Kim Kardashian Faces Backlash After Work Ethic Comments! | Tea-G-I-F

Claudia, Al, and Funky are talking about Kim Kardashian facing backlash after her comments in a recent interview about work ethic.
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[@salmaal-shaoily5809]

Plenty of people work extraordinarily hard their entire lives, but sometimes even that's not enough to replace being born into a wealthy family.

[@blkcoverboy1049]

Right! But those people are not the ones she was talking to.

[@whatsup-cl6tp]

How did that whole work conversation come about for Kim to make that statement?

[@blkcoverboy1049]

@@whatsup-cl6tp the conversation was woman in business

[@sharesecombs2381]

Not only that would she be where she is if it wasn't for her tape🙄

[@Cocoarunway]

Right! Working abs having connections is two different things. She already had her foot in the door because of her Father’s name. That alone got her foot in the door, got her in the league of other wealthy offspring. She doesn’t know what hard work is and never will.

[@LIFEWITHSHERIDAN]

The emotional response isn’t about KIM! It’s about the ELITE telling us to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps while simultaneously BENEFITING from their privilege! It’s the classism for me! It’s the pretending like you don’t know there is a glass ceiling for me. Dineva, had she said something about a community YOU are a member of, I’m sure your sentiments would be different…because we have seen you go IN. So, we’re not allowing HER to control our emotions. We simply have them and can express ourselves enough to stand up to the privileged.

[@destinylove1673]

Dineva stay defending white women

[@szasremmurd8002]

A mf word! Not only that, but wtf can’t my emotional response be just that? It’s HUMAN! For dineva to say why do we allow a person we don’t know to run our emotions…well why do you allow movies to make you cry? Or be happy? Why do when you see a black STRANGER getting murdered by police do you allow it to upset you? Why when you see a fine ass stranger do you allow your tusssy cat to feel stimulated? It’s human emotions we don’t have to know someone to have emotions for,of or about them!! I HATE that argument

[@joshuazamora5751]

Exactly hell if hard work always resulted in wealth there would be a lot more millionaires

[@szasremmurd8002]

@@joshuazamora5751 there would be entire countries of millionaires 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@joshuazamora5751]

@@szasremmurd8002 exactly and I don’t see the issue there but I’ll be damned if anyone who started of with generational wealth benefits is going to tell anyone working multiple jobs or very physical labor intensive job long hours that they are not working hard enough

[@marisajanine1009]

No! This has nothing to do with it being Kim. It could have been any out-of-touch Rich wealthy woman telling the poor and middle class that the reason that they are not successful is because they're simply not working hard enough. That is disgusting because it is the poor and the middle class were holding this damn country up. Kim Kardashian cannot preach to anyone about working hard when she doesn't clean her own house, cook her own food, do her own chores, or even raise her own children.

[@ampositivewoman2103]

👏👏👏👏👏👏💯

[@evanperilstein5308]

Very well said

[@mz.b4120]

💯🎯

[@prtdiva]

THIS! 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾I could build an empire too if I had a nanny, a house cleaner, several assistants, personal chefs, stylists, publicists AND a sex tape and a family name. Like stop it. No one is saying that Kim isn’t a great business woman NOW but let’s not act like she didn’t have the shit rolled out for her. No one is hating. We’re just tired of rich people, rather it be Kim or Trump and his “small loan of $1 million from his dad” or Kim’s sister Kylie who’s a self professed “self made” billionaire, telling us small business owners to work harder. Like if you don’t get outta my face with that mess 🙄

[@jjtaylor1932]

That part 👏🏾👏🏾

[@VenusEnergy3]

Kim has a way of crediting herself for things she hasn’t achieved by herself, for example she denied promoting unrealistic beauty standards & attributed the way her body looks to her “getting off her ass” & doing the “work,” whilst failing/refusing to acknowledge/admit to the abundance of surgery she’s had which has hugely contributed to the way she looks. It’s the same here. Whilst her statement is in & of itself accurate, it needed to come with the acknowledgment that her success has come with not only hard work but a head start & a leg up. Anything short of that is a little patronising & to some offensive.

[@robyndonaldson1307]

Well stated

[@tonosey9151]

This 100%

[@missdee7045]

Exactly I just said something similar

[@ShellfishHavana]

Well stated 🙂

[@greenbyrdd8308]

@Honey the beautiful Pomeranian 🍯🐾 Or a butt up! 🤣🤣🤣

[@breaknbeat]

Dineva is just convinced that Black Women are jealous of and hate the Kardashians. Cause when he saids yall, you know he's talking to BW. Anyway Thanks again Al.

[@Retirement10]

Her rant was the modern day equivalent of let them eat cake.

[@halomerric8611]

Yup...and we know what hapoened to her...

[@AKing69]

👏👏👏👏

[@greenbyrdd8308]

Exactly!

[@marybyrd3677]

Truth!

[@KellieAlston]

Now, that is so good considering I just finished watching Versaille on Netflix. The privileged are always totally clueless about the conditions of those below their socioeconomic status. We have to understand them but they are never forced to understand us.

[@StartingFromExperience]

For me it’s offensive from a woman who has profited from “acting black”…my apologies Kim, I can’t wear corn rolls and go viral, or get my body done and start a cheap shape wear line and pretend that’s how I maintain my look…I take issue with Kim taking pieces of my culture and profiting from my culture more than the black women in my culture…when Kim can do something 100% original then we can discuss hard work…

[@jenisejackson5408]

@Carla Rice. Facts. You said the damn thing!!! I completely agree.

[@ms.shaneis955]

Yessss!!!!

[@mz.b4120]

🎯🎯🍷 We gonna be waiting for that to happen

[@prtdiva]

Bloop! 🎤🎤🎤💅🏾

[@rmaddwilliams5064]

Well Claudia is not black but benefited off of her BIRACIAL background......

[@LadeOla]

Privilege people need to stop gaslighting regular everyday people 🙄

[@khandibaugh23]

As a person who doesn’t criticize or pay attention to every move KK makes, this particular comment was insensitive. Working hard is over rated. It’s not what you know it’s who you know. The paycheck she receives is a lot different from the average person working harder and longer hours without nannies and chefs. Also the term hard work is subjective.

[@blackcommunion3820]

Great comment

[@bclassy871]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@gladysvazquez7723]

🗣🗣🗣 Perfectly said!!! 👏 @Khandi Baugh

[@bukonla]

Yes!!

[@dukethomas7217]

You hit it on the nail. Fact

[@joshuazamora5751]

I think people are tired of hearing this from people like Kim and wealthy politicians born into wealth and had a huge head start telling people they just need to work harder with people out here working 2-3 jobs working very hard with very little pay off.

[@EM-fv2dq]

Yaaaaaaasssssss!!!!!!!!!!! Especially veterans....smh....

[@tilabryant5591]

It’s easy to hit a home run when you’re already on third base

[@sicksadworld6221]

BINNNNNNNGO 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯!

[@haveaniceday1692]

💯

[@tbakes1371]

Exactly!

[@rasta487]

Yes. I heard sunny holstin on the view say that today & its a great way to put it.

[@breaknbeat]

💥💥💥💥

[@xhosagibran370]

Not all of us can get recognition and make millions off a sex tape.

[@tiamarie6997]

FACTS ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[@blaque843]

amen

[@newbesocool99]

You can if you got the right ingredients. She was friends with the it girl Paris and dating rj.

[@cecegiles7286]

If ur mom is your pimp u would

[@prtdiva]

@@newbesocool99 so that proves her point, not all of us 😂🤦🏾‍♀️ How many of us are friends with celebrities???

[@tonkalonk78]

I actually thought it was funny because Kim thought she ate with that lil statement😂

[@missdee7045]

🤣

[@markmenez4097]

She did people talking about it and making millions. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@KellieAlston]

☺️☺️☺️ Exactly. That's something my daughter would say.

[@Tavymckenzie]

First of all the Kardashian’s built their brands off of literally stealing concepts and ideas from lower designers and stylists MOSTLY BLACK who were WORKING and gave them no credit and there was nothing that these women could do because of who the Kardashians are and how much money they have. yall totally missed the mark with that. As a black show.

[@leggyladyus5]

.....and she financed her shop using money she stole from Brandy Norwood's mother.

[@a.c.ppodmore1095]

Bravo you are totally right Tavonna. They completely fumbled the bag on this issue.

[@lusambabeya5631]

So true, so Claudia stop it agreeing with her bullshit

[@marieh9627]

@@leggyladyus5 I totally forgot about that Norwood drama. Thank you! People don’t know or remember how Kim kardashian STOLE that $$ from the Norwoods. Talk about that!! Kim stole money from a working black woman because she didn’t want to get off arse and work for it. Do your homework TGIF! Maybe Kim should follow her own advice. A woman who talks to other women about getting off their a**, yet has nannies and money that gives her the freedom to do what she wants. Wow. . What she said is not an encouragement to women, And encourage is what we must do. Look at the entire picture here. Married one of the richest black men, pumped out babies, and then telling others to get off their arse. Really? Girl, bye! She all about that Anna Bye lifestyle.

[@BodyandSpaCreations]

Exactly! They ignored all that and acted like Kim is just some poor misguided rich woman who doesn’t have a legacy of theft and exploitation on her hands

[@TiffanyRayneOfficial]

Nobody is hating on this woman. I'm tired of people telling us we're hating on someone when we have our own takes and opinions on someone's public comments. With that said, I understood what she was trying to go for, but like Al was pointing out "working hard" is two totally different realities for someone like us and someone like her.

[@nikkishaye1111]

Amen. ✝️

[@sbusisiweshaba1715]

Someone like us is too generalized, everybody's life is different.

[@ShellfishHavana]

@@sbusisiweshaba1715 maybe we should start with stealing $120,000 from Brandy, to be on even playing field.

[@saucyt8]

This! Funky is here stating his opinion just like everyone else and now women are too invested on making comments about someone we hate?

[@vavavogue4070]

That’s Funky who want to make it seem like ppl are hating on that girl. I’m starting to think he’s out of touch at this point. Kim had a head start at birth unlike some people and to be honest if a black women would have been introduced like Kim was to us, she would have never made it that far. Society would not look at her or view her like they do Kim. No matter how big her ass was

[@deborahberry2082]

When has she ever said anything relevant? The one thing I can say about Kim is that she knows how to get the public's attention.

[@Clintsessentials]

Pretty much.

[@halomerric8611]

Yeah it's nauseating.

[@missdee7045]

Lol very true

[@deborahbrown1753]

Kim just wanted to stir the attention pot , please this family is a joke when it comes to speaking to the general public about work ethics this type of political speech she gave was perfect for there knew show she will do and say anything to stay relevant and when I say anything I mean just that. They can't have a show without people talking about them so this is the result of a greedy woman

[@shawnmatthews9594]

Hard work does not necessarily yield material riches.

[@PM-lt2zu]

But, there is a possibility while if you don't work hard be sure will not happen at all

[@lisafulton3288]

Love this!❤ So on point!👏👏👏👏

[@berenic90]

If that was the case a lot of ppl would be rich. You're completely right!

[@LE-gf3no]

Bah voilà, c’est ça.

[@scottrogue946]

I agree. Nobody teaches people that hard work gives you the opportunity to be successful. The reality is that it’s no guarantee of it, it’s just a chance and a harsh reality.

[@SimplyComplicated1222]

Thank you Al!!! Look, let’s not act like 95% of what these Kardashians do isn’t based off how they look and their social status. Kim K didn’t say anything (IMO) that was a secret to success. An average person can work just has hard as they “allegedly “ do but without connections and inner circles, that work is in vain. That’s why people are mad

[@leggyladyus5]

If we all had a wealthy family (like the Norwood's) that we could STEAL almost a quarter of a million dollars from to purchase inventory for a shop we're opening, we'd "work" just as "hard" as Kim.💁🏾‍♀️

[@ObservingtheMatrix]

Oh is that what they did? Lol

[@LBgodchild]

And the Ray J sex tape that made you more famous than your dad that helped aquit OJ (Khloe real daddy)? She ought to pay homage to the Norwood's hard work instead.

[@mz.b4120]

@@ObservingtheMatrix Can’t nobody tell me about working hard if they never had to struggle a day in their life. That’s just me.

[@prtdiva]

@@ObservingtheMatrix the only simple minded person here is you. Did you not read what this person just wrote about Kim stealing money from Brandy’s family and flipping it but want to tell us to work hard? Sex tapes were taboo back in the day which is why Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton and Kim K earned notoriety from them. The IG thots of today will never be able to do what those women did because the market is over saturated with them now (I guess that’s the luck you speak of) as well as social media over exposure. At the end of the day Kim had a leg up: a name, celebrity inner circles and a team to help her build her brand. I do believe she works hard but let’s not act like this woman didn’t have a head start. Or ignore the resources she has that many of us will never have (Nannies, assistants, trainers, chefs etc). As an entrepreneur myself I know the difference between having a team and grinding on your own and it’s MUCH easier with a team. I started planning large scale events for a company I worked at and it was a lot of work. But, I had a team behind me which took some of the load off of me. When I branched off and started my own event company from scratch I didn’t realize how hard it was to do it alone. No assistants to order products. No warehouse staff to pack boxes. No team to put together the event or cleanup. I had to do that shit myself and it was hard and sucked. All while still working a 9-5, caring for family, cooking and cleaning etc. So yeah, Kim telling us to work hard while she’s surrounded by a team and money (startup money that she stole from Brandy) is tone deaf 🙄

[@leggyladyus5]

@@ObservingtheMatrix simplemindedness is the blind worship of celebs and who the media sold to you as "rich" absent of using the critical thinking skills necessary to know when someone is pissing on your head and telling you that it's raining. The words "work ethic" and "Kardashian" do not belong in the same sentence absent of including the words "theft" , "malfeasance" and "fraud". Now if the latter words are something you personally aspire to engage in and consider good work ethics, we can just leave this conversation alone.

[@JayEllisAlexander]

I was never angry at what she said. I just found it absolutely hilarious coming from her. Then she had the nerve to say it in such an assertive tone. It was comical, but that's just me. I don't hate the girl. lol

[@sweetdivine2701]

Well said 👏👌🏿

[@greenbyrdd8308]

Pretty Bitchy Bee, well according to Funky, you do. In his world, you're just hating because it's Kim. 😅

[@SmartClassySassy1]

I live for the day when we can simply disagree with someone without being accused of "hating"! To hear Funky say that was convenient, to say the least. There were people, from celebrities on down, who disagreed with Kim. But I guess our perspectives are unjust if we don't echo her views. 🤦🏽‍♀️🙄

[@bryannoah9023]

The outrage is her saying "nobody wants to work." Cmon yall.

[@destinylove1673]

She’s been watching too much Fox News

[@pdiddy523]

Most of the people who she speaks to actually work.. so that's where the problem lies.

[@Sergesedd22]

@@pdiddy523 exactly

[@SimA-se8dg]

I actually never had anything against Kim. However, it wasn't the statement she made for me. It was the tone in the message that rubbed me the wrong way: "Get off your F***n lazy asses"! Girl please, your biggest stress right now is Kanye! Most of us work really, really hard and have two jobs! All while having to cook, do laundry, clean, help with homework, drop off and pick up our kids for school activities, pick out clothes for the next day, etc. We also have home and vehicle repairs that some of us do ourselves because we cannot afford to pay someone. Or call someone that charges $50 -$100 bucks an hour just to come out! We do not have the luxury of having assistants, housekeepers, and nannies to do these things for us. So again, (in my opinion) it's not the message that was bad (because it wasn't). It was the delivery! (And I am not sure if you were trying to encourage or discourage women)!

[@bclassy871]

True!!! They forgetting the support she gets we can’t do certain things bcuz we have to make dinner, or clean the whole house… or go grocery shopping as women we come last in family dynamics and work 2 jobs I can’t see how people defending that.

[@mz.b4120]

She doesn’t know what hard work looks like at all.

[@calebilhan3669]

This family needs to go.

[@kimmelymingledolph386]

Right

[@tiamarie6997]

🗣‼️‼️‼️🤷🏾‍♀️

[@tiamarie6997]

@Anna R EXACTLY ‼️

[@justsaying8358]

How will they fade of y'all continue to click, watch and comment on posts about them?

[@scottrogue946]

They work my last nerve honestly

[@rarejourneys]

“ It takes a lot of work to have those sweatshop workers making your overpriced garments” 🤣💀🎯

[@BigbossBonita]

Thank you Al for speaking facts. Funky is giving me CharlamangeDaGawd vibes aka his opinion is being bought to defend certain people & push a positive narrative about them

[@rjordan102]

I love Al. He is always the voice of reason. Thank god for him on this show

[@mizzgandree]

It wasn’t what was said, it was HOW she said it. Her tone set it off. She has accomplished a lot and definitely pulls the weight in her family but I’m sure her nannies “get up off their a**es” and work HARD everyday but that won’t turn them into Kim.

[@SmartClassySassy1]

All facts!! 💯💯

[@lenak1438]

That part

[@susandickerman4939]

Most middle class American women do not make sex tapes. With famous people. She seems to forget how she started.

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

There are 2 things she is not understanding 1. She was always rich, so whatever she chose to work in, it was truly a choice, usually a passion, so she may not understand what it is to work to just survive. 2. Because she doesn't not understand number 1, she also doesn't get that just because you work hard, it does not mean you are guaranteed anything, a lot of the times it's just to scrape by, you get no rewards, you're still in debt, and all because of various systems that we are in.

[@missdee7045]

And 3 she won't understand 1 or 2.

[@LE-gf3no]

Bien dit. 👌🏼

[@missdee7045]

Al is always the voice of reason. He doesn't mind not licking boots. I dnt care that Kim said it I care that someone who already had a huge leg up and has a totally different reality had the audacity to talk about how women should get up and work. Girl bye.

[@anirtak7118]

She has financial backing, connections, and assistants, and a full team to assist her with all she wants to do. The regular people don't have half of what she has. I agree with Al wealth Gap is correct.

[@tbakes1371]

Yes it takes a lot of work to call the nanny😌....She started with money and in celebrity circles. True she hustled to grow her empire, but even her access to her law degree started on a different level than most.

[@omphilemoerane2569]

Dude, that girl skipped so many steps. She didn't finish college, didn't go to law school, wrote something called a baby bar, not even the regular bar exam and she wonders why it took her so many attempts to pass🙄 Also, she would have never gotten an opportunity to do her legal studies at a law firm if she was just a regular person, especially one with a sex tape that went viral. Something that would normally be impossible for most happened for her so seamlessly and she really thinks it's just because she works SO hard. BS.

[@paulajf4205]

I don't think many or any are denying that Kim has put in the work for her success, BUT to imply that all it takes is hard work to be successful, is the epitome of being out of touch. There is also privilege, access, opportunity and luck. For others there is racism, ageism, etc. We don't need a lecture on work ethic from someone starting on 3rd base who has a team of people to help her personally & professionally. Even worse she said this during Women's History Month when most are celebrating the contributions of women.

[@veronicasims6285]

Al had the smartest response, the wealth gap is what caused the visceral reaction. Wasn’t that the question Q and Claudia? Why people let this woman who they don’t know incite such an emotional response. It has nothing to do with Kim, I believe it is the underlying emotions that this wealth gap causes. Great analysis Al.

[@missdee7045]

As usual.. if they go back and pay attention to their responses they will see that they are actually responding based on emotions while AL responded based on logic.

[@veronicasims6285]

@@missdee7045 wow, very well said. I didn’t even catch that. You are absolutely correct.

[@WenNRome]

Al is always the most sensible when it comes to "wealth or classism" conversations....only time we see Q go in nowadays is when it relates to the LGBTQ+

[@MADEbySOUL]

Dear Funky Dinerva, words can hurt others even if one doesn’t know the speaker. It was International Womens Day when Ms. Kim Kardashian gave her advice. Many things separate true unity between women and many women are taking notice of inner misogyny and ego that makes some women believe they are the only ones doing the work. This comment is in the same vein as Rachel Hollis. Who apparently is “successful” because she is the only one willing to wake up at 4am. Baristas and other morning shift employees don’t exist it seems. Also, this is the same person who said her family doesn’t set an impossible Beauty standard because they are the ones who “do the work and go to the gym.” So all the people who bought their diet candy, teas, starve and over exercise themselves aren’t working hard enough. It is saddening that on a day we expect women to raise each other up, this woman has decided to talk down to and even lecture other women just like the rest of society.

[@mygodisawesome6121]

Claudia you stay taking up for Kim. Are you trying to get hired by Kris😂

[@avalangrin4904]

Thank you again Al for recognizing the struggles of everyday Americans, and the income disparity between the wealthy and the middle class and poor. I saw a video comment where a woman described her experience working for the Kardashians. She received a low wage which she could barely survive on, and was told she couldn’t work a job on the side. I don’t agree with Claudia and Q that people are angry with Kim just because the thoughtless advice is coming from her in particular. The fact is that the Kardashians and most wealthy entrepreneurs stand on the backs of their hard working, often exploited, employees who are putting in the “hard work” while people like Kim and her sisters take ALL the credit. There are people who are actually working two to three jobs just to keep their heads above water. Kim gets so much credit for getting her law license. I went to four years of college and three years of law school before I sat for the bar exam. Kim took advantage of a California law that allowed her to apprentice for a lawyer (One of her father’s friends I bet.), was tutored outside of a law class, and then sat for the California bar exam. Mrs hard work is great at avoiding true hard work and taking advantage of her wealth and connections to achieve a goal. Kim Kardashian and that whole clueless klan are the last persons I would listen to about hard work and achieving your goals. Claudia and Q need to step outside of their celebrity bubbles every once and a while and see how Americans are struggling in this country today, and it is NOT because they are unwilling to work. What Kim said was elitist and insensitive. 🤨🤨🤨🤨.

[@pepperschild9941]

Not damned if u do damned if u don't, Kim could've simply recognized her privilege and said nothing.

[@goodjudygirlfriend]

Nobody wants to hear this when they’re doing their best to make ends meet, during a pandemic, lay offs, business closures, schools opening and closing, family members getting sick/dying from the Rona, High gas prices and a war that has or could send loved ones to fight. A lot of people are realizing their worth and that the work they do can be done at home, relieving a lot of workplace stress, could lift the financial burden of childcare off a lot of families and so much more. The collective doesn’t need to hear a tone deaf message from a woman who’s claim to fame is her fathers name, lying on her back, stealing money, black women’s clothing ideas and image and taking the credit from black women lawyers when it came to freeing those prisoners and prison reform. She needs to have several seats and worry about what’s on her own plate and leave the rest of us alone.

[@tilabryant5591]

Al with the sweat shop shade😩

[@45qdkdontsteal92]

Claudia shares this sentiment that’s why. I’ve heard her hint around this idea a few times. She always saying it’s hard work for her but girl bye. Chris Rock said it best he hasn’t had a hard day of work since he started show business. He said the man that has to clean this up when we are done has it hard. Claudia is out of touch as well. Rich people have convinced us to slave for them while they get richer and we get poorer

[@MahoganyGlaze]

Ohhh child….. They are eating the cast up on this clip!!!!! And they deserve every bit of it 🤣🤣🤣

[@MrChoirDirector87]

The message is true. And, I get some people take issue with the messenger. However, for me, I felt someway about her “message.” This woman built her entire career off a sex tape. Her father was a famous, and wealthy attorney. Not for nothing, I’d rather hear that message from someone who has once struggled, and managed to get ahead in life. I can’t receive that message from someone who only struggles with which Black Amex card to use.

[@shamiekamuldrew]

YAAAAZ

[@justsaying8358]

How many people with a sex tape out are where she is? How many people that started were she started are where she is?

[@lj6180]

🗣 for the people in the back!!! The reality is that Kim or any other wealthy person have not had the same struggles as the average person!!!

[@KellieAlston]

Wow. Q and Claudia seem so out of touch when it comes to this topic. Why does Q continue to say that she could do or say anything and people would comment? That could be said of anyone. You have to identify the messenger along with the message. Are they serious? That is the foundation of a personal brand. The bottom line is that it was in poor taste and extremely insensitive for a WW who grew up wealthy to then speak to the millions of people who follow her and tell them that they should work and then make a judgment about people saying that they do not want to work these days. Now, if she had come from the bottom and was speaking from a perspective of overcoming poverty or adverse circumstances, it would have been received much better, but for someone who went from wealthy to billionaire she should have had that convo with her sisters or comrads and not posted it on social media. One's every thought is not to be shared with the masses. That seems like common sense so I am surprised at this commentary. Al, thank you for sharing some sense of reason.

[@glamorousshayla]

I don’t think everyone who’s mad are mad just because it’s Kim. I’m sure if Paris Hilton had said the same thing, the reaction would’ve been the same. People have constantly been told work hard and you’ll make it, and yet they never do. And with things being the way they are lately, people are just angry and tired of it.

[@SmartClassySassy1]

Absolutely!! Funky knows he was reaching with that bs. Anytime someone isn't riding the Kardashian bandwagon, they must be hating or jealous. He's disagreed with many people, so should we assume he hates all of them?

[@chrisman3431]

@@SmartClassySassy1it's the gaslighting that gets on last nerve. And even if ppl are jealous. Does it make their argument non valid ? TF NOT. Q needs to take several seats and stop capping for RICH white women. He needs to check his internalized anti blackness and keep the same energy he had for black women like Nicki (who did not beg US Vogue for on their cover alongside Lil Kim) with women like Kim (who comes from money and privilege)

[@Janettoi]

Working hard is just that. Working hard! Coming from a third world country I've seen plenty of people work hard their entire lives with nothing to show and then they die. The end. I don't take any advice from the likes of Kimberly because our struggles are not the same and will never be.

[@SmartClassySassy1]

If you can't relate to the song "Started From the Bottom, Now We're Here", you have no advice that I'm sincerely interested in. Kim earns $10 million per Instagram post. It must be nice!!

[@wilsonajames]

She didn't give any advice. She gave a generic, bump sticker trope. Of all the things this “accomplished” businesswoman could have said she gave that answer.

[@Mya_water]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@SmartClassySassy1]

AMEN 🙏🏽 🙏🏽 🙏🏽

[@kenyabean5352]

Funky the diva or whatever his name is... Talking about well I don't understand why these people are just letting Kim Kardashian get them routed up or whatever 🙄🙄 When they don't even know her she's not paying them any attention But yet you're doing this commentary about celebrities and other people and they don't know you !!!!!!!! And you don't know them other than what you're doing about a job👈👈👈🤔 And you get up in your feelings.... It sounds hypocritical to me..👈👈😒 And I think a lot of people are getting upset or have an opinion or have a thought about the situation about Kim Kardashian because a lot of black people know that Kim Kardashian made a lot of her money off of BLK women/ men!!!!!!!! And then have the audacity to say this 👈👈👈 That's the problem with people they continue to let Kim Kardashian get away with stuff!!!!! And she can have all the kids she wants to have by a black man but I definitely do not believe Kim Kardashian or the Kardashian like black people they like making money off of them 😒😒

[@id9829]

Well said

[@scottrogue946]

Speak on it!

[@szasremmurd8002]

The day of a woman like Kim vs a working class woman is nothing alike , especially when we talk about hard work or the labor force. Being awakened daily by an assistant with fresh juice and avocado toast, to then getting your bath drawn in your multi-million dollar house where the Nannie’s know not to bother you with YOUR own kids, while you take zoom meetings with billionaires and celebrities DYING to collab with you on anything, but not before inviting you to their yacht for a work-dinner ,only to come home and oversee the work all of the help has done and then go to bed on 1.1million thread count sheets next to your billionaire husband just don’t sound like hard work to me…work it is , but sis…don’t push it.

[@mz.b4120]

Facts.

[@SmartClassySassy1]

Your comments are so satisfying 🙌🏽

[@TheDivayenta]

Kim needs to think about those who have been and are still worked to death.

[@thespiritualcoloristanddia7724]

Probably because you could never see a black family do what the Kardashian have done and get the same level of success. If they came from a father who had a good reputation as a lawyer or not. I think any other race would have gotten hit harder period. Not just skin color but their personalities and representation as women period in a industry that is not easy to always get ahead in.

[@gregoryponds6745]

Words have weight funky no one wants to hear a white adjacent woman telling them what the need to do and what’s best for them

[@ihave2ques902]

Exactly!

[@unpopularopinion5449]

Q, you full of it. It is NOT about Kim. If YOU had said what she said, I'd be mad. Kim got on a platform and said something that pissed a lot of people off. She said 'business' women. But her execution was directed to everyone. She was arrogant and unfeeling in her tone as well. You need to stop acting like these women give a dam about anyone not in their circle. Cause they dont.

[@elainehuitt9050]

And a lot of people didn’t have parents that were already successful

[@Tavymckenzie]

And then a stepfather who was successful after the father passed away. Talk about lucky !!

[@joypeaceandhappiness1501]

Attorney father, olympic stepdad

[@omphilemoerane2569]

@@joypeaceandhappiness1501 she sound so ridiculous when you put it like this😂😂😂

[@tiamarie6997]

“I was going to say laying on her back but she kind of did that”🤣🤣🤣🤣I can’t stand funky 😹😹😹😹😹😹

[@Tdottdot]

You all missed the mark on this one! the one thing this show is missing is Someone who can check them the way Eboni K Williams use to check Remy and Joe Buddon on state of the culture because between 3 of y’all how all y’all miss the mark? lol.

[@Refilwe_Fifi]

Claudia never fails to disappoint. Always being contrarian for the sake of being contrarian

[@tangiecleans312]

Her understanding of “work ethics” has nothing to do with the convoluted backgrounds in which most of us come from and I’m not here for it. Kim reminds me of the wealthy advising the poor to pull themselves up by boot straps that DO NOT exist because….there aren’t “boots” to begin with. Just naked feet. If I had the connections that Kim has, I’d be a huge success as well. Not to mention, this is coming from a woman who’s earning her JD basically out of a cereal box. Come on now Kim.

[@prtdiva]

Not the JD out of a cereal box?! ✌🏾🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ninamosley]

understand the message and not discrediting her work ethic but it’s her tone. you do not get to have that tone when you’ve been silver spoon fed and privileged all of your life. i agree with bevy! tell your women circle that. go preach to khadijah and malika in that tone because us working class folks & celebs/entrepreneurs that got it out the mud don’t want to hear it from you.

[@SmartClassySassy1]

You got that right!!

[@zyajones9360]

Do Kim Kardashian remember how she made most of her millions by being Ray J toilet and a mattress on the back from a premeditated leak tape ...how dare she try too give, work ethic advice about being a successful woman .?..how dare she,...simply the audacity

[@sicksadworld6221]

And from what I've heard she barely put in any work on that sextape. The people say Ray J did all the work (if you catch my drift) ☕🐸.

[@tori0083]

I think people are also tired of seeing and hearing about Kim and the Kardashian’s. They are very over saturated in todays media and folks are irritated; so any little thing they say will get met with frustration and annoyance. I think they need to take a step back from the cameras and social media but we all know that won’t happen 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@probi99]

None of them even finished high school ugh

[@alexanpho4531]

I’m going to have to disagree with Funky and Claudia… Al was right!

[@KQueen305]

I can take that coming from y’all! A person born into money can’t have that conversation with me!

[@SmartClassySassy1]

Same here!

[@angelinaperea6253]

I think that the emotions that people are feeling based on Kim's comment correlate to some of our experiences in the workplace. People work so hard to climb the corporate latter, to get promotions, and ostensibly to increase our income with the belief that once we reach a certain number (pay range) that our lives will be as we planned, and sometimes that just doesn't happen. The glass ceiling is a real thing no matter how much you sacrifice, especially if you're a woman in Corporate America. You can put in overtime, work weekends, and miss out on alot of life/family events, and you still won't get the raise/promotion that you were busting your butt so hard for. On the other hand, what I got from Kim's statement was that we live in the age of the influencer/entrepreneur/overnight social media star, and many young people don't want to work a regular job because they're fascinated with the idea of easy money. While those who know that if you're a content creator or do some sort of social media work that they're is alot of work (not to mention expenses for content tools) behind the scenes, many kids believe it's easy so they make being an influencer a goal. If you really think about what Kim said in the beginning, "Get off your ass", she's not speaking to us regular working people; she's speaking to those who don't work yet want everything handed to them; which as we know isn't realistic 🤔.

[@Rashida_TX]

I agree.

[@prtdiva]

This is a good perspective. If she meant what you just said in the second part hopefully she’ll go back and clarify. Thank you for this 🤗

[@chrisman3431]

That's a fair point but you're being generous bc she generalized ALL women and basically threw women as a WHOLE under the bus

[@lj6180]

It's really sad that people still give Kim so much credit and grace!!! The average person is far from lazy and does work hard in fact they probably works harder than Kim on any day! She was not the one to give this advice!!! Kim gas had it easier the the average person!!! JMO I've worked hard went to school and still don't make enough to pay off my student loans!

[@valdagriffin]

No one cares, but people act like her statements were wrong, and they were not. All our lives our parents told us to work hard. But now that Kim said it, where ready to attack her? People, people worry about a possible World War 3. Worry about these white folks trying to take our rights and put us back in slavery, and you worry about some damn statements that Kim made? Really?

[@rasta487]

For me it was the tone. For the decade they've been around a repeated term from Kris Jenner was that her kids have a "great work ethic",..that's palatable & inspirational...now to see Kim with a dry smirk say "get off your f'in A & work" while the others nod their head like yea!...it simply sounds rude, disrespectful & condescending. So be it. Its about where the world seems to want to be anyway.

[@TheeGr8Cornholio]

Al is 100% correct. The idea of working hard is relative 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@evanperilstein5308]

I’ll begrudgingly admit that Kim hustles, but she doesn’t work hard compared to the average single mother juggling 2 or 3 jobs while raising a family. She has nannies, a chef, a maid, a personal trainer, a butler, etc. She and the rest of her family need to take a seat.

[@BdewithShlinda]

What does that have to do with the message. Stop measuring the labor. Her message was for those that don’t want to work hard but want success.

[@evanperilstein5308]

@@BdewithShlinda She assumed that most people don’t work hard, when many people actually work much harder than her.

[@BdewithShlinda]

@@evanperilstein5308 you assume she assumed, you don’t know that.

[@BdewithShlinda]

@@evanperilstein5308 or she could have been speaking to those of us lazy ass people. I will assume your not lazy, therefore she wasn’t talk about you.

[@BdewithShlinda]

@@adhanetkidane I can only speak to those I personally know. I’m sure we all may be aware of some people who just are lazy and expect everything. I will assume your not lazy, therefore I don’t believe she was referring to you nor I.

[@entrepriseenfondcommun2024]

Great message from the wrong person😤

[@jinlowe1953]

My question is simply this: what makes Kim assume women are not getting off their azz’s and working ?

[@tsto5033]

Q, people always give reactions to other peoples comments on social media. Nobody’s targeting Kim because she’s Kim. Our reactions to Kim get more airtime because she’s famous. But, lil Melissa saying some stupid shit to her 2,000 followers and we responding with outrage won’t get the same airtime unless it’s a viral moment. In the case of a viral moment Lil Melissa STILL doesn’t have the fame and influence so the outrage won’t seem as big. All I’m saying is everybody is catching virtual hands on a daily basis.

[@rasta487]

It sounds like funky & Claudia are like everyone who ultimately kiss the ring.

[@tyresmith9833]

Right message from the wrong messenger, especially since it’s coming from a woman who herself and her family have benefited from opportunities already given to them due to the wealth status and has been known to steal ideas and appropriate culture from black people, especially black women. None of the kardashians have built themselves from the ground up. I’m talking literally having to scratch and claw their way to success and honestly, regular people work extra hard their entire lives and still don’t reach a certain status.

[@courtneywalter9681]

The Messenger is just as important as the message in this situation.

[@ailynherrera4714]

I see what Kim means but hey Again we all interpret things differently ! For example Mariah Carey ,Oprah,Madonna ,Jennifer Lopez none of these women come from rich families and have done the work and keep working to be where they are at !

[@sk9rib2blz]

I don’t think ppl would be mad at those other women if they said the same thing for that exact reason. We know about their coming up. It’s the fact that we also know hers that is why ppl don’t want to hear it.

[@arianna5270]

And all the people you mentioned had talent, and got to where they are on something other than repackaging things that are considered ghetto on Black women on a white body.

[@ailynherrera4714]

@@arianna5270 I get that but the thing is if you have a talent or are an inventor ,hairstyler or whatever you love or have a passion for you too can be successful at that ,that’s what I take from what she said !

[@MADEbySOUL]

Yes some women made great work from opportunities but the problem is that not everyone has the same opportunities. The obstacles Madonna faced could be similar to Mariah Carey because they are when. However, Carey is a biracial women who dealt with racism as well.

[@omphilemoerane2569]

And yet they're not the ones telling us to work hard to achieve what they have cause they know first hand how hard it is for women and even harder for women of colour.

[@Clintsessentials]

Kim just started a whole new class warfare! Good job, Kim!!! 🙄🙄🙄

[@jefflawrence5835]

Started? Lol

[@rosemariebaugh2719]

Finally Al you speak the truth

[@melissadiamond8029]

I've Seen regular everyday folks post multiple memes about how "PEOPLE ARE LAZY & NOT GRINDING HARD ENOUGH" to get money or to start a business of their own. Society likes to pressure people into having a career or going to college and if you don't strive to be like others, they will let you know subliminally or straight up to your face. Meanwhile everyone seems to be struggling and complaining about money

[@chrisman3431]

Exactly, conflincting issues and paradoxe

[@shamiekamuldrew]

NO NO NO FUNKEY IT WOULD'VE BEEN the SAME IF THAT CAME FROM PARIS HILTON or ANY OTHER PRIVILEGED WOMEN

[@gw2315]

Is because financial depression, people are feeling the pain the economy. Al Is right.💯

[@MISSSMOOTHBABE]

I agree with Al on this one. People don’t have to say it’s about the wealth gap for us to know it’s about the wealth gap. That’s why people are upset.

[@dramonmaster222]

I mean the Kardashian have a LONG history of taking credit for stolen work so Kim's comments about hard work just come across as hypocritical.

[@katherineshief3081]

Don't forget how she started on her back, she needs to stop saying any thing

[@BlossomingTalent]

Claudia said the C-word! CAPITALIST/CAPITALISM I love the depth of these conversations. Keep it coming ♥

[@ciarraleone2040]

Al looks soooo good! He has become the star of this show for me. That shirt and the glasses are really doing it for me!

[@simplytina5627]

Kim hires people to handle all of that business. She may come up with the ideas. Or help come up with ideas but she doesn’t do it herself. All she do is taking pictures and shit.

[@Tavymckenzie]

And she steals the ideas from up and coming black stylists and designers do she don’t even do that lol and Kanye is the whole reason that she even got into the fashion world

[@r.s.3085]

Wrong person delivering the msg...unlike the rest of us...Kim started on the 10th floor with her dad's connections in higher places while the rest of us started at ground zero with only a teacher or coach as a mentor...with these student loans...people get stuck between floors and barely can make it to the 5th floor.

[@kjdnyhmghfvb]

Now wait a minute what does "Claudia know about having sweatshop workers making overpriced undergarments?"

[@Sergesedd22]

Lol i was thinking the same thing

[@rarejourneys]

That comment took got me too

[@LIFEWITHSHERIDAN]

Claudia and Dineva are soooooo dismissive. Al is right!

[@heartlesswoman1904]

When you have a team of dozens of people working FOR you from the beginning, it catapults you MILES ahead from someone who really has to start from the bottom and do everything themselves. That’s why we mad. Us working on our own, doing everything ourselves and working a part time job whilst we hustle compared to her working with her team, having connections and not having to work any other jobs to pay the bills because she’s rich is NOT the same thing. It’s nothing against Kim but her advice is nonsense to the average person.

[@joshuazamora5751]

I also think the message needs to get away from people need to work harder cause these people out here are working harder than many ceos have ever done or will do and needs to be focused on how to work smarter and get into those higher positions or start your own business and wealth building. Actual tips on how to grow vs telling someone you’re lazy and just not working hard enough.

[@SmartClassySassy1]

Exactly!! 🎯

[@surirel4949]

Y’all dropped the ball with this argument because even you three are privileged so of course you won’t think what she said was offensive. There is no way a rich person can tell me to work harder when they have everyone else do their work for them. They can miss me with that bill. Regular people work harder than these people with privilege means. We weren’t put on earth to work ourselves to exhaustion. Capitalism got a lot of folks in a chokehold with this work hard and you can be rich too BS.

[@KellieAlston]

Exactly. She sounded like a slaveowner telling slaves that they are lazy. Really? The audacity.

[@1Prettypinke84]

FUNKY say what you had said on social media. Claudia your sentiments have changed as of late on Kim too. I think you letting your tiredness(much deserved) of Kanye skew your all of sudden change of heart of her. It's awkard. Love y'all....just seems you and Funky say different opinions across yall different outlets.

[@havana4607]

Thankyou!!!! Her tone has changed and I think funky is trying not to piss certain people off.

[@cheryltaitt2119]

Sitting in board meetings is not work! Working one, two, three jobs to make ends meet that's work! Al this time I agree with you. Making sex tapes and rubbing elbows with the rich and famous is not real work dammit!

[@valentino4411]

I don't deny that Kim works "hard" but her level of luxury far exceeds her work ethic. Few folks have jobs that fly them in private jets. Many of the "lazy" folks Kim spoke about are fans who helped her get richer.

[@destinylove1673]

Claudia, Kris carries the team on her back. If it wasn’t for Kris spinning that tape into a positive that family would’nt be who they are today and yes her growing up with a silver spoon has afforded her more opportunities of work coming to Kim. She can post a photo of tummy tea and get a million, her concept of work is skewed

[@sicksadworld6221]

THANK YOU 🎯! Please school these gaslighting mfs (not Al...he gets it).

[@BdewithShlinda]

If that’s her work, then that her work. Now we are judging the labor vrs just being inspired by the message.

[@destinylove1673]

@@BdewithShlinda what’s inspiring about a message from a person born into wealth becoming wealthier? I don’t care for billionaires and don’t wish to be like them but I’d rather here Rihanna’s sentiments on what it takes to become wealthy…it would be two different messages

[@destinylove1673]

@@sicksadworld6221 ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿 some people are choosing to be obtuse on this topic

[@BdewithShlinda]

@@destinylove1673 I guess I’m different. A message is a message only if there’s a place in my life for me to apply it. So what she had $. Work was still involved from her parents and so always shared how she worked growing up. I agree the work was different for us but work nonetheless. You may have grown up richer then me but if you gave me a positive message I would only receive that. Not focus on where you started but the message that will help on where I’m going

[@niktour352]

I just hate when people generalize. Saying words like nobody is often inaccurate and it ends up discrediting people.

[@eprophil]

I feel like The V magazine shouldn’t selected Kim to put out a strong message like that for Women’s Day. They should have selected someone who started from scratch on their own and made it and worked hard to be where she is at.

[@omphilemoerane2569]

Exactly. The people at the magazine also tried it!

[@jayyygjayyyg7733]

Yes, the statement has some "truths" to it. But, this is a statement you make in a private setting, not on social media. Which makes me think! She made the statement looking for attention. Kardashians love the drama!!!

[@ScreamTatumRiley]

I’m with AL

[@renewilson2540]

Her delivery was off, period!