Kylie Jenner may sometimes come across as one of the least offensive of the “Karjenner” sisters — certainly in comparison to Kim Kardashian, with her sex tape, repeated allegations of blackface and cultural appropriation, flamboyant marriage to Kanye West and COVID-19 birthday extravagance.
It also doesn’t seem as if Kylie Jenner has made nearly as many strange, tone-deaf choices as her supermodel sister Kendall Jenner, most infamous for her infamous Pepsi ad.
Still, Kylie Jenner, 23, has been involved in her share of controversies, including this past weekend when the self-styled “billionaire” cosmetics mogul asked her 222 million Instagram followers to donate to a GoFundMe effort to help cover the cost of her makeup artist’s medical bills.
The mega-wealthy Kylie Jenner, who reportedly earns around $1.2 million per Instagram post, donated $5,000 herself towards the $60,000 or more that Samuel Rauda needs for surgery following a car accident last week, Page Six and other outlets reported.
In an Instagram story, linking to the GoFundMe campaign, Jenner wrote: “May God watch over you and protect you @makeupbysamuel. Everyone take a moment to say a prayer for Sam who got into an accident this past weekend. And swipe up to visit his families (sic) go fund me.”
But Jenner’s request to her followers blew up the internet over the weekend, with fans and critics alike expressing disbelief and outrage with the hashtag “#tonedeaf,” the Daily Beast and CNN reported. Fans and critics pointed out the Kylie Jenner is so rich she could easily cover her friend’s medical bills herself.
“@KylieJenner! Why don’t you ‘go fund’ your friends financial needs rather than asking your fans to do it. You know, your fans that are anxiously waiting for their $1,400 check to drop so they can by food and pay bills,” one person wrote, the Daily Beast reported. Another wrote, “Kylie jenner bought her toddler a $15,000 handbag but is asking her fans for money.”
“Kylie Jenner really asked us for money like we made the Forbes list,” yet another tweeted, a reference to when Forbes in 2019 called the then-21-year-old Kylie the “youngest self-made billionaire.”
Representatives for Jenner contacted media outlets to argue that her intentions had been misunderstood. Jenner reps told Page Six that she initially donated to the GoFundMe campaign when its goal was only $10,000.
But after Jenner helped bring attention to Rauda’s situation, the campaign increased its original request, first to $60,000, making Jenner’s $5,000 donation seem small by comparison. As of Monday, the GoFundMe was seeking $120,000, with $100,000 already raised, CNN reported.
But whatever Jenner’s representatives say, her ill-considered GoFundMe request is yet another reminder that she’s made some poor choices before, including in several instances when she has been exposed for allegedly misrepresenting herself to fans and to the media.
Back in 2015, Jenner was forced to finally admit that her pillowy lips were not natural or the result of generous lip liner, Cosmopolitan and Us Weekly reported. She acknowledged that she had tried “temporary” lip fillers and revealed in a 2017 episode of “Life of Kyle” that she decided to modify her appearance after a former boyfriend told her, “I didn’t think you would be a good kisser because you have such small lips.”
But the lip controversy inspired her to launch her own makeup line, Kylie Cosmetics, which generated $420 million in retail sales in its first 18 months, Us Weekly said.
Also in 2017, Kylie and Kendall Jenner decided it would be a good idea to release a Kendall + Kylie T-shirt line featuring their faces superimposed over photos of deceased rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G, Cosmopolitan said.
No one liked the idea, especially Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace, who said no one from the estate had been contacted. “The disrespect of these girls to not even reach out to me or anyone connected to the estate baffles me,” Voletta Wallace said. The sisters apologized, and in 2018, a lawsuit about the use of the Tupac photo was dropped.
Finally, many of the people criticizing Kylie Jenner for the GoFundMe request are wrong about one thing — calling her “a billionaire.” As much as Kylie Cosmetics made her very, very rich, the company did not make her a billionaire, as Forbes initially reported in 2019.
Forbes in 2020 recalculated Kylie Jenner’s finances and concluded that her company’s sales were “significantly smaller than people have been led to believe.
In an “Inside Kylie Jenner’s Web of Lies” report, Forbes claimed that Jenner and members of her team had lied about her company’s figures and forged tax returns to make her “look even richer.” Kylie disputed the 2020 report, tweeting, “I’ve never asked for any title or tried to lie my way there EVER. period.”
what am i even waking up to. i thought this was a reputable site.. all i see are a number of inaccurate statements and unproven assumptions lol. i’ve never asked for any title or tried to lie my way there EVER. period
— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) May 29, 2020
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