A woman claiming to have worked for Kim Kardashian has spoken out, saying she worked "days, nights and weekends" but was barely paid enough to live on.
Her declaration comes as business mogul Kardashian faces criticism over a controversial interview with Variety magazine, in which she said: "Nobody wants to work these days."
Published on March 9, the interview quotes Kardashian as sharing some hard-hitting advice for women in the workplace. "I have the best advice for women in business," said the 41-year-old. "Get your f***ing ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days."
It's fair to say that the reality TV star's comments haven't been well received by everyone, with many hitting out at her on social media.
For Jessica DeFino, the statement was enough to prompt her to open up about her own time spent working for Kardashian's brands.
DeFino - who now writes as a beauty critic for the New York Times and Vogue - retweeted the post, adding a comment that read: "I was an editor on the Kardashian apps in 2015 in LA, worked days nights & weekends, could only afford groceries from the 99 Cents Only Store, called out 'sick' more than once bc I couldn't put gas in my car to get to the office, & was reprimanded for freelancing on the side."
In later comments, DeFino went on to criticize the Kardashians for perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards.
"The wildest thing about that job: I saw firsthand how the most famous women in the world Frankensteined an impossible standard of beauty, pushed the rest of us to 'keep up' with them, weaponized that standard of beauty to sell products, and *still* never felt good enough," she wrote.
Unsurprisingly, her tweet has caused quite a splash. So far it has already been liked over 594,000 times and racked up over 84,000 retweets.
Meanwhile, DeFino isn't the only person to call out Kardashian for her comments on Twitter. Many felt that her wealthy background and privileged upbringing made her poorly placed to dole out business advice.
"People who were born into wealth sure do have some strong opinions about the work ethic of the poor," wrote one user. Another accused her of "Richsplaining", writing: "Richsplaining: When a person who hasn't experienced poverty gives you patronizing advice on how to get out of poverty."
