{"id":27968,"date":"2023-08-31T12:35:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=27968"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:35:06","slug":"megyn-kelly-blasts-kim-kardashian-for-her-vapid-vanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/08\/megyn-kelly-blasts-kim-kardashian-for-her-vapid-vanity.html","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly Blasts Kim Kardashian For Her \u201cvapid vanity\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27974\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27974\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/Megyn-Kelly_credit-Gage-Skidmore-wikimedia-inset-DFree-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27974\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/Megyn-Kelly_credit-Gage-Skidmore-wikimedia-inset-DFree-Shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gage Skidmore \/ wikimedia.org | Inset: DFree \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Megyn Kelly recently had harsh words against Kim Kardashian during\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3m6hmg3XTew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">a recent episode<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of \u201cThe Megyn Kelly Podcast\u201d on Sirius XM. Kelly was discussing the reality TV star\u2019s recent episode with Jason Whitlock, where a DMV stayed open late so that Kardashian could take glam shots for her driver\u2019s license. \u201cI can\u2019t stand her for all sorts of reasons. And I feel like this incident\u2026embodies exactly why I can\u2019t stand this woman,\u201d she said. She noted that her feelings were \u201cnot personal.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think she\u2019s evil; I just hate what she represents,\u201d said Kelly. She stated that Kardashian is \u201call about appearances.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s her contribution to the world. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s bad, but that\u2019s where she\u2019s making her money \u2013 looking at herself and encouraging young girls in America and around the world to look at themselves and have other people look at them instead of listening to them. Because when you listen for 20 seconds, you\u2019re revolted at the banal emptiness that is the shell of that woman.\u201d She criticized Kardashian\u2019s SKIMS shapewear brand, saying it is \u201call about sucking in your fat so you can look better.\u201d She also dismissed Kardashian\u2019s attempts to get a law degree, saying that Kardashian is \u201cabout vapid vanity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Whitlock agreed with Kelly\u2019s assessment, stating that although Kardashian is physically attractive, her obsession with looks is a mental illness. \u201cThis is a mental illness to be this obsessed with your driver\u2019s license photo and your appearance at all times, and then you think about it: how often does Kim Kardashian drive?\u201d he asked. While being glammed up for her driver\u2019s license photo in the episode, Kardashian took two photos, approving the second one as \u201cFirst is the worst, second is the best.\u201d A hairstylist during the episode, Chris Appleton, insisted on the importance of a good license photo because \u201cToo many people live with driving licenses which are not cute, so we need to make sure it\u2019s right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Kelly had previously criticized Kardashian, stating she believed Kardashian encourages young women to get plastic surgery. When asked to respond to Kelly\u2019s criticism of her, Kardashian <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/media\/videos\/kim_kardashian_responds_to_megyn_kelly_i_don_t_know_who_that_is-166857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">responded<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, \u201cI don\u2019t know who that is.\u201d \u201cEveryone has an opinion,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t go around promoting anything,\u201d she added, saying that she wants people to be happy with themselves and that they should \u201cdo whatever makes [them] happy.\u201d Kardashian\u2019s mother, Kris Jenner, stated she believed her daughter encourages people to have \u201ca great healthy family life and have lots of babies.\u201d Kardashian is a mother of four, with her oldest, North West, recently appearing on TikTok with her mother and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/fashion\/celebrity-style\/501195\/north-west-10-poses-with-her-16k-dior-bag-alongside-mom-kim-kardashian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">sporting a designer bag worth thousands of dollars<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Lauren Greenfield, director of 2021\u2019s \u201cGeneration Wealth,\u201d criticized the Kardashians\u2019 effect on the American psyche in her article \u201c<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-dangerous-kardashian-effect-and-the-profound-impact-of-the-superficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Dangerous Kardashian Effect and the Profound Impact of the Superficial.<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201d She stated that Kardashian \u201ccommodified\u201d women. \u201cAs Kim Kardashian demonstrated when she took a page from her friend Paris and launched her career with a sex tape, women\u2019s bodies are valuable commodities that can be leveraged for fame and fortune. The \u2018body projects\u2019 many women are driven to embark on our tragic case studies in the commodification of human beings and the ultimate cost of our transactional culture.\u201d She stated that the materialism of the Kardashians encouraged the \u201cconstant quest for more.\u201d \u201cThe constant quest for more makes us sacrifice the things that actually matter: family, community, well-being. If we stay on this path, our future is unsustainable: our environment, our relationships, our souls will suffer,\u201d she wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megyn Kelly recently had harsh words against Kim Kardashian during\u00a0a recent episode\u00a0of \u201cThe Megyn Kelly Podcast\u201d on Sirius XM. Kelly was discussing the reality TV star\u2019s recent episode with Jason Whitlock, where a DMV stayed open late so that Kardashian could take glam shots for her driver\u2019s license. \u201cI can\u2019t stand her for all sorts&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":27974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-television"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Megyn Kelly Blasts Kim Kardashian For Her \u201cvapid vanity\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Megyn Kelly criticizes Kim Kardashian&#039;s &quot;vapid vanity&quot; after the reality star brought a hair and makeup crew to her driver&#039;s license 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