In a heartfelt and emotional episode of “The Kardashians” aired on June 20, Kylie Jenner, the 26-year-old beauty mogul, shared a deeply personal moment about the impact of harsh comments on her looks. Known for her thriving business empire and glamorous lifestyle, Kylie revealed a more vulnerable side, shedding light on the emotional toll of public scrutiny.
The episode began with Kylie and her sister, Kendall Jenner, attempting to play a light-hearted joke on their mother, Kris Jenner. But the mood soon shifted when Kylie confided in Kendall about mean comments she always hears.
“It’s a miracle I still have confidence,” she admitted, shaking. “Why do people think it’s OK to talk about me? I’ve never cried about this before, but it affects me.”
Kylie Jenner cries over online comments regarding her appearance:
“It’s a miracle that I still have confidence and I can still look in the mirror and think that I am pretty. […] I went on a journey last year dissolving half my lip filler. Why do people think it’s OK to talk… PIC.TWITTER.COM/F4ZJMNJC1M
— Pop Base (@PopBase) JUNE 20, 2024
Kylie, who launched the super-successful Kylie Cosmetics, has been subject to plastic surgery rumors and speculation since she was a teen. She’s admitted to using lip fillers but continuously denied any other procedures. Still, the constant comments persist.
“Even if I did get so much surgery, I still don’t think it’s okay to talk about someone’s looks. It’s so hurtful,” she said as she cried.
Her sister Kendall, a supermodel, was there to comfort her by telling her she never looked better. Both sisters acknowledged this was just reality in their industry, and tough skin is required. In a confessional, Kylie reflected on hearing negative comments all the time. “I hear nasty things about myself all the time,” she admitted, the pain evident in her voice.
The emotional exchange came after Kylie had visited Paris Fashion Week, where she went for a no-makeup look. She became aware of a spike in hate responses to a picture of her captured at the event.
“I wear too much makeup, and it’s like, ‘You wear too much makeup,’ then I go and don’t wear much makeup, and someone catches me in some weird light,” she claimed. “You can look at me in pictures since I was 13 – I just have these lines [around my mouth]. I’ve had them since I was a child.”
One candid moment and Kylie shared that over a decade of hearing comments about her appearance has just gotten exhausting. Responses to the Paris photos triggered a robust reaction. “I’m kind of just so numb to people talking about my looks at this point,” she said, questioning why such behavior is tolerated online. “I just want to know why, on the Internet, no one says anything or thinks that it’s OK.”
Despite the vulnerability she showed, Kylie reaffirmed her strength.
“I think I’m firm, and I was put in this position for a reason,” she concluded. “I do feel like I’m a confident person. I’m so grateful, so blessed, that I can wake up and look in the mirror and like what I see and feel beautiful. But at the same time, there’s only so much one person can take. I just always keep pushing. I can’t let the comments get me down. I have to because I have s–t to do!”
Though emotionally draining, Kylie focuses on her fans and her job. She turns her feelings into the work she does to ensure that, out of it comes something powerful and sincere enough to touch the hearts of her audience. Being open with her feelings in the show does not just reveal the cold, mean reality of celebrity life and how one deals with mean words and keeps above them.
This episode of “The Kardashians” was a rare, emotional depth charge from one of the world’s most talked-about women. It does shed light on how celebrities undergo much pressure and scrutiny and thus spreads the message of being kind and compassionate in times of social media. But as Kylie lives out her public and personal life, she will continue being a lesson learned in real time on the power of words and how strong someone has to be to rise above them.
