Khloé Kardashian's Deleted Bikini Photo Is Going Viral for the Wrong Reasons
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A Khloé Kardashian bikini photo is going viral, and in a rare turn of events, the attention isn't due to a "photoshop fail" — rather, it's the lack of apparent editing that has sparked internet fascination.
Over the weekend, a since-deleted image of the Good American co-founder standing poolside in a leopard print bikini surfaced on social media. Of course, the internet is forever, and despite the photo's deletion, screenshots remain in rotation. According to Page Six, many of these duplicates were removed … after Kardashian's camp threatened legal action.
"The color edited photo was taken of Khloé during a private family gathering and posted to social media without permission by mistake by an assistant," KKW Brands CMO Tracy Romulus said in a statement. "Khloé looks beautiful but it is within the right of the copyright owner to not want an image not intended to be published taken down."
Many social media users were upset by Kardashian's choice to remove the photo (and, moreover, her team's intent to wipe it from the web).
The unedited bikini pic of Khloe Kardashian is in no way “bad” but it’s a stark reminder that social media is a complete lie. There’s a whole team surrounding that family that are completely in control of their social media’s & editing to an incredibly high standard, it’s sad.
— Yas (@yas_jamilah) April 6, 2021
It would be amazing if Khloe K could embrace that unedited image.
But she was literally bullied her entire life for her body and looks.
Held against the beauty standards of her sisters.
You made her not be comfortable with her own body and face.
YOU did this to her.— Holly Hagan (@HollyGShore) April 6, 2021
the khloe kardashian shit hits me hard because of how beautiful and normal she looks in the photo they're forcing removal of. I can't ever imagine doing what Kris has done to her daughters in terms of the self loathing/dysmorphia they feel towards themselves when they're natural
— Kate (@Katelizabethr) April 6, 2021
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Still, Romulus has a point. We can speculate as to why Khloé didn't want us to see the photo, but the only thing that really matters here is that she didn't want us to see it. She, like many of us, has the right to share her image as she sees fit, and the proliferation of the photo in question is ultimately disrespectful. So maybe delete that tweet before Kris shows up at your house with a cease and desist order?