The internet on Friday was awash with reactions to the very public exchange between Khloe Kardashian and Jordyn Woods. The dominating attitude was in defense of Woods, and Black women on Twitter especially didn’t hold back criticism of Kardashian.
In an interview on Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk on Friday, Woods defended reports that accused her of getting cozy with Kardashian’s ex-boyfriend, Tristan Thompson. Woods admitted to being drunk at a party with Thompson and that he kissed her on the lips, but she said he “didn’t make any moves” and denied reports that she had given him a lap dance.
Kardashian responded to the interview with tweets accusing Woods of “lying” and saying the 21-year-old was “the reason my family broke up.”
“If you’re going to try and save yourself by going public, INSTEAD OF CALLING ME PRIVATELY TO APOLOGIZE FIRST, at least be HONEST about your story,” Kardashian tweeted. She also said Thompson is “equally to blame” but that because he’s the father of her child, she did not want to publicly condemn him.
Why are you lying @jordynwoods ?? If you’re going to try and save yourself by going public, INSTEAD OF CALLING ME PRIVATELY TO APOLOGIZE FIRST, at least be HONEST about your story. BTW, You ARE the reason my family broke up!
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) March 1, 2019
Tristan is equally to blame but Tristan is the father of my child. Regardless of what he does to me I won’t do that to my daughter. He has been addressing this situation PRIVATELY. If Tristan were to lie publicly about what conspired,then yes I would address him publicly as well
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) March 1, 2019
As Cosmopolitan reports, Thompson also posted a tweet after the interview that said “FAKE NEWS” but quickly deleted it. But Kardashian’s tweets were met with backlash, especially from women of color who called Kardashian a hypocrite for publicly dragging Woods. It’s been widely reported that Thompson started dating Kardashian when his ex-girlfriend before her, Jordan Craig, was pregnant (Thompson has been accused of cheating on Kardashian with other women in the past, too).
See what I find ironic is that Khloé took Tristan from his girl who at the time was pregnant and there was no backlash, when a Black woman does it her life it turned upside down. 🤔Whew Chile Black Women always seem to get the shortest end of the stick
— detguh_nesha (@__GiGiBaby) February 23, 2019
Khloe Kardashian wants Black women to cape for her because she allowed an unfaithful Black man to turn her into a “baby mama.” No way in hell I’m dragging 👑 Jordyn Woods! She is a young girl who wasn’t sober and Tristan Thompson was cheating even back when Khloe was pregnant. pic.twitter.com/unu2yhvQil
— ❝Ｗｉｃｋｅｄ Ｌｉｔｔｌｅ Ｖｉｘｅ n❞ ♏ (@La_Bella_Amor) March 1, 2019
*Tristan Thompson cheats on Khloe Kardashian*
— Desi Alexander (@desi_4018) February 21, 2019
Black women: pic.twitter.com/doi1f6Q2mn
Black women logging in to defend Jordyn Woods and drag Khloe K. pic.twitter.com/u4nSj5EDBc
— 👸🏾L E A👸🏾 (@_MissLeandra) March 1, 2019
And as several users pointed out, Woods’ account of the night with Thompson—that she was drunk when he approached her—could indicate harassment.
https://twitter.com/ELKlESNO/status/1101564357320867840
Given the Kardashians family’s history of appropriation and treatment of women of color, it’s not a good look.
Y’all should’ve known from HERE how Khloé Kardashian feels about black women. pic.twitter.com/twj7GMP6F4
— BFB. (@fckwithWILLY) March 1, 2019
Groupon even chimed in, referencing a famous Taylor Swift line, after writer Clarkisha Kent tweeted at Khloe Kardashian that “you ain’t care when he was sharing his Groupon peen with the world while you were pregnant with Two Truths and a Lie.”
“We would very much like to be excluded from this narrative,” Groupon tweeted.
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON HERE I’M YELLING pic.twitter.com/BJIpW6Rd6b
— ines ⵣ 🇵🇸 (@legallyines) March 1, 2019
A better narrative for Kardashian to consider, perhaps, would include accountability for Thompson.
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