Kendall Jenner, who was recently branded ‘tone deaf,’ claimed her famous family made it ‘harder’ for her to become a top model.
The 25-year-old, who found fame on Keeping Up With The Kardashians alongside her sisters, has insisted that her success is purely down to ‘hard work’.
Chatting during the reunion episode, she said: “In the topic of offensiveness to some of the things people assume about our family, I think everyone around me, whether friends or family, knows how hard I worked and still work.
“I did everything that I was supposed to do and had to do to get to the position I’m at now as a model. I went to every single casting, ran all over not only New York City but all over Europe trying to get a job and make my way.”
She added: “Of course, I had a platform, I never took that for granted.
“I always knew that was there, but that almost made my job a little bit harder only because people probably didn’t want to hire me because I was on a reality TV show. I definitely worked my way to where I am now.”
Many viewers have now taken to social media to criticise the model for refusing to acknowledge her ‘privileged position’.
One person penned: “Kendall Jenner not acknowledging that her privileged position in life is literally why she’s the highest-paid model in the world and then goes on to describe herself as a realist is the funniest ever.”
A second said: “Lmao, Kendall says she paid her dues to become a model and being a Kardashian/Jenner made her work even harder.”
Although Jenner claims to have put tons of effort into becoming a reputable model, she’s previously said that she’s ‘super-selective’ over who she works for.
During a chat with LOVE magazine, she said: “Since the beginning, we’ve been super-selective about what shows I would do. I was never one of those girls who would do like 30 shows a season or whatever the f*** those girls do. More power to ’em. But I had a million jobs, not only catwalks but everything else.
“The whole combination was very overwhelming and I started to freak out a little bit and needed to take a step back.”
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