Kim Kardashian Breaks Silence Amid Balenciaga’s Controversial Campaign Featuring Child Porn Ruling and BDSM Teddy Bears: ‘Disturbing Images’

28.11.2022 - 05:11 / usmagazine.com

Kim Kardashian broke her silence amid Balenciaga’s controversial campaign that featured children posing with BDSM-inspired teddy bear purses and included a print out of a child pornography court ruling.

“I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been shocked and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaigns,” the Skims founder, 42, wrote via Twitter on Sunday, November 27. “But because I wanted an opportunity to speak to their team to understand for myself how this could have happened.”

The ads supported Balenciaga’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection and featured two young girls holding the purses — which were designed to look like teddy bears in BDSM-inspired looks — while surrounded by Balenciaga products, including clothing and home goods. Other images, which did not feature the children, featured a handbag resting atop a mess of files and paperwork — which turned out to include an excerpt from a Supreme Court case on child pornography.

Kardashian — who shares kids North, 9, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 3, with ex-husband Kanye West — continued: “As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images. The safety of children must be held with the highest regard and any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society — period.”

She concluded, “I appreciate Balenciaga’s removal of the campaigns and apology. In speaking with them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the issue and will take the necessary measures for this to never happen again.”

The SKKN by Kim founder had been under fire after posing in Balenciaga in a November 21 Instagram post without commenting on the controversy. The reality star has collaborated with the Spanish fashion house many