Kim Kardashian shared a photo of the newest members of the Kardashian clan on Friday, prompting a conversation on social media about colorism following negative comments regarding Khloe Kardashian’s daughter.
💕 The Triplets 💕 pic.twitter.com/HUWgn02T2m
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) September 14, 2018
The photo, captioned “The Triplets,” features the infant daughters of Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, and Khloe Kardashian—Chicago West, Stormi Webster, and True Thompson, respectively. Shortly after the photo was shared to to Instagram and Twitter, users on both mediums began making nasty comments, ranking the children’s cuteness and commenting on True’s skin color.
People are fucking disgusting pic.twitter.com/6TYyxVREl9
— 🍋 Rita 🇵🇸 (@Ritawhoras) September 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/kardash_stan/status/1040781841953767424
Many Kardashian fans expressed disgust and sympathy for Khloe Kardashian and True, who is only 5-months-old.
https://twitter.com/shishibaby/status/1041032741008171009
imagine calling a baby ugly like honestly IMAGINE SITTING AT HOME TROLLING A BABY ONLINE ON THE INTERNET AS AN ADULT https://t.co/n6hm7mqNdo
— thomas ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ (@ThomasBeautyy) September 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/amakabot/status/1041081623582830592
Some people even suggested that True’s darker complexion is due to Khloe Kardashian being the daughter of O.J. Simpson, a rumor the Kardashian sister has grown up with.
😍😍😍 this made me realize even more that oj is definitely khloe’s daddy. all the other kardashian kids ain’t this dark & they’re mixed too… true looks like this bc she a fully black dad & a mixed mom 🤓 https://t.co/rkZ5lhsx2d
— lauryn ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ (@badgirlauryn) September 16, 2018
Khloe Kardashian has been the butt of jokes about her family resemblance for years, and the pattern seems to repeating itself with her daughter. While the new mother has not publicly acknowledged the latest banter about her daughter’s complexion, she did respond to a now-deleted tweet calling True “ugly” back in July.
“What self-respecting adult would even comment on a child’s appearance?” Kardashian wrote at the time. “It’s pathetic that you are this miserable in your life.”