Celebrities
Elaine McCallig
Mar 10, 2022
Variety
Kim Kardashian has come under fire after dispensing a rather crude piece of advice for women in business.
In an interview with Variety, the reality star said that her advice for women in business is to “get your f***ing ass up and work”, and moaned that “nobody wants to work these days”.
She said: “I have the best advice for women in business: Get your f**king ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.
"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."
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Her comments quickly drew criticism on Twitter, and the internet did what it does best - it responded with jokes and memes:
Me trying to get my brain to produce serotoninpic.twitter.com/pWt1hcl9Yx— Meech (@Meech) 1646865561
Kim K: \u201cGet your fucking ass up and work. It seems like no one wants to work these days\u201d\n\nMe with two jobs:pic.twitter.com/8bunhPDNHK— Mayonegg (@Mayonegg) 1646872382
get your fucking ass up and post some instagram pics u lazy bitches!!! x https://twitter.com/variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/70dWIobMXD— senorita ugly (@senorita ugly) 1646896689
I've never thought of working...I'll give it a shot...watch this space...https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1501684689291067392\u00a0\u2026— alli (@alli) 1646866512
kimberly k: \u201cget your fucking ass up and work\u201d \nme every morning:pic.twitter.com/8yy7dRdawy— zoie annakah\ud83c\udf39 (@zoie annakah\ud83c\udf39) 1646869935
When Kim Kardashian tries to tell the rest of us to \u201cwork harder\u201d when she was literally born into a rich family and rose to fame due to a sex tape she leaked of herself with Brandy\u2019s brother, Ray J xpic.twitter.com/cchh2ms8oT— Steven Bonaventure x (@Steven Bonaventure x) 1646899616
\u201cGet your fucking ass up and work\u201dpic.twitter.com/bZbGHE7LaG— \u2113\u03b1\u0443 \u2728 (@\u2113\u03b1\u0443 \u2728) 1646888550
Also: be born rich. Really helps.https://twitter.com/variety/status/1501611270843166720\u00a0\u2026— Soledad O'Brien (@Soledad O'Brien) 1646852646
kim kardashian giving business advice:pic.twitter.com/wU7AsCWMtA— tushar\ud83e\uddec (@tushar\ud83e\uddec) 1646894165
If Kardashian’s comments seem familiar, it’s because they are.
Earlier this year, former Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague was criticised for her “tone deaf” comments on privilege and wealth after saying “we all have the same 24 hours in a day” during an appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast.
Hague said: “I understand we all have different backgrounds and we’re all raised in different ways and we do have different financial situations, but I think if you want something enough you can achieve it. It just depends on what lengths you want to go to get where you want to be in the future.”
Sure, Hague and Kardashian have a point. When you have a goal, investing more time into your endeavours will see you get there sooner.
But they should realise that not everyone has had the same breaks they’ve had…
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