Yet another entitled celebrity who was born with a silver spoon in their mouth is offering work advice to regular folk.
Kim Kardashian is facing backlash after statements that echo the opinion many of society’s elite seem to have on working people.
As reported by Buzzfeed, in a short clip of an interview with Variety Kardashian offered this advice to women in business:
“I have the best advice for women in business: "
"Get your f*cking ass up and work."
"It seems like nobody wants to work these days.”
Kardashian was joined by her sisters Khloe, Kourtney and her mother Kris, who all nodded in agreement with her statement.
Her comments come at a time in history where the wealth gap is glaringly clear, and workers around the world have come to the collective realization they are being overworked, poorly treated, and underpaid.
For women specifically, Bloomberg Equality released results of a global study that found women spent an additional 173 hours working unpaid child care in 2021 compared to 59 additional hours by men. Those extra work hours only apply however to people who don't have full-time staffs of housekeepers, nannys, chefs, personal assistants, etc...
Kardashian went on to say:
"You have to surround yourself with people that want to work"
"Have a good work environment where everyone loves what they do, because you have one life. No toxic work environments."
People were not impressed by her "wisdom" and voiced their displeasure on Twitter.
I don't wanna hear another thing from this womanhttps://twitter.com/Variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— MOVING \ud83d\udcccbee\ud83c\udf6f (@MOVING \ud83d\udcccbee\ud83c\udf6f) 1646964190
She had a moment after everything she\u2019s enduring with Kanye there was so much sympathy but now this, she took it all away, the moment she said the quiet part out loud.https://twitter.com/variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— SKChgo (@SKChgo) 1646963519
I have the best advice for women in general: unfollow #KimKardashian to remove toxic influence in your life.#unfollowkimchallenge @Varietyhttps://twitter.com/variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— Diane (@Diane) 1646938121
They pointed out that Kardashian was born wealthier than most, and so had a leg up when it came to starting her business empire:
Her dad was multi billionaire and they inherited it at his death. Dont talk cause when u part of the problemhttps://twitter.com/Variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— cedric (@cedric) 1646963784
\u201cIt seems like nobody wants to work these days\u201d shut up just shut up. Your privilege and generational wealth speaks loud enough for you.https://twitter.com/variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— Rosatiny (@Rosatiny) 1646964185
Wow, this is really something, coming from someone who has benefitted greatly from privilege and generational wealth. If hard work was all it took to get ahead, all of the janitors and retail/childcare workers in my family would be rich. #KimKardashianhttps://twitter.com/Variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— Bobbi Dempsey (@Bobbi Dempsey) 1646950394
When you're born on 3rd base but convinced you hit a triple. #KimKardashianhttps://twitter.com/Variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— GiannisIsTheRealKing (@GiannisIsTheRealKing) 1646935258
Interesting advice but being over worked\u2026 and under paid\u2026 is something #tonedeaf celebrities will never be able to understand which is OK- but please understand you\u2019ll never understand. We\u2019d all love to make $1mill from uploading a picture on Instagram!! It\u2019s our DREAM job https://twitter.com/variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— zozo (@zozo) 1646932428
She never had to face the hardships and disadvantages that average working class woman does:
#kimkardashian A woman with real business sense uplifts, and inspires. Most business women are WORKING 24 hour jobs caring for their kids-no nanny, cooking - no chef, cleaning house -no housekeeper, running errands- no personal assistant & running a business.-educate yourself Kimhttps://twitter.com/variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— TangelaRichh (@TangelaRichh) 1646962587
I propose a trade! I'll walk a mile in your shoes, you come live my life for a day, then we'll see who's working it. Fair is fair, #KimKardashian.https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— Jena in Real Life (she/her) (@Jena in Real Life (she/her)) 1646964937
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Some users felt that these comments were so out of touch and outrageous, that it must be another Kardashian publicity stunt:
The Kim Kardashian playbook:\n\n1. Say or do something outrageous\n2. Have everyone hate you and talk about you for a week\n3. After a week, people stop hating you.\n4. After a week, people still remember your name.\n\nDepressing that it works, but it does.https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— Seena_Makari (@Seena_Makari) 1646963672
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The reality is it is nearly impossible for someone to simply work their way into great wealth.
People can work multiple jobs and still live paycheck to paycheck or be homeless.
Generational wealth is a major factor when it comes to most of the millionaires and billionaires who exist today.