The Kardashian-Jenners are absolutely everywhere.
But one family member who seems to be a particular subject of attention is the youngest sister,
Kylie Jenner.
The starlet has monetized even the most ridiculous scenarios, and has done more than a few questionable
things.
Thanks to her cosmetics line, Kylie Cosmetics, Kylie Jenner has successfully positioned herself
as CEO of a billion-dollar empire.
With so many people scrambling to buy her lip kits, they're known to sell out in minutes,
but the company has been the target of some controversy also.
Allure reported in 2016 that the makeup mogul was accused of repackaging older shades, with
buyers even swatching the colors on their hands to show that they almost look identical.
Then Kylie jacked up the prices, and people weren't having it.
To make things even shadier, the standards for the Oxnard, California factory workers
at Kylie Cosmetics are allegedly atrocious.
RadarOnline reported that employees have been posting to Indeed.com about the, quote, "sweatshop-like"
conditions of their jobs.
Among the complaints:
"The pay is very minimal for the amount of work that is requested with no benefits…Work
environment very uncomfortable."
While this made headlines in 2016, similar complaints persisted all the way through the
start of 2020.
The Khloe Kardashian and Tristian Thompson scandal of 2019 had so much spilled tea we
were all drowning in it.
It all started in February, when news broke that Thompson had cheated on Khloe with Kylie
Jenner's now-ex-BFF, Jordyn Woods.
As everyone got dragged into a tale of he-said/she-said, Jenner, of course, took her sister's side.
Chatting to Khloe and Kim Kardashian on an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians,
E! News reported that Kylie mentioned speaking to Woods when the news broke, saying:
"I was just telling her, 'I'm like scared of you now.
Like, I bet you're capable of waking up the next morning with a smile on your face.'"
However, the star defended Woods when her sisters began gossiping back.
Kim had posted an Instagram video where she was singing along to the lyrics of Brandy's
"Who Is She 2 U," seemingly throwing shade at Woods.
In another episode of their reality show, a distressed Jenner called Kim and told her
she saw the clip, saying.
"I just feel like the singing and the internet stuff, it's just not okay...I just don't think
anyone deserves this."
Jenner picked her sister's side by unfollowing Woods on Instagram, but she also found a replacement:
Sofia Richie.
The reason this is flat-out bizarre?
Richie had been dating Scott Disick, the father of Kourtney Kardashian's three kids.
They say ignorance is bliss, but that doesn't always hold true when you're a high-profile
celebrity.
Kylie Jenner came under fire for saying something pretty cringe-worthy in a 2016 interview with
Marie Claire.
At the height of her wig obsession, the youngest Jenner boasted:
"I started wigs, and now everyone is wearing wigs...I just do whatever I want to do, and
people will follow."
"And now so, her wig."
"It is not a wig, shut up."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
That same year, Jenner was also called out for cultural appropriation.
The starlet attended an Alexander Wang New York Fashion Week show wearing a Yaki ponytail.
The public immediately called her out for the look.
Plus in 2015, Amandla Stenberg rightly shamed the star for wearing cornrows in an online
feud that turned ugly.
It looks like not much has really changed for the Life of Kylie alum.
Daily Mail reported that Jenner posted a since-deleted Instagram in January 2020 to share one of
her Paper magazine outtakes, which saw her sporting twist braids.
As the outlet explained:
"The star's hair was styled in twist braids, a style commonly used and popularized by black
women."
Of course, this didn't sit well, even if the shoot's photographers claimed the look was
inspired by Gwen Stefani in Moby's 1999 "South Side" music video.
Even at the height of her most accomplished Forbes moment, the starlet faced backlash.
Social activist Brittany Packnett slammed the makeup mogul for making her billion-dollar
empire, saying:
"[Jenner is] profiting off the exploitation of Black women."
In a tweet, Packnett declared:
"You can get on the cover of Forbes + be a young billionaire by selling the very features,
style and swag that Black Women have always possessed but got called ghetto for it.
And notice-now that she's made her fortune...she'll exploit black culture and black people for
as long as its profitable-and then return to the comfort of whiteness."
It's not the only time Jenner has found herself in trouble over this very issue.
In 2015, the reality TV celeb posted a photo to her Instagram page from a photoshoot that
saw Jenner with dark makeup on, leading many commenters to accuse her of donning blackface.
What's worse is that her since-deleted Instagram caption read:
"What I wish I looked like all the time."
Maybe Jenner wasn't meaning to offend anyone, but a bit of awareness and understanding go
a long way.
In 2019, Kylie Jenner made headlines when she graced the cover of Forbes as the youngest
self-made billionaire ever at 21 years old.
The issue?
Well, that's not entirely true.
As CelebrityNetWorth estimated:
"She's still technically off by $12 million."
The public was so outraged at these "self-made" claims that Forbes had to go back and clarify
their assessment, with Jenner doing damage-control rounds.
Speaking to The New York Times, the Kylie Cosmetics founder explained:
"I can't say I've done it by myself.
If they're just talking finances, technically, yes, I don't have any inherited money.
But I have had a lot of help and a huge platform."
Kylie Jenner's cosmetics empire is continuously growing, and so much so that she decided to
add a skincare line.
Jenner launched her much-talked-about line, Kylie Skin, in May of 2019, and posted a video
to her YouTube channel of the products in action.
"Start with my face wash.
Probably my favorite product in the line.
It just makes my face feel so clean."
With claims that she uses her products every day, fans were excited to get their hands
on something that would get them that coveted Kylie Jenner glow.
But a few days after the YouTube teaser went up, Jenner posted to her Kylie Skin Twitter
account a video of herself using the cleanser again, this time without professional filming
quality.
In the video, as she takes the product and puts it on her face, she very quickly wipes
it off, causing fans to realize the amount of foundation residue on the white towel.
As Insider revealed, viewers criticized the starlet for not even knowing how to use her
own products.
It didn't seem to hurt her bank account, as the face wash still sold out online.
Being a billionaire at such a young age, you'd think Kylie Jenner would be a bit more sensitive
to those around her who aren't as wealthy.
The starlet was criticized after an interview that Alex Rodriguez gave to Sports Illustrated,
in which he detailed his experience sitting next Kylie at the 2019 Met Gala.
Arriving at the event with his date, Jennifer Lopez, Rodriguez dished:
"We had a great table...We had Kylie and Kendall...Kylie was talking about Instagram and her lipstick,
and how rich she is."
The mention went viral and Jenner took to Twitter to deny the claim, saying she only
spoke about Game of Thrones with the athlete.
The alleged incident seems a little bit ironic, because a few months before the piece was
published, the Life of Kylie star declared in an interview with Paper:
"I don't define myself by how much I have.
I honestly don't wake up even thinking about it."
While Rodriguez's claim is certainly cringe-worthy, it's not the only time Jenner has come across
as a bit insensitive.
In August of 2019, the makeup mogul launched her birthday collection for Kylie Cosmetics.
The theme of the line?
Money.
The Australian bushfires that began in late 2019 were so horrifying that by the start
of 2020, the country had to call for evacuations as a result of communities suddenly deemed
unsafe.
It's estimated that over 1 billion animals lost their lives in the fires.
A-list celebs lined up to lend helping hands.
Leonardo DiCaprio's environmental organization, Earth Alliance, donated $3 million.
Ellen DeGeneres launched a GoFundMe campaign with a goal of $5 million to help the people,
firefighters, and the animals of Australia.
And Jenner?
The social media starlet came under fire when she took to her Instagram story to mourn the
animals affected by the bushfires.
Her caption read:
"Over half a BILLION animals have been killed in Australia...this breaks my heart."
The issue?
The next day, Jenner posted a photo to her story where she posed in her $1,480 mink fur
Louis Vuitton slippers.
The backlash was savage, pushing Jenner to donate $1 million to relief efforts two days
after her public slip-up.
When Keeping Up with the Kardashians initially premiered in 2007, Kylie Jenner was only ten
years old.
Coming into money at such a young age has led Jenner to being accused of taking things
for granted, with some people even reporting that the young starlet has come across as
just plain rude.
A 2019 Harper's Bazaar Arabia article really drew a lot of attention to Jenner.
The original article reported Kylie and Kris Jenner had come in for a shoot that promoted
the mother-daughter duo's rising makeup empire.
Although Kris was sick with the flu, the outlet praised her for:
"[Being] 'bang on time' to the photoshoot, politely greeting everybody on set and introducing
herself."
As for Kylie?
Harper's Bazaar originally stated:
"It's at least 60 minutes later (and late) before Kylie pulls up in a silver Lamborghini
Urus.
No handshakes, no eye contact, straight to hair and make-up.
You'd never guess that they were related."
"So have you been naughty or nice?"
"Hmm, probably be on the naughty list this year."
We have a feeling momager Kris had to do some damage control, as an updated version of the
article erased all signs of Kylie's negative behavior, instead saying that the makeup mogul
arrived, quote, "shortly after" her mother.
Although Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott broke up in October of 2019, the pair was plagued
by gossip that the rapper was being unfaithful months before they called it quits.
According to TMZ, in March 2019, Jenner had allegedly accused Scott of cheating, having
discovered evidence he cheated on her.
But speculation began that the couple broke up because Scott had a mistress the entire
time.
As Metro reports, fans of the A-list duo started noticing Instagram model Rojean Kar would
share photos from locations that Scott was in "immediately after he posted his own snaps."
And in March 2019, Metro states:
"[Kar] reportedly shared a screenshot showing that Kylie had blocked her on Instagram, writing,
'How many times a day do you block and unblock me, girl?'"
According to E! News, by the time Jenner and Scott officially split, Kar denied being the
other woman, taking to her Instagram story to set the record straight:
"None of [the] rumors are true."
But a few weeks later, Kar posted another story claiming that Jenner had, quote, "silenced"
her and that:
"I wish the truth would just reveal itself...It's just sad to see how someone with all that
money and fame is still concerned with little insignificant me."
The Kardashian-Jenner girls have promoted their hourglass figures for as long as they've
been in the spotlight.
Kylie Jenner is known for following in her sisters' footsteps, regularly seen in form-fitting
looks that leave little to the imagination.
And with all the photos Jenner posts online, she regularly faces backlash for altering
her appearance.
A 2017 mirror selfie attracted a lot of speculation, as it showcased a very obviously warped wall
behind Jenner.
The reality TV star defended herself on Snapchat, claiming the wall was a curtain.
We'll let you decide this one, but she once even accused The Daily Mail of Photoshopping
her baby bump when she insisted she wasn't pregnant, even though she was.
In July 2019, the Kylie Cosmetics founder found herself in hot water yet again with
an Instagram photo of her and BFF Anastasia "Stassie" Karanikolaou.
Viewers observed that Karanikolaou had one leg appear significantly thinner than her
other one, a sign that Jenner may have altered her own leg to make it seem slimmer.
One instagram user commented:
"I'll come back and check this later when the rest of the legs finished uploading."
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