Kim Kardashian Blasted For Telling Women to Work

Breaking: Another rich person has made an absolute fool of themselves by telling people - and more specifically, women - that they need to work harder. And we doubt anyone is surprised to hear that this time it's Kim Kardashian.

The 41 year old billionaire is under fire on Twitter for a tone deaf comment tweeted by Variety in promotion of a just-released article about her family's upcoming reality series on Hulu. It's supposed to be Women's History Month, and the last thing working women want to hear is that they're not working hard enough. It's a damaging erasure of all the single mothers struggling to put food on the table, and completely insulting to people who simply haven't had the same opportunities as someone like Kardashian, who was born into a famous family with millions of dollars to spare.

Discourse regarding privilege and nepotism has been very much alive in recent months, and Kardashian's comments are only adding fuel to the raging fire. In this video, shared by Variety in their Instagram stories, Kim really digs a deeper hole for herself, saying "It seems like nobody wants to work these days," with one of her vapid sisters replying "That's so true" in the background.

As a woman who works very long hours and only makes enough to live in a small apartment - with roommates - this stuff really makes my blood boil. And I'm far from alone.

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  • Twitter users were very quick to chime in with their own thoughts on the family's infuriatingly patronizing tone - with some going as far as to reveal the family's heinous treatment of their employees. 

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    In response to Kim's "no toxic work environments" comment in the above Instagram story, this Twitter user simply shared one of the family's listings for an *unpaid* internship.

    via @misamandary

    Interns often work harder than actual employees. This treatment is pretty disgusting.

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    Glasses - Doctor Dome @DoctorDome1 Replying to @Variety Single mothers with 2 jobs listening to Kim tell them the work harder 1:29 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for iPhone 623 Retweets 24 Quote Tweets 14.8K Likes
    via @DoctorDome1

    As @DoctorDome1 points out, this is probably an incredibly damaging thing for single mothers to hear. There are sadly many women who work two or three jobs just to put food on the table. Wake up, Kim. 

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    Many responses served as reminders that the Kardashians are not, in fact, self-made billionaires.

    Font - sweet treat enjoyer @opinion_hater Replying to @Variety I wish I was born rich soI could be self-made 1:28 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for iPhone 1,824 Retweets 43 Quote Tweets 30.9K Likes
    via @opinion_hater

    They were born rich.

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    Even the Working Families Party had to roast this stupidity.

    Eyelash - WEP Working Families Party o @WorkingFamilies WFP ... Replying to @Variety We fixed it. Variety @Variety "I have the best advice for women in business," Kim Kardashian says. 99 "Have generational wealth." VARIETY
    via @WorkingFamilies
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    Font - Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle Replying to @Variety Kim K is one of the hardest working people out there but hard work is not a very good predictor of success in business. For every success story there are 100 other people working 2 jobs and living paycheck to paycheck. 4:10 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter Web App 218 Retweets 60 Quote Tweets 5,155 Likes
    via @DanPriceSeattle

    Dan Price defended Kim's work ethic, while still pointing out that hard work isn't really a good litmus test for success. 

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    One of the most startling responses comes from Jessuca DeFino, who was an editor on the family's apps.

    Font - Jessica DeFino @jessicadefino_ I was an editor on the Kardashian apps in 2015 in LA, worked days nights & weekends, could only afford groceries from the 99 Cents Only Store, called out "sick" more than once bc I couldn't put gas in my car to get to the office, & was reprimanded for freelancing on the side Variety O @Variety · 1d "I have the best advice for women in business," Kim Kardashian says. "Get your f-- king ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days." wp.me/ 99
    via @jessicadefino_

    Guess working hard isn't actually enough for the Kardashians, after all. 

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    Font - Myself mostly @BigBryC •.. Replying to @Variety Yes Kim, people are tired of working 30+ hours a week to earn 1/920 of what you get by doing literally nothing and signing your name to a product someone else developed 2:07 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for Android 871 Retweets 18 Quote Tweets 28.3K Likes
    via @BigBryC
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    Eyebrow - Variety O @Variety · 1d "I have the best advice for women in business," Kim Kardashian says. "Get your f--king ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days." wp.me/pc8uak-11ALF× 99 VARIETY 9,464 LI 36.1K 10K Mrs. Cooper @mlcooper63 Replying to @Variety Says the woman who was kicked off of Dancing With the Stars after 2 weeks because she was too lazy to show up to work.
    via @Variety
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    Font - Cinloou l ... @cinloou7 Replying to @Variety They need to do a real reality show where she is dropped off in a small town with a studio apartment, no vehicle, no connections and no bank account. Let her take a bus to a minimum wage job then see if she can work hard enough to make it. 2:25 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter Web App 874 Retweets 64 Quote Tweets 21.6K Likes
    via @cinloou7
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    Font - Michelle Amor ... @MichelleAmor Replying to @Variety Richsplaining: When a person who hasn't experienced poverty gives you patronizing advice on how to get out of poverty. 2:42 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for iPhone 995 Retweets 25 Quote Tweets 13.1K Likes
    via @MichelleAmor
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    Font - JUST SAY NO WanderingNomad @WanderingNoma14 TO FASCISM Replying to @Variety I love when people who were born to obscenely rich, highly networked and well connected parents pontificate about importance of work. 1:28 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for Android 543 Retweets 9 Quote Tweets 12.5K Likes
    via @WanderingNoma14
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    Font - Ironic Username ... @ANerdInFlint Replying to @Variety People who were born into wealth sure do have some strong opinions about the work ethic of the poors. 2:26 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for Android 224 Retweets 8 Quote Tweets 5,017 Likes
    via @ANerdInFlint
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    Sometimes a simple photo really says it all.

    Forehead - Trey @treydayway Replying to @Variety 1:51 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for Android 165 Retweets 9 Quote Tweets 5,232 Likes
    via @teydayway
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    We love a good joke.

    Font - Gom Jabbarjaw @SensitiveWigi ... Replying to @Variety People often forget Kim built her media career off of a roofing business she started with money she earned working as an apprentice roofer in high school 5:27 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter Web App 38 Retweets 12 Quote Tweets 761 Likes
    via @SentisitveWigi
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    Vertebrate - James Figueiredo @JamesGarFig ... Replying to @Variety The Lion, The Witch and the Audacity of this Bitch 4:02 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for iPhone 151 Retweets 6 Quote Tweets 4,396 Likes
    via @
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    Hood - Rachonies ... @TakeltEasyRae Not Miss Kimberly who got a BMW at 16 telling me I have to work harder in life 3EM 24
    via @TakeItEasyRae
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    Font - Annanikpe @princess_nikpe ... Kim Kardashian telling women in business to get their asses up and work the day after International Womens Day has to be the biggest joke of the year 4:57 PM · 3/9/22 · Twitter for iPhone 1,099 Retweets 59 Quote Tweets 9,364 Likes
    via @princess_nikpe

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