So Much For Body Positivity! Kim K Says She’ll ‘Never’ Say It’s ‘Positive’ To Show Her Cellulite

Kim, 38, was discussing her new shapewear line, which was named Kimono until she faced backlash for cultural appropriation.

“I’ll never be a person who says it’s a more positive thing if I show my cellulite,” she told WSJ Magazine about her decision to wear shapewear all the time.

“The feeling when I had to wear that corset, [the shapewear] is not that. It’s the second skin that makes me feel comfortable and cozy and all smoothed,” Kim explained.

She said that her love of shapewear started after she was pregnant with daughter North, 6. “It changed my body, my skin,” she said. “[I got] photographed from every angle.”

“All I have to do is type Kim and Shamu,” she explained, pointing out the numerous people who compared her pregnant body to a whale online. “That really changed my security. It broke my soul for a while.”

Kim’s cellulite comment was an about face from ones she made in the past. She wrote on her blog in 2016, “I am empowered by my body. I am empowered by my sexuality. I am empowered by feeling comfortable in my skin. I am empowered by showing the world my flaws and not being afraid of what anyone is going to say about me.”

Kim also addressed rumors that she had a rib removed to make her tiny hourglass shape at the 2019 Met Gala. “I don’t even know if that’s possible,” she said, explaining that she opted for a corset instead.

“I have never felt pain like that in my life. I’ll have to show you pictures of the aftermath when I took it off — the indentations on my back and my stomach,” she said of the fashion choice.