Posted on 22 Mar 2019

This Is Why Kylie Jenner Thinks She Deserves To Be Called A "Self-Made" Billionaire

"There’s really no other word to use other than self-made."

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Haven't we gone over this? Self-made: Having succeeded in life unaided. https://t.co/g0ZHDSkVfu https://t.co/3O48zKsInN
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This Is Why Kylie Jenner Thinks She Deserves To Be Called A "Self-Made" Billionaire

In case you haven't been keeping up with your pop culture news recently, you might've missed the fact that Kylie Jenner has been crowned the youngest ever self-made billionaire.

The accolade was given to Kylie, who is 21 years old, by Forbes, who first announced she was closing in on billionaire status last July.

As you can imagine, people had ~thoughts~ about Forbes labelling Kylie a "self-made" billionaire, what with her being born into one of the most famous families in the world. In fact, it caused a pretty intense debate on the internet.

Things got so heated that even the goddamn dictionary got involved not once, but TWICE!

And things just got even worse when Forbes also revealed that Kylie was tied for fifth place on their annual "Richest Celebrities List" alongside Jay-Z. People argued that Jay was an example of somebody who is truly self-made and that it was almost disrespectful for Kylie to be put next to him.

Kylie has already defended her "self-made" label. In an interview with Paper last month, she said: "I did have a platform but none of my money is inherited."

And Kylie is now doubling down on her words, revealing in a recent interview that "there’s really no other word to use other than self-made".

She continued: "I never thought that this could happen. I believed in Kylie Cosmetics but I didn’t even know what I was getting myself into. It feels amazing, it’s wild, and being the youngest ever to do it is a blessing."

You can read the full interview here.

This Is Why Kylie Jenner Thinks She Deserves To Be Called A "Self-Made" Billionaire

In case you haven't been keeping up with your pop culture news recently, you might've missed the fact that Kylie Jenner has been crowned the youngest ever self-made billionaire.

The accolade was given to Kylie, who is 21 years old, by Forbes, who first announced she was closing in on billionaire status last July.

As you can imagine, people had ~thoughts~ about Forbes labelling Kylie a "self-made" billionaire, what with her being born into one of the most famous families in the world. In fact, it caused a pretty intense debate on the internet.

Things got so heated that even the goddamn dictionary got involved not once, but TWICE!

And things just got even worse when Forbes also revealed that Kylie was tied for fifth place on their annual "Richest Celebrities List" alongside Jay-Z. People argued that Jay was an example of somebody who is truly self-made and that it was almost disrespectful for Kylie to be put next to him.

Kylie has already defended her "self-made" label. In an interview with Paper last month, she said: "I did have a platform but none of my money is inherited."

And Kylie is now doubling down on her words, revealing in a recent interview that "there’s really no other word to use other than self-made".

She continued: "I never thought that this could happen. I believed in Kylie Cosmetics but I didn’t even know what I was getting myself into. It feels amazing, it’s wild, and being the youngest ever to do it is a blessing."

You can read the full interview here.

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