- Kim Kardashian West said on Friday that she gained 60 pounds during North’s pregnancy in 2013.
- She said the tabloids “shamed” her “weekly” and compared her to a whale.
- The stories left the SKIMS founder “so insecure” that she spent months without leaving home.
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Kim Kardashian West called several tabloids on Friday for publishing offensive stories about weight gain during pregnancy in 2013.
In a long statement posted in her Instagram story, SKIMS founder, 40, explained that she suffered from pre-eclampsia, a hypertensive disorder, while pregnant with her first daughter, North West, who is now 7 years old.
The condition caused Kardashian West to “swell uncontrollably,” she said. When she gave birth to the baby six weeks before the scheduled date, the reality star had gained 30 pounds.
“I cried every day about what was happening to my body, mainly because of the pressure of being constantly compared to what society considered a healthy pregnant person should be,” she wrote.
Kardashian West continued, “In addition to being compared to Shamu, the Whale, by the media.”
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Kardashian West said she hasn’t left home for months due to headlines
Kardashian West said the tabloids “embarrassed” her weight gain “weekly,” resulting in “insecurities so painful” that she spent months without leaving home.
“It really broke me,” she recalled.
More than seven years later, Kardashian West now has three more children – Saint, 5; Chicago, 3; and Psalm, 1 – with Kanye West, from whom she recently filed for divorce.
She reflected on the difficult period after her first pregnancy and said that she turned those “frustrating and embarrassing” feelings into “motivation”.
“You never fully know what someone is going on behind the scenes and I learned from my own experiences that it is always better to lead with kindness,” she said.
She posted several shocking tabloid covers over her body
Providing examples of the headlines mentioned in the tabloid, Kardashian West published several magazine covers about her pregnancy in 2013.
Many had the word “fat” stamped on her paparazzi photos, while others compared her physique to other pregnant celebrities like Kate Middleton.
Kim Kardashian West shared several photos of old magazine covers.
Kim Kardashian West / Instagram
She continued to share a series of memes and jokes comparing her appearance to a whale.
Kim Kardashian West shared old memes comparing her to a whale.
Kim Kardashian West / Instagram
The reality show star spoke after watching ‘Framing Britney Spears’
Kardashian West told her followers that she “finally” watched The New York Times documentary “Framing Britney Spears”, which highlights the negative effects that paparazzi and the media have had on the pop star’s personal and professional life.
“It made me feel a lot of empathy for her,” she wrote, adding, “The way the media has played such a big part in your life can be very traumatic and can really break even the strongest person.”
Kim Kardashian West and Britney Spears attended Clive Davis and the 2012 Recording Academy Pre-GRAMMY Gala in 2012.
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“Framing Britney Spears” generated a great deal of controversy after its release in February 2021, as many fans and celebrities, like Kardashian West, are reminiscing about irregularities from years ago.
People demand apologies from Diane Sawyer, Justin Timberlake and Sarah Silverman for their treatment of Spears, for example. And several of David Letterman’s earlier interviews with female celebrities went viral because of their inadequate nature.
After Paris Hilton, who was a close friend of Spears and Kardashian West in the early 2000s, watched the documentary, she called Silverman and Letterman for making inappropriate comments about her years ago.
“There is no way that can happen today,” she said when discussing her 2007 “Late Show With David Letterman” interview in a recent episode of “This Is Paris”.
Hilton added, “It is a very different world now.”