Kim defends Kylie against people saying she’s not ‘self-made’
Kim Kardashian is standing behind her sister Kylie Jenner — who, according to Forbes, is set to become the youngest billionaire ever — after haters said she isn’t “self-made” because of the her family’s wealth.
“I really didn’t get it, because she is ‘self-made’ — we are all ‘self-made,” Kardashian, 37, told Refinery29 in a recent interview. “What, because we came from a family that has had success? To me, that doesn’t really make sense… I know so many people like that [who] haven’t turned out to be as successful as Kylie. If anything, I’ve seen the complete opposite.”
She added, “Me, Kylie, not one [of the siblings] has ever depended on our parents for anything besides advice. That’s how I lived my life with my dad [Robert Kardashian]. He never gave me anything. We might have the opportunity, but I’ve seen it go the complete opposite way. Nobody works harder than my sisters and my mom.”
Last week, Jenner, 20, was on the cover of Forbes talking about her cosmetic line, which has earned more than $900 million in three years.
Former “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes was one of the voices slamming Jenner being “self-made.”
“Well some people get opportunities that others will never get! Just saying! This game ain’t fair,” she commented on social media.
Even Dictionary.com pointed out the definition of self-made, writing on Twitter, “Self-made means having succeeded in life unaided. Used in a sentence: Forbes says that Kylie Jenner is a self-made woman.”
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