‘Disgusted’ Kim Kardashian finally addresses Balenciaga furore – Skims’ founder said she is ‘re-evaluating’ her relationship with the luxury fashion brand after their BDSM teddy bear campaign

Nov 28 , 2022

Kim Kardashian says she’s “disgusted” by Balenciaga’s recent holiday ad campaign, accused of sexualising minors. Photo: Balenciaga, Getty Images

After Balenciaga’s latest campaign, which featured a child holding a teddy bear in bondage gear, fans began to call on the brand’s most famous fan girl for a response

Kim Kardashian said she was ‘disgusted and outraged’ by the campaign, adding that any attempts to normalise child abuse has no place in our society

Kim Kardashian told fans she was “disgusted and outraged” by Balenciaga’s holiday ad campaign accused of sexualising minors.

Kardashian shared her thoughts on Twitter on November 27, saying she held off on making a statement to “understand” how the campaign happened in the first place.

Kim Kardashian with Balenciaga’s creative director Demna Gvasalia, wearing a T-shirt in the colours of the Ukrainian flag in Paris earlier this year. Photo: @demnagram/Instagram

“As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images,” Kardashian wrote. “The safety of children must be held with the highest regard and any attempts to normalise child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society – period.”

The Skims founder also said she was grateful the ad was pulled, but she was currently “re-evaluating” her relationship with the company.

Balenciaga apologised and removed the ads from social media on November 22 following the backlash. The ads featured a child holding a teddy bear in bondage gear, as well as a document from a Supreme Court ruling on child sexual abuse images.

Balenciaga’s controversial teddy bear campaign sparked an uproar. Photo: @highsnobiety/Instagram

The company also filed a US$25 million suit against production company North Six, Inc., according to the New York Post, and set designer Nicholas Des Jardins for inclusion of the Supreme Court documents in the ad.