Kim Kardashian “Re-Evaluating” Relationship With Balenciaga After Being “Shaken By Disturbing Images” Over Ad Campaign – Deadline

Kim Kardashian has damaged her silence over the controversial Balenciaga photograph shoot that featured youngsters posing with teddy bears in bondage.

“As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images,” she stated in a sequence of tweets. “The safety of children must be held with the highest regard and any attempts to normalize child abuse of any kind should have no place in our society — period.”

The outcry on social media over Kardashian’s silence was more and more rising as The Kardashians star hadn’t made a public assertion concerning the polemic surrounding the style model she works with incessantly.

“I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been disgusted and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaigns, but because I wanted an opportunity to speak to their team to understand for myself how this could have happened,” she explained.

Kardashian acknowledged that she is “currently re-evaluating my relationship with the brand, basing it off their willingness to accept accountability for something that should have never happened to begin with — & the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.”

“I appreciate Balenciaga’s removal of the campaigns and apology. In speaking with them, I believe they understand the seriousness of the issue and will take the necessary measures for this to never happen again,” she added.

After the vacation photograph shoot went viral, Balenciaga issued an announcement apologizing for the marketing campaign saying, “Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign. We have immediately removed the campaign from all platforms.”

In addition, their web site featured a photograph with paperwork concerning the US Supreme Court choice on youngster porn legal guidelines. Balenciaga would difficulty a second assertion apologizing for “displaying unsettling documents” and claimed to be “taking legal action against the parties responsible for creating the set and including unapproved items” for his or her marketing campaign.