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Kim Kardashian's Controversial Celebrations

 As I'm sure we're all aware, Kim Kardashian turned 40 last week. Believe me, I was as shocked as you; she barely looks 30! And she got people talking about it, but perhaps not in the way she wanted..

If you didn't know this, I'm not sure how because she caused quite a scandal since posting it on social media. Turning 40 is a huge moment in a woman's life, in anyone's life in fact. You always hear your mum or aunties saying the famous "life begins at 40" so it came as no surprise that in true Kardashian fashion, Kim wanted to go completely OTT to mark this celebration. 

For her 40th, Kim revealed on Instagram that she flew her family and her "inner closest circle" to a private island.. in a pandemic. Uh oh. In her Instagram caption Kim explains what a great time she and her family had dancing, swimming with whales and watching movies on the beach but as the comments rolled in, everyone seemed more interested in the fact she was travelling during the Covid-19 pandemic and then posting about it on social media.


Kim did preface her post by saying that she and her closest circle did quarantine for two weeks and had multiple health screenings before any of them flew out, and besides, the island was private after all. It seems the issues arose when she said how she was "humbly reminded how privileged her life is" which was essentially just bragging to her audience that she was rich enough to afford to travel in such a luxurious fashion when many of us could only ever dream of living such a life. Nurses and doctors all over the world are working for free to provide healthcare during this crisis after all.. @kelechnekoff humorously took to commenting that she hopes Kim got an alphabet book for her birthday so she can learn to read the room. 

Kim describes in her post that they were able to pretend life was normal again, even just for a short while. Many people found this insensitive as around the world there have been families unable to see each other for weeks and with no clear end date in sight as of yet. To many, it came across as if just because the Kardashians were rich enough to do this, it was okay and that the "normal" people should just suffer at home, which I'm sure was not Kim's intention. 


Who knew celebrating your 40th birthday could become a PR disaster! In my opinion, I can see where both parties (excuse the pun) are coming from but if everyone had quarantined beforehand and did not come into contact whilst being away, did the Kardashians really do any different to Sandra from down the lane jetting off on her EasyJet short break to Italy? You can decide.

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