Kim Kardashian apologizes for 'get your ass up and work' dig aimed at women
'It became a sound bite no context,' the Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum says
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Kim Kardashian is apologizing after going viral earlier this month when she was quoted in a Variety profile telling women to “get your f—ing ass up and work.”
The comment drew ire online and was even a joke at Sunday night’s Academy Awards.
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Kardashian addressed the remark in a new interview with Good Morning America, for a primetime special set to air on April 6.
“Well, that statement that I said was without questions and conversation around it,” she told GMA co-anchor Robin Roberts. “It became a sound bite no context. And that sound bite came off the question right before, which was after 20 years of being in the business you’re famous for being famous. And my whole tone and attitude changed with the previous question that went into that question about what advice would you give to women.”
Kardashian then shared the sentiment she wanted to convey with her answer.
“The advice that I would give is just that having a social media presence and being on a reality show does not mean overnight success,” she said. “And you have to really work hard to get there, even if it might seem like it’s easy and that you can build a really successful business off of social media. And you can, if you put in a lot of really hard work.”
In the Variety profile, Kardashian said that it “seems like nobody wants to work these days,” which prompted her sister Kourtney to add, “That’s so true.”
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Kim continued to share her advice for women entering the business world, adding, “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 and show up and do the work.”
The SKIMS founder also took aim at critics who think her life is easy. “When you do product shots (or) when you (post) things that are work-related posts, it’s still a job and it’s still really hard.”
Kardashian told Roberts she wasn’t trying to make a “blanket statement towards women” in her interview with Variety.
“It was taken out of context,” she said. “But I’m really sorry if it was received that way.
Kardashian, who is currently dating Pete Davidson, will appear on her family’s new reality show The Kardashians, which debuts on Disney+ on April 14.
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