MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR FASHION
HOUSE NOT HAVE FINAL SAY?
NOT HAVE SOMEONE THAT SEES THE
AD IN THE FINAL DEPICTION AND
GIVES AN ULTIMATE GREEN LIGHT?
>> Todd: THAT IS WHY IT IS
COMPLETELY FOR SHOW.
IT IS A P.R. MOVE TO MAKE IT
SEEM LIKE THEY ARE DOING
SOMETHING.
OBVIOUSLY A MAJOR BRAND CAMPAIGN
LIKE THIS HAD TO HAVE OVERSIGHT
AT THE TOP LEVELS.
IF FOR SOME STRANGE REASON IT
DID NOT, THAT IS A FAILURE OF
THE BOARD AND THEY SHOULD BE
ASKED IMMEDIATELY.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, THEY DID.
THEY SIGNED OFF ON IT.
THIS IS PART OF THE BRAND
STRATEGY AND IT WAS SICKENING.
AS FOR KIM KARDASHIAN, SHE NEEDS
TO REEVALUATE.
YOU ARE A MOM.
THERE’S NOTHING TO REEVALUATE.
DITCH THIS BRAND IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT I LOOK AT AS A FATHER OF
TWO DAUGHTERS, THERE IS A
BLURRING OF THIS LINE ON THE
ACCEPTABLE BOUNDARIES WHEN IT
COMES TO CHILDREN AND SEX WE
NEED TO STOP IT.
THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE DOWN
STOMACH BOUNDARY.
IT’S LEADING TO CHILD EXULTATION
AND IT IS SICKENING.
THIS IS NOT REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT, MAN OR WOMAN.
THIS IS ALL OF US.
IF YOU REPAIRED TO REDUCING
HUMAN BEINGS, KIDS AND SEX
SHOULD NEVER BE COMBINED.
WE NEED TO END IT AND END IT NOW
SO OUR KIDS CAN GROW UP WITH THE
SAME SENSE OF INNOCENCE THAT WE
ALL DID.
>> Emily: TO BE CLEAR, THE
APOLOGIST BY THE FASHION HOUSE
WERE NOT TO HAVE TEDDY BEARS AND
BONDAGE IT WAS TO INCLUDE
CHILDREN IN THOSE ADS AND WITH
THE SUPREME COURT.
WE HAD AN NFL ONE AT THE MVP
AWARD.
HE CAME OUT AND SAID THE EXACT
SAME THING THAT TOM DID.
I WILL READ IT.
HE SAYS, "--DASH IT IS INCUMBENT
UPON US TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF
PROTECTION OF KIDS.
THAT THOSE OF US WHO HAVE THESE
POSITIONS TO RAISE AWARENESS
SHOULD BE DEDICATED TO
PROTECTING HIS KIDS AND
NURTURING THEM."
KIM KARDASHIAN.
I LOVE TO RESPONSE BEARDS WE
WOULD YOU KNOW MY FAVORITE PART
WAS?
IN SPEAKING WITH THEM I BELIEVE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE
SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS POIGNANT OF HER
TO SAY THAT PART OF HER
ANALYSIS, WHETHER SHE WILL STAY,
IS WHETHER IT IS BASING OFF OF
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SOMETHING
THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
SHE’S EXPECTING A PROACTIVE
RESPONSE SAYING YOU CANNOT JUST
APOLOGIZE AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
I WANT TO SEE MORE FROM YOU.
I THINK THAT IS NOBLE AND
EXCELLENT.
IF YOU LEND YOUR FACE TO
SOMETHING, YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE
YOU BELIEVE IN BELIEVE THAT.
>> Harris: TODD, I SEE YOUR
POINT.
THERE SHOULD BE GROUND ZERO ON
THIS.
CHILDREN AND SEX DO NOT GO
TOGETHER.
I TOTALLY GET THAT.
WHAT I SEE KIM KARDASHIAN DOING
FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT IS
TO MOTIVATE EVERYONE ELSE AS
WELL BECAUSE I’M SURE BALENCIAGA
IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO’S EVER
BEEN GUILTY OF THE SORT OF
THING.
IT’S GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION
RIGHT NOW FOR CERTAIN AND YOU
HAVE THE SONG.
CARDI B HAS DROPPED BALENCIAGA
SOCKS.
IT’S IN THE NOMENCLATURE.
IT’S A GOOD COLOR.
I LOVE THAT PART.
IN SPEAKING WITH THEM.
SHE’S NOT SENDING EMAIL.
>> Mercedes: IT IS MONEY OVER
PRINCIPAL SPIRIT SHE SHOULD’VE
WALKED AWAY FROM THE DEAL.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
SHE IS A MOTHER AND SHE SHOULD
STAND FOR PROTECTING CHILDREN.
QUITE FRANKLY, THIS INDUSTRY
WHERE THEY’RE TRYING TO BE
PROVOCATIVE AND COVER IT UP,
THEY NEED TO DO AN INTERNAL
AUDIT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ALL
CAME TO BE.
THEY ARE EXPLOITING CHILDREN AND
KIM KARDASHIAN SHOULD STAND ON
THE SIDE OF PROTECTING OUR
CHILDREN INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING
"LET’S REEVALUATE."
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
YOU WILL SEE BALENCIAGA GIVE
MONEY TO AN ORGANIZATION TO STOP
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
THAT WILL BE THE RESPONSE.
IT’S NOT ENOUGH.
THERE SHOULD BE MORE OUTRAGE
COMING OUT OF CHINA ACADEMIC
HOLLYWOOD ON THIS.
PARENTS ARE UPSET.
THEY SHOULD BOYCOTT THIS BRAND.
IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
>> Emily: IT THAT’S THE
ARGUMENT THAT THEY ARE MAKING.
THAT IT WAS NOT US.
EXECUTIVES WERE NOT TOLD.
THIS IS WHAT THEY ALLEGE IN A
$25 MILLION LAWSUIT THAT THEY
CALL MALEVOLENT.
IN TERMS OF THE ABRUPT I AM
LEAVING, PERHAPS THERE IS ROOM
FOR COMPASSION IN THAT POINT.
>> Mercedes: IT’S A COVER UP.
>> Carley: WHEN YOU ARE THE
HEAD OF A COMPANY, THAT IS ON
YOU.
IT IS YOUR BRAND.
NEW HIRE THAT PRODUCTION COMPANY
AND HOW EVERYONE IS POINTING
FINGERS.
THEY ARE BLOOMING THE PRODUCTION
COMPANY, THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS
SAYING IT’S NOT ME, I JUST EDIT
THE LIGHTING.
EVERYONE IS SAYING DON’T LOOK AT
ME.
BUT THE UNITED STATES HAS ONE OF
THE BIGGEST CONSUMERS OF
EXPECTATION IN THE WORLD
INCLUDING CHILD EXPLOITATION.
THIS IS NOT ART.
THIS ISN’T JUST DISGUSTING, IT’S
DANGEROUS.
I AGREE WITH YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
THE CELEBRITY RESPONSE TO THIS
SHOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN MUCH
BIGGER.
YOU HAVE BELLA HADID WHO DELETED
ONE INSTAGRAM POST.
KIM KARDASHIAN IS SAYING SHE’S
REEVALUATING THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE COMPANY.
THOSE ARE WORDS AT THIS POINT.
IT REMINDS HER OF THE MB HAS
RESPONSE TO CHINA.
WHEN THEIR ABUSES ARE SO
BIPARTISAN.
WHEN MONEY IS INVOLVED, THEY TRY
TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND WAIT
TILL YOU COULD POSSIBLY MOVE
PAST THIS.
THE ONLY TIME BRANSON
CELEBRITIES TAKE A STANDARD WHEN
IT IS PROFITABLE.
>> Todd: I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU
ARE SAYING.
I’M NOT DOING THIS THROUGH THE
LENS OF A NEWS ANCHOR.
I’M DOING THIS AS A PARENT.
THE ANGRY DAD OF TWO GIRLS
PAIRED I DON’T CARE ABOUT ANY OF
THAT STUFF.
GET OFF MY LAWN!
>> Harris: MELISSA MILANO DID
LEAVE TESLA TO GO TO AN ORIGIN
BASED.
>> Todd: SO BRAVE.
>> Harris: THEY AREN’T THAT
NOW, BUT SHE DIDN’T DO HER
HOMEWORK.
>> Emily: IF WE HAD AN IOTA OF
THIS OUTRAGE IN TERMS OF ACTUAL
ACTIVISM TOWARDS LAWS THAT WOULD
ACTUALLY PROTECT CHILDREN AND
TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT LIKE
JURISDICTION.
>> Harris: ORDER LAWS WITH
CHILDREN.
>> Emily: THE CRIME BILLS THAT
WE HAVE DEALT WITH THAT CHANGE
FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS.
THE WEB IS DARK.