Newly released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi">FBI</a> documents show that federal law enforcement officials grilled Hollywood celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio and Kim Kardashian over their connections to a man at the center of a massive foreign fraud scandal who is now in hiding in communist China.
The scandal is the multi-billion dollar graft scandal at state-fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) that resulted in former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak being sent to prison last year for more than a decade.
Malaysian financier Jho Low helped start the fund in 2009 to allegedly promote economic development for the Asian nation, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/malaysias-ex-pm-najib-multi-billion-dollar-1mdb-scandal-2022-08-23/">reported</a>. The report said that the scandal erupted into the largest kleptocracy investigation ever conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice with at least $4.5 billion stolen from the public fund and moved into offshore accounts with billions more still not accounted for. Malaysia says that Low, who is on the run from U.S. authorities, is hiding in China.
Federal authorities — including FBI agents, IRS officials, and DOJ prosecutors — interviewed <a href="https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rqXik3s0O4O4/v0">DiCaprio</a> in April 2018 and <a href="https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rUYzz.ixoF7A/v0">Kardashian</a> in 2019 over their ties to Low, who sought to boost his credibility and image by associating with and giving large financial gifts to some of the world&#8217;s biggest stars.
Low financed DiCaprio&#8217;s hit 2013 movie &#8220;Wolf of Wall Street&#8221; after the two met at a nightclub, Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-03-02/leonardo-dicaprio-kim-kardashian-grilled-for-1mdb-secrets-fbi-documents-show">reported</a>. When presented with past communications that he had with Low, including emails, DiCaprio claimed that he did not remember writing the messages and that they didn&#8217;t sound like something that he would write.
DiCaprio and Low worked together of a variety of business ventures and Low continued to contact DiCaprio even after federal authorities announced that they were seizing his assets. The two men were reportedly so close that their mothers met.
Low and Kardashian first got connected when he paid her $50,000 to appear at a red carpet event in Las Vegas in 2009. Eventually the two partied and gambled together frequently, including an awkward incident where he gifted her hundreds of thousands of dollars of chips after she stayed up and gambled with him in Las Vegas. Kardashian walked out of the casino with a trash bag containing roughly $250,000 in cash.
“Kardashian put the trash bag full of cash in her carry-on bag and boarded a Southwest Airlines flight back to Los Angeles,” FBI agents wrote. She later collected the other $100,000 in cash from the remaining chips that she had after she returned to Las Vegas during a later trip.

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Kylie Jenner has been dethroned on Instagram for the title of the most-followed female on the social media platform — by the superstar singer Selena Gomez.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kylie-jenner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">25-year-old</a> reality TV star previously held the crown on the social media site with 380 million followers. She held the top spot for a while until <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/selena-gomez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gomez&#8217;</a> follower count overtook hers, reaching 381 million followers as of Thursday.
The 30-year-old singer formerly held the title as the most-followed female on Instagram and was able to regain her crown when she recently returned to social media, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kylie-jenner-dethroned-instagrams-most-155317447.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG_mjAjOHAcZ2t1o2j3ayy6Pnf-IQp9gJg1MI2ytQPw7GORd7DzGFAKpHDXZqJNydmIyT4knK0wQyZoGr0xDatz0uyHI5B7OjprI6cSA_cIfkJuRk6P-I2KSsXt-ND6iW2FWDJrjI92-NXF6hw2Lw1tGrlcq8KadPiKYJUy7zhdK" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo.com</a> reported.
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Kylie Jenner was Instagram’s most-followed woman until Selena Gomez returned to the social media platform and quickly regained the title <a href="https://t.co/E3UbpztgMY">https://t.co/E3UbpztgMY</a>
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On Wednesday, Selena shared a racy snap on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_P7YgrrFO/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> showing her in a strapless black top while drinking a cocktail. She captioned it, &#8220;I deleted this one time because I thought maybe it was too much but eh (taking a break from social).&#8221; At the time of this publication, it had been liked more than 12 million times.
Gomez spoke to <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a42915591/selena-gomez-quit-social-media-hailey-bieber-comparison-comments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vanity Fair</a> recently about her decision years ago to remove the Instagram app because of hurtful comments, but admitted to having the TikTok app on her phone.
&#8220;I never got the chance to go to an actual high school,&#8221; the &#8220;Wizards of Waverly Place&#8221; star shared. &#8220;The world was my high school for the longest time, and I started getting inundated with information that I didn&#8217;t want. I went through a hard time in a breakup and I didn&#8217;t want to see any of the [feedback]—not necessarily about the relationship, but the opinions of me versus [someone] else.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;d be thousands of really nice comments, but my mind goes straight to the mean one,&#8221; she added. &#8220;People can call me ugly or stupid and I&#8217;m like, Whatever. But these people get detailed. They write paragraphs that are so specific and mean. I would constantly be crying. I constantly had anxiety … I couldn&#8217;t do it anymore. It was a waste of my time.&#8221;
&#8220;The only thing I have on my phone is TikTok because I find it to be a little less hostile,&#8221; Gomez continued. &#8220;There are wonderful things about social media—connecting with fans, seeing how happy and excited they are and their stories. But usually that&#8217;s filtered through [for me now]. I created a system. Everything I do I send to my assistant who posts them. As far as comments, my team will put together a few things that are encouraging.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kim Kardashian</a> addressed graduate students at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvard</a> Business School on Friday about her shapewear <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">company</a> Skims.
Students at the elite university said the reality television star and fashion mogul spoke for nearly two hours as part of a direct-to-consumer seminar, according to a <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/entertainment/kim-kardashian-makes-trip-to-boston-to-speak-at-harvard-business-school/2950831/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from NBC10 Boston. Kardashian is a co-founder of Skims, a multibillion-dollar shapewear company, and recently launched a private equity firm called Skyy Partners.
“My partner Jens and I spoke about our marketing, our challenges and our greatest wins,” she said on Instagram, along with a reel of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CnsJx9QSjf5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photos</a> from the experience. “I’m so proud of Skims and the thought that it is a course being studied at Harvard is just crazy!!!”
One student told NBC10 Boston that she enjoyed the lecture.
&#8220;I think a lot of people don&#8217;t respect her as someone who is co-running a multi-billion dollar company,&#8221; the student remarked. “Just to learn from someone who has built such a successful business was really exciting and I think having the privacy of no cameras in the room, being able to have that candid conversation was special too.”
Skims recently doubled its valuation from $1.6 billion to $3.2 billion over a period of nine months as investors rushed to acquire equity in the brand, according to a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-27/kim-kardashian-s-skim-underwear-brand-doubles-valuation-to-3-2-billion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Bloomberg. The company now offers shapewear, pajamas, sweatpants, turtlenecks, and underwear.
“This latest round will allow us to focus on bringing more innovations and solutions to our customers and become even more of a trusted resource for them,” Kardashian said in an email.
Social media users were nevertheless skeptical of the value Kardashian brought to the elite Ivy League business school, which boasts graduates such as former President George W. Bush, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. One commenter <a href="https://twitter.com/BerlinSmu/status/1616983657754906626" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that “Harvard‘s prestige has evaporated into thin air in my mind,” while another <a href="https://twitter.com/SasSassasassa/status/1616900297829359616" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a> that Harvard “should be ashamed of themselves.”
“Kim Kardashian was born into wealth,” another user <a href="https://twitter.com/MsHollyBennet/status/1616536532906639384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>. “Attempted to use a sex tape to launch an acting or singing career; neither launched &#8230; Harvard is just as tacky as the Kardashians now.”
Grit Capital CEO Genevieve Roch-Decter, who has studied under two Harvard Business School Executive Education courses, <a href="https://twitter.com/GRDecter/status/1617313460219674624" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that Kardashian earns $80 million per year, more than 450 times higher than the average $175,000 earned by Harvard MBA students after graduation. “I think everyone’s making fun of the wrong person here,” she said.
The speaking opportunity for Kardashian occurred after she faced widespread criticism for her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">response</a> to fashion company Balenciaga releasing a photoshoot that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/balenciaga-responds-to-child-bdsm-photo-shoot-scandal-we-could-have-done-things-differently" target="_blank" rel="noopener">depicted</a> young children holding teddy bears in bondage-themed gear. As other celebrities publicly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trash-day-brittany-aldean-shares-photo-of-balenciaga-gear-stuffed-in-garbage-bags" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threw</a> their Balenciaga apparel away, Kardashian did not rule out working with the brand in the future.
“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,” Kardashian remarked. “As for my future with Balenciaga, I am 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.”

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Kim Kardashian got emotional and broke down in tears as she talked about how &#8220;really f***ing hard&#8221; co-parenting her four children with her ex-Kanye West is, admitting that kids need two parents just like she had.
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">42-year-old</a> reality star&#8217;s appearance on the &#8220;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5pBkYb0jSw&amp;t=1s">Angie Martinez IRL Podcast</a>,&#8221; the &#8220;Keeping Up With The Kardashians&#8221; alum said she wants her kids to have the same childhood she did and emphasized how important it is to have their dad as part of their lives.
&#8220;I had the best dad,&#8221; Kardashian explained, as she started to get choked up. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard. S**t like co-parenting, it&#8217;s really f***ing hard.&#8221;
&#8220;But I had the best dad,&#8221; she added again, through the tears. &#8220;And I had the best memories and the greatest experience and that&#8217;s all I want for my kids. As long as they can have that, that&#8217;s what I would want for them.&#8221;
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&#8220;So, if they don&#8217;t know things that are being said, or what&#8217;s happening in the world, why would I ever bring that energy to them?&#8221; Kardashian continued.  &#8220;That&#8217;s real heavy, heavy grown-up s***.  But they&#8217;re not ready to deal with it, and when they are, we&#8217;ll have those conversations &#8230; and I&#8217;ll be so prepared. But until then, I&#8217;ll do anything to keep their lives as normal as possible.&#8221;
At one point, the reality TV star talked about how she attempts to protect her kids from the world and what&#8217;s being said about their father, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kanye-west">45-year-old</a> rapper, following his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-kanye-ye-west-storms-out-of-tim-pool-interview-after-being-pressed-about-his-anti-semitic-views">anti-Semitic comments</a>.
&#8220;I definitely protected him [West], and I still will in the eyes of my kids, for my kids,&#8221; Kardashian explained. &#8220;So, in my home, my kids don&#8217;t know anything that goes on on the outside world. I&#8217;m holding on by a thread, I know I&#8217;m so close to [them becoming aware], but while it&#8217;s still that way, I will protect that to the end of the earth as long as I can.&#8221;
The reality star said all the kids but North aren&#8217;t on social media, and even then she said her and West&#8217;s 9-year-old has a TikTok account on Kardashian&#8217;s phone alone. &#8220;They&#8217;re just not on social media. They don&#8217;t see stuff.&#8221;
Kardashian and West divorced in 2022 after nearly seven years of marriage. The two share four kids together.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-on-balenciaga-scandal-backlash-says-people-get-mad-no-matter-what-she-does">Kim Kardashian On Balenciaga Scandal Backlash, Says People Get Mad No Matter What She Does</a>

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Kim Kardashian talked about the backlash she faced over her first comments on the Balenciaga scandal and said people will get mad at her no matter what she does.
During the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">42-year-old</a> reality star&#8217;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5pBkYb0jSw">appearance</a> on the &#8220;Angie Martinez IRL Podcast,&#8221; the &#8220;Keeping Up With The Kardashians&#8221; alum said on Monday that even after she spoke out against the fashion house’s BDSM-themed ad involving children, people were still upset with her, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kim-kardashian-responds-balenciaga-backlash-theyre-mad-if-i-dont-speak-out-theyre-mad-if-i-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> reported. She said there&#8217;s no winning when it comes to cancel culture.
&#8220;Even with the Balenciaga thing, it was like, everyone was like, &#8216;Why aren&#8217;t you speaking out? Why aren&#8217;t you speaking out?&#8217; And I&#8217;m like wait — I&#8217;m not in this campaign,&#8221; Kardashian shared. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s happening, let me like take a minute to research this.&#8221;
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&#8220;And then as soon as I saw what everyone was seeing on the Internet and the reality of the situation, I completely spoke out and gave my thoughts on child porn and completely denounced it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;But because I didn&#8217;t say &#8216;F*** you, Balenciaga, that&#8217;s it,’ people got mad at that.&#8221;
&#8220;They&#8217;re mad if I don&#8217;t speak out, they&#8217;re mad if I do speak out, and if I don&#8217;t cancel,&#8221; Kardashian continued. &#8220;They&#8217;re just mad that if you don&#8217;t cancel someone in today&#8217;s society then … I know people talk about cancel culture and how crazy it is, but it&#8217;s still happening. And so it&#8217;s never been my place.&#8221;
The &#8220;Kardashians&#8221; star slammed the idea of canceling people and said, &#8220;the whole point of life is to make mistakes, is to grow, and to evolve and be better people.&#8221;
&#8220;Obviously there is absolutely no place or an ounce to even play with anything with children,&#8221; the reality TV star shared. &#8220;Like any sexualization of children, there&#8217;s like not an ounce of that … should be in our brains and in our society. I get that. I couldn&#8217;t have been more clear on: &#8216;This is horrifying. This is disturbing.’”
&#8220;But unless they heard what they wanted to hear, it&#8217;s like &#8216;f*** you you&#8217;re canceled,’” she added. &#8220;Totally, you definitely can&#8217;t win. No matter what, you can&#8217;t win. But I&#8217;ll still be me.&#8221;
As the outlet noted, it is unclear when the taping of the podcast took place.
In November, Kardashian faced a backlash over not taking a stand in the Balenciaga scandal, a brand with which she&#8217;s been synonymous.
The reality star finally <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a statement</a> about how &#8220;disgusted and outraged&#8221; she was by the recent Balenciaga campaigns after she initially shared she was &#8220;re-evaluating&#8221; her relationship with the brand.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/balenciaga">Balenciaga</a> designer recently addressed the fashion brand’s controversial ad campaign by sharing a formal apology for his involvement in the drama.
Demna Gvasalia, known just by his first name, is a Georgian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fashion">fashion designer</a> currently serving as creative director for Balenciaga. He’s also friends with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian</a> and has collaborated with Kanye West.
More than a week after the ad campaign — which featured children posing with teddy bears that were dressed in bondage-themed gear — went viral, Demna weighed in on the situation with a statement on Instagram.
&#8220;I want to personally apologize for the wrong artistic choice of concept for the gifting campaign with the kids and I take my responsibility. It was inappropriate to have kids promote objects that had nothing to do with them,&#8221; the 41-year-old designer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Clq0hwtN4bS/">posted</a>. 
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&#8220;As much as I would sometimes like to provoke a thought through my work, I would NEVER have an intention to do that with such an awful subject as child abuse that I condemn. Period. I need to learn from this, listen and engage with child protection organizations to know how I can contribute and help on this terrible subject.&#8221;
In conclusion, the designer wrote, &#8220;I apologize to anyone offended by the visuals and Balenciaga has guaranteed that adequate measures will be taken not only to avoid similar mistakes in the future but also to take accountability in protecting child welfare in every way we can.&#8221;
His statement comes just as Balenciaga has announced its intention to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/12/02/balenciaga-drop-lawsuit-market-agency-ads-children/">drop the $25 million lawsuit</a> against marketing agency North Six. Instead, Balenciaga is choosing to donate to organizations focused on protecting children. 
The brand’s president and CEO Cedric Charbit said Balenciaga has put aside a &#8220;significant fund&#8221; for grants and has added new control measures to ensure a situation like that never happens again. He also claimed to have “reorganized” the entire image department in the wake of the scandal.
“I want to personally reiterate my sincere apologies for the offense caused and take my responsibility,” Charbit wrote. He ended with the message, “At Balenciaga, we stand together for children safety and do not tolerate any kind of violence and hatred message [sic].”

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Vandals in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> have targeted local <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/balenciaga" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Balenciaga</a> stores after a recent advertisement by the fashion company went viral for featuring young children holding BDSM-themed teddy bear handbags.
Two Beverly Hills storefronts near the Balenciaga store on Rodeo Drive were covered in graffiti criticizing the latest advertisements seen in photos obtained by the New York Post.
On one of the storefront&#8217;s glass windows, large stick-figure children were drawn with two messages, reading, &#8220;Children r not sexual objects&#8221; and &#8220;Not 4 sex!!!&#8221;
Another Balenciaga store in London also saw vandalism on Tuesday.
A street artist named Joe Bloggs allegedly wrote &#8220;paedophilia&#8221; at least three times on the outside glass window.
&#8220;I did it due to the abhorrent photoshoots Balenciaga did and their associations with various … people including Lotta Volkova,&#8221; Bloggs told <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/balenciaga-pedophilia-london-protest-vandals-1763023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsweek,</a> referring to a fashion stylist linked to the designer label.
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A disgruntled dude appears to daub the word &#39;paedophilia&#39; across the shop-front of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Balenciaga?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Balenciaga</a> Bond Street store in London this week.
The branch in Beverly Hills, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LosAngelesCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LosAngelesCL</a> also had people’s feelings expressed on it’s store front. <a href="https://t.co/BYrn9no0aL">pic.twitter.com/BYrn9no0aL</a>
&mdash; Mr Pål Christiansen 🇳🇴😍🇬🇧 (@TheNorskaPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNorskaPaul/status/1598078086238834688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Volkova came under fire recently following the fashion company&#8217;s controversy after some people dug up the content of former and current Balenciaga staff, including the stylist&#8217;s personal Instagram account.
Volkova allegedly removed four separate posts that portrayed scenes of violence and Satanic images, and made her account private after the content resurfaced.
A spokesperson for Volkova told <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/balenciaga-fashion-lotta-volkova-controversy-instagram-1762772" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsweek</a> that &#8220;she condemns the abuse of children in any form.&#8221;
&#8220;Lotta Volkova has not worked with Balenciaga or its team since 2018, and she has in no way participated in the brand&#8217;s recent Instagram or advertising campaigns,&#8221; the spokesperson said.
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Wearing <a href="https://twitter.com/BALENCIAGA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Balenciaga</a> or Nazi founded <a href="https://twitter.com/adidas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Adidas</a> is endorsing all they&#39;ve hidden in plain sight. 
Their &#39;top&#39; designer Russian Lotta Volkova&#39;s love for child abuse, blood, satan, cannibalism all on her IG👇🏼
Fashion is their confessional vessel. Has been for years. <a href="https://t.co/2tViRrzPch">pic.twitter.com/2tViRrzPch</a>
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The attacks come after Balenciaga displayed images on its website earlier this month as part of its &#8220;Toy Stories&#8221; campaign, which featured photos of child models posing with the brand&#8217;s teddy bear handbags dressed in BDSM-themed gear from its Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2023 collection.
Balenciaga responded to the ongoing scandal on Monday by saying it could have &#8220;done things differently.&#8221;
The company claimed it &#8220;strongly condemns child abuse; it was never our intent to include it in our narrative.”
Balenciaga said it took several steps to correct what happened so it doesn&#8217;t happen again, including revising work and approval processes and working with organizations that &#8220;specialize in child protection and aims at ending child abuse and exploitation.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kylie-jenner">Kylie Jenner</a> issued a response to social media followers accusing her of posting photos of her son to deflect attention from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/balenciaga">Balenciaga</a> scandal and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">Kardashians</a>’ connection to the company.
Kylie, 25, is well known for being very private about sharing photos of her two children. She’s been especially reluctant to post images of her 9-month-old son Wolf, whom she shares with rapper Travis Scott. That’s why fans were immediately skeptical when the influencer posted several photos on her Instagram account while the Kardashian clan was being slammed for refusing to cut ties with Balenciaga.
The child’s face is still hidden and Jenner hasn’t yet revealed his new name after confirming on “The Kardashians” that she would change it from Wolf to something else. But fans claim this small reveal is all part of the plan. “Kris said… the name, face reveal will be too obvious. Here are some crumbs,” one person commented, insinuating that family matriarch <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kris-jenner">Kris Jenner</a> requested the posts.
“Kim gets blast for Balenciaga so Kylie is gonna reveal her baby so we can deflect,” another comment said.
“Balenciaga distraction. Kris is genius,” a third person agreed.
But Kylie claims these fans are incorrect. The makeup brand founder reacted to a popular video on social media that included the accusations. The video had text that read, &#8220;I guess we finally gonna find out the name of Kylie&#8217;s son&#8221; and &#8220;Kris Jenner telling her kids to release the good photos after the Balenciaga Scandal.&#8221; 
Kylie herself <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CljYoR-JtRJ/">responded</a> by saying, “Uh whyyyyy would I post my child to cover up for [B]alenciaga? This is why I don’t do this. Always something to say.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Kim issued a public statement a week after the Balenciaga saga started making headlines, but many fans were displeased that she didn’t commit to cutting ties with the fashion brand.
“As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images. 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,” Kim <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here">shared in a statement</a>. 
“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 went on to confirm that she’s “re-evaluating” her relationship with the brand, which many followers believe isn’t a strong enough response.
“The most disturbing thing about this Balenciaga thing is Kim kardashian is one of the richest women in the world, could easily cut ties with them and make a huge stand but she won’t,” one <a href="https://twitter.com/ginarozayy/status/1597540649553002496">reply</a> said. 
Another person agreed, writing, “Balenciaga &#8216;sorry we sexualized kids&#8217; Kim k &#8216;all good.&#8217;”

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Rapper Kanye West, also known as &#8220;Ye,&#8221; reportedly reached a divorce settlement with ex-wife Kim Kardashian this week in which he will have to pay her hundreds of thousands of dollars per month despite her already being a billionaire.
The two parties have resolved the child custody situation and other property-related matters, TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/29/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-settle-divorce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;Kim and Kanye will get joint custody with &#8216;equal access&#8217; to their 4 children,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Although the docs say equal access, sources with direct knowledge tell us Kim will have the kids the lion&#8217;s share of the time. Even Kanye has acknowledged Kim already has the kids 80% of the time.&#8221;
&#8220;Kanye will pay Kim $200,000 a month in child support. Our sources say Kanye&#8217;s not footing the full bill for child support — that&#8217;s just his share,&#8221; it added. &#8220;In addition, he&#8217;s responsible for 50% of their kids&#8217; educational expenses, including tuition. He&#8217;s also responsible for 50% of their children&#8217;s security expenses.&#8221;
The report said that conflicts involving the children will be resolved through mediation and that if one side fails to participate then the other effectively gets to do what they want.
The report said that the couple&#8217;s assets were being divided up in accordance with their prenup and that both parties waived spousal support.
West reportedly agreed to give up the $4.5 million home that he bought next to Kardashian after she filed for divorce as part of the settlement, a separate <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/11/29/kanye-west-kim-kardashian-house-next-door-divorce/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from TMZ said.
West and Kardashian have both been in the news recently for matters unrelated to their relationship and divorce.
West has repeatedly launched anti-Semitic tirades in recent months, blaming Jews for career problems and <a href="https://twitter.com/goywillbegoy/status/1597081081991163904" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claiming</a> that approximately 300 Zionists have &#8220;taken over&#8221; America. West has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-meets-with-white-supremacist-and-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes-trump-denies-knowing-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developed ties</a> to a white supremacist and Holocaust denier. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-kanye-ye-west-storms-out-of-tim-pool-interview-after-being-pressed-about-his-anti-semitic-views" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stormed out</a> of an interview this week when he received mild pushback over his views.
Kardashian has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been in the news</a> due to her close ties with the fashion company Balenciaga, which has been accused of sexualizing young children following a photo shoot that featured child models posing with BDSM-themed teddy bears.
“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,” Kardashian said in a statement. “As a mother of four, I have been shaken by the disturbing images. 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.”
“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,” Kardashian continued. “As for my future with Balenciaga, I am 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 — &amp; the actions I am expecting to see them take to protect children.”

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Megyn Kelly blasted Kim Kardashian&#8217;s response to Balenciaga&#8217;s child &#8220;BDSM&#8221; photo shoot scandal, saying that the &#8220;money is worth more&#8221; to the reality star &#8220;than her morals,” as she called on Kardashian to immediately distance herself from the brand.
During Sirius XM’s “The Megyn Kelly Show&#8221; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pN3PF3FPv0&amp;ab_channel=MegynKelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> on Tuesday, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megyn-kelly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">host</a> was speaking with Carrie Prejean Boller, mom activist and former Miss USA, about the reality star&#8217;s inability to take a stand in the Balenciaga scandal, a brand with which she&#8217;s become synonymous.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-gets-emotional-on-air-after-revealing-major-loss-in-her-family" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former Fox News host</a> started by reading the statement that Kardashian finally released stating that she had been quiet for a few days because she wanted a chance to speak to the team to find out &#8220;how this could&#8217;ve happened.&#8221;
&#8220;Who gives a s*** how it happened,&#8221; Kelly replied. &#8220;Just put out a statement, &#8216;It’s deeply wrong and I will speak with them. But this is effed up.&#8217; It&#8217;s really not that hard. She&#8217;s too busy trying to get criminals out of jail.&#8221;
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Kelly noted how the reality star has also shared how she was &#8220;disgusted&#8221; with the ad and was &#8220;re-evaluating&#8221; her relationship with the brand, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;You were part of it,&#8221; the host blasted. &#8220;You wore the stupid black veil. You put your kids in Balenciaga. You&#8217;ve been seeing them [Balenciaga] with the teddy bears. They did the thing with the Supreme Court opinion. They did the thing with the little girls. Like, what do you mean re-evaluating? What is to re-evaluate? They&#8217;re sorry.&#8221;
&#8220;They are sorry now because people like you [Boller] made a thing of it and it&#8217;s become a PR nightmare for them,&#8221; she added. &#8220;She [Kardashian] launched her career with a sex tape, which she then pretended was released against her will. But her partner in that video has come out publicly saying that they worked on it together and Kris Jenner marketed it like a pimp.&#8221;
&#8220;The country&#8217;s made her [Kardashian] a billionaire, and she can&#8217;t be bothered to do the right thing when the circumstances are staring her dead in the face,&#8221; the former Fox News host continued. &#8220;She&#8217;s exploited her own children, just the same way her mother exploited her. And now, she doesn&#8217;t see the ethical lines … and I don&#8217;t think Balenciaga is gonna get away with this. I think the blowback will continue and if this is a PR stunt, they&#8217;ll soon be out of business.&#8221;
Boller agreed, and said &#8220;The Kardashians&#8221; star &#8220;thought that this would go away&#8221; and &#8220;she could enjoy her Thanksgiving with her family, and it&#8217;s not going away.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/megyn-kelly-destroys-kim-kardashian-as-she-explains-why-reality-star-got-booed-at-rams-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Megyn Kelly Destroys Kim Kardashian As She Explains Why Reality Star Got Booed At Rams Game</a>

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Megyn Kelly Blasts Kim Kardashian’s Response To Balenciaga Scandal

Megyn Kelly Blasts Kim Kardashian's Response To Balenciaga Scandal

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Meghan McCain blasted Balenciaga, as well as Kim Kardashian and Nicole Kidman, over the fashion brand&#8217;s BDSM-themed photo shoot featuring kids and argued that she wasn&#8217;t participating in &#8220;cancel culture&#8221; by calling them out.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-mccain-says-one-reason-she-left-the-view-is-because-she-didnt-feel-supported-after-having-a-baby" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former co-host</a> of &#8220;The View&#8221; wrote an <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11478373/MEGHAN-MCCAIN-hell-Kim-Kardashian-standing-Balenciaga.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> in <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11478373/MEGHAN-MCCAIN-hell-Kim-Kardashian-standing-Balenciaga.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> on Monday headlined, &#8220;Balenciaga sexually exploited kids to sell a revolting fetish — and I&#8217;ll never buy the brand again. So why the hell is Kim Kardashian STILL standing by them.&#8221;
The ad campaign featured &#8220;little girls posing with handbags shaped like teddy bears, but the bears wore bondage gear,&#8221; McCain wrote, adding that &#8220;in some pictures, the child models are standing on beds. In another a sleepy looking girl lies on a couch near wine glasses.&#8221; She went on to describe the images as &#8220;sick.&#8221;
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McCain said that the more she dug into the company&#8217;s ad campaigns, the more upset she became. She noted that one photo from one of the ad campaigns showed &#8220;a handbag on top of a pile of scattered documents,&#8221; and that &#8220;one of the pages is from a Supreme Court decision on child pornography laws.&#8221;
She accused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/balenciaga-apologizes-for-advertisement-showcasing-minors-holding-bdsm-teddy-bear-purses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Balenciaga of trying</a> to &#8220;shift blame to the production company and set designer behind the shoot.&#8221; But she said the idea &#8220;that these highly produced and — without a doubt — expensive photo shoots were not closely supervised and reviewed by every executive, photo editor and stylist in the company just doesn&#8217;t fly.&#8221;
McCain then lashed out at those linked to the campaign and company, like Kidman and Kardashian.
&#8220;Nicole Kidman, also in the 2023 ad, reportedly hasn&#8217;t said a peep,&#8221; McCain wrote before noting that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kardashian</a> did respond and vowed to re-evaluate her partnership with the fashion house.
&#8220;For the record, I think she&#8217;s a coward for not immediately cutting ties with Balenciaga and I predict this choice will haunt her for years,&#8221; McCain wrote of Kardashian. &#8220;The bottom line here is that grownups are supposed to protect children – period. And as a society, we seem to be failing the most innocent and vulnerable, who have no advocates but us.&#8221;
&#8220;Why in this instance are celebrities being so understanding?&#8221; she added. &#8220;I will never buy another piece of Balenciaga clothing ever again &#8230; I am not comfortable giving money to any company, who not only enables the sexual exploitation of children, but also doesn&#8217;t seem [capable] of taking responsibility for the heinous bile they have injected into society.&#8221;
&#8220;In fact, I don&#8217;t know if there is a coming back from this level of scandal for Balenciaga,&#8221; McCain continued. &#8220;&#8230; Let&#8217;s be clear, this isn&#8217;t cancel culture. This is about protecting children. And adults need to step up.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-hosts-admit-they-cant-even-show-balenciaga-fetish-themed-ad-with-children">&#8216;The View&#8217; Hosts Admit They Can’t Even Show Balenciaga &#8216;Fetish Themed&#8217; Ad With Children</a>

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Meghan McCain Blasts Kim Kardashian, Balenciaga Over ‘Sick’ Child Photo Shoot

Meghan McCain Blasts Kim Kardashian, Balenciaga Over 'Sick' Child Photo Shoot

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The Business of Fashion announced in a statement Monday afternoon that they were revoking a top award that they gave to Balenciaga&#8217;s creative director over Balenciaga&#8217;s recent scandal involving young children who appeared in a photo shoot with &#8220;BDSM-inspired products.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-kardashian-slammed-for-statement-over-balenciaga-scandal-there-is-no-grey-area-here">Balenciaga</a>, which celebrities like Kim Kardashian often wear, displayed images on its website last week as part of its “Toy Stories” campaign. The photos showed child models posing with the brand’s teddy bear handbags, with the bears dressed in BDSM-themed gear from its Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2023 collection.
&#8220;Since its inception, BoF VOICES has been a platform for important, honest and sometimes uncomfortable conversations that have helped to address key issues in the fashion industry head on,&#8221; Business of Fashion said in a statement. &#8220;Earlier this year, we invited Balenciaga&#8217;s creative director Demna to BoF VOICES to receive our Global VOICES Award for 2022.&#8221;
&#8220;At BoF, we hold the safety of children in the highest regard,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;And like many, we have been seeking the truth about how children appeared with BDSM-inspired products in Balenciaga&#8217;s recent campaign images, which are wholly inconsistent with our values. As a result, we will not be presenting Demna with the Global VOICES Award this year.&#8221;
&#8220;Nonetheless, we asked the leadership at Balenciaga to come to VOICES to take responsibility for releasing these images and offer an explanation,&#8221; the statement concluded. &#8220;They declined our invitation to speak at this time, but BoF remains open to having this important conversation.&#8221;
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Wow…
Business of Fashion is revoking their Global Voices award from Balenciaga. 
They invited Balenciaga’s creative director to explain things but they declined. 
Good on <a href="https://twitter.com/BoF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BoF</a> and it’s founder <a href="https://twitter.com/imranamed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@imranamed</a>. <a href="https://t.co/VPxnq4naWo">pic.twitter.com/VPxnq4naWo</a>
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Balenciaga responded to the ongoing scandal on Monday by saying that it could have “done things differently.”
The company said it “strongly condemns child abuse; it was never our intent to include it in our narrative” and the two separate ad campaigns represented “a series of grievous errors.”
“The first campaign, the gift collection campaign, featured children with plush bear bags dressed in what some have labelled BDSM- inspired outfits,” the statement said. “Our plush bear bags and the gift collection should not have been featured with children. This was a wrong choice by Balenciaga, combined with our failure in assessing and validating images. The responsibility for this lies with Balenciaga alone.”
“The second, separate campaign for Spring 2023, which was meant to replicate a business office environment, included a photo with a page in the background from a Supreme Court ruling ‘United States v. Williams’ 2008 which confirms as illegal and not protected by freedom of speech the promotion of child pornography,” the statement continued. “All the items included in this shooting were provided by third parties that confirmed in writing that these props were fake office documents. They turned out to be real legal papers most likely coming from the filming of a television drama. The inclusion of these unapproved documents was the result of reckless negligence for which Balenciaga has filed a complaint. We take full accountability for our lack of oversight and control of the documents in the background and we could have done things differently.”
Balenciaga said it took several steps to correct what happened so it doesn’t happen again, including revising work and approval processes and working with organizations that “specialize in child protection and aims at ending child abuse and exploitation.”
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Leading Fashion Industry Publication Revokes Top Award From Balenciaga After Child Photo Shoot Scandal

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