We all know that Christmas is a time for family. An occasion where we gather with our relatives and those dearest to us and spend a bit of quality time together.
And that also goes for reality TV's most famous family: the Kardashian-Jenner clan.
Yet, this week Kim Kardashian's latest family Christmas portrait has inadvertently sparked a ton of speculation online, due to the bizarre appearance of certain members of her family.
The uproar first began on Wednesday (December 23), when the 40-year-old model, influencer, and television personality took to her official Instagram account to share a candid snap with her 195 million followers.
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The picture, which was captioned simply: "Tahoe w the fam [sic]", shows Kim alongside Kris and Kendall Jenner, as well as Khloe Kardashian and Scott Disick.
Although the image looks fairly ordinary at first glance, a number of social media users couldn't help but notice that Kourtney looked somewhat faint, leading many to conclude that she had been photoshopped into the pic.
As you can see, a number of people took to the comments of Kim's post to speculate on whether or not the image had been digitally manipulated.
For example, one Instagram user wrote: "Is it only me or does anyone else feels that Kourtney is photoshopped into this? She is the only one who looks as they have added her into this."
On Twitter, a number of social media users started sharing the image and created image macros lampooning Kourtney's questionable appearance.
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Now, although people are quick to cast judgement on Kim and her family, it is likely the picture is photoshopped and with good reason: there is a pandemic going on and 'tis the season to stay six-feet apart.
So this may just be Kim having a little fun with her followers.
Indeed, although the idea sounds far-fetched, Kim has previously been accused of and has admitted to photoshopping her family pictures.
For instance, in a 2019 interview with Ellen Degeneres Kim confirmed that she had photoshopped her daughter North into a family photo with her husband Kanye West and their other three children, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.
Kim admitted to photoshopping North in the following interview:
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Kim told Ellen: "It's the most anxiety to get four kids together smiling in a room. North was having a day, so she refused to be in the shoot."
"She just was crying because she wanted her specific hairstyle, whatever. I said: 'Fine you’re not gonna be in the card.'"