Kylie Jenner Wants to 'Go Off the Map' and Raise Chickens When She's 30
Kylie Jenner in Interview magazine (Photo: Steven Klein for Interview)
With dozens of social media posts each day, the youngest Kardashian-Jenner sister, Kylie Jenner, has made keeping up with her life pretty simple, or at least it seems that way.
However, the 18-year-old reality star reveals in the new issue of Interview magazine that there’s more to her than makeup, (lots of) selfies, and Tyga.
Here are five unexpected things we learned:
1. Forget running for president, she has different aspirations.
Unlike brother-in-law Kanye West, Kylie fantasizes about dropping out of sight. “If I could do whatever I wanted, I would have a successful makeup line (check!), and I would want to hopefully start more businesses, and just be, like, a businesswoman. And then, hopefully, I’ll go off the map. When I’m, like, 30, I want to go off the map, have a family, and live in Malibu with a farm, and just raise my own chickens. My next goal for 2016 is to learn how to garden.”
Raise your hand if you’d watch that reality show!
(Photo: Steven Klein for Interview)
2. She actually hates makeup.
Sounds like someone is totally Sasha Fierce-ing it for her 43 million Instagram followers! As Kylie explains, “I’m not myself on Snapchat or Instagram. That’s totally not me. I’m way flashier on Instagram and Snapchat, because I feel like that’s what people want to see and that’s what I’ve always done, so I’m not going to stop. People want to see my cars and my purses. People love fashion. But that’s so not me."
The true Kylie is more laid back, she insists. When asked what she’d rather be doing, she gave a surprising response.
"I would probably just never dress up,” says Kylie, whose Lip Kit sold out and crashed a website within hours of its release Monday. “I would never wear makeup, because I honestly hate wearing makeup. Lately, I’ve just been so over it. I feel like I’m way too young to wear such heavy makeup all the time. It’s just bad for your skin, but I’m always doing photo shoots or red carpets and events, so I just obviously want to look good. And I don’t know, I like hiking. I used to do a lot of hiking when I wasn’t as busy.”
Related: Kylie Jenner Dishes on Her Sold-Out Lip Kit
(Photo: Steven Klein for Interview)
3. Her latest obsession is not what (or whom) you might expect.
But it is someone who warrants a lot of “Applause.” “I’m obsessed with Lady Gaga. I saw her at the Alexander Wang fashion show after-party, and I think she’s the nicest person ever. She came up to me and was like, ‘I think you’re so amazing, and whatever you’re doing, people are just obsessed with it,’ and she basically told me to not change. And I feel like that really helped me, because there’s a reason why I have so many followers and why people pay so much attention to me. So I just try not to change and stay authentic. I do feel pressure when I do sexy photo shoots and stuff, or if I want to post a picture … I don’t know. Because I want to be a good role model, but I also want to be me.”
4. She wants to inspire more than bikini pics or full lips.
Just like Gaga continues to do, Kylie is now speaking to her fans who’ve been the victim of bullying through the #IAmMoreThan campaign. And she notes that she’s dealt with the issue personally for years.
“I feel like if I came out and just told my story about bullying, people wouldn’t have sympathy — and I’m totally okay with that, because people don’t need to understand; they just think I’m not a normal person and live this magical life. But I wanted to give other people who have been bullied, and who overcame it to do something amazing, the opportunity to use my platform to bring awareness, to inspire people."
Pressed to share her story, Kylie says she’s encountered bullies since she was about 9 and the family’s show began. "Like, every single day I see something negative about me. And it’s just completely torn me apart. I feel like I’ve lost so many amazing traits because I’ve listened to stupid people, ignorant people who are bullies."
The bullying has been online and in person.
"Just friends growing up. We were all young, and I always felt like people weren’t friends with me for the right reasons, and they would be like, 'You know everyone is just friends with you because you’re famous,” or just weird stuff,“ Kylie says. "I had a lot of friend issues throughout the years. That took a toll, and now I have two really great best friends that are the only people I hang out with. I keep a close circle. But it doesn’t affect me anymore; I’m totally fine with it. It’s just when you’re young, like 9, 10. It’s just confusing and you don’t know why people are saying mean things about you.”
(Photo: Steven Klein for Interview)
5. Taking a bad photo is not the thing that keeps her up.
“I wake up every morning at, like, seven or eight because I think that there’s a bad story about me, and I have to check,” she reveals. “My worst fear is waking up and finding something bad about me on the Internet."
It seems like there would be an easy fix for that: not reading her own press. But that’s not an option for Kylie, who says she’s never been unplugged for a full day. "I deleted everything off of my phone for the night, and it was nice, but I don’t want to, like, restrain myself,” Kylie says.
Ah, there’s the Kylie we know!
