Kendall Jenner has responded after a photoshopped image of her holding a "Black Lives Matter" sign went viral.
The image in question showed Kendall, complete with face mask, holding a placard ahead of what appeared to be a Black Lives Matter protest, and was apparently posted to her Facebook account.
However, eagle-eyed fans were quick to notice that the placard in her hands didn't appear in the reflection behind her, leading to accusations that she'd photoshopped the image before posting it.
And people began sharing the image alongside outraged captions. In fact, the original post has now racked up over 200,000 retweets and almost 1 million likes.
this right here is the scandal of 2020 come on @KendallJenner you should be ashamed y’all taking photoshop to the next level.😡 https://t.co/9jwq1LVhOi
"Stop photoshopping signs into your pictures and actually use your platform to do some good," wrote one person.
@KendallJenner stop photoshopping signs into your pictures and actually use your platform to do some good. https://t.co/jUBm0BSGxa
"Kendall Jenner photoshopping a sign in her hands is a pretty good indication of how seriously people should take celebrity opinions," wrote another.
Kendall Jenner photoshopping a sign in her hands is a pretty good indication of how seriously people should take celebrity opinions
"You want to steal as much as you can from black culture but can’t even be bothered to actively attend a protest properly," said another commenter.
Kendall Jenner poorly photoshopping a sign into her hands is so laughable. You want to steal as much as you can from black culture but can’t even be bothered to actively attend a protest properly. We all know she probably went for the picture and then left again.
Plenty of others accused Kendall of being insensitive — especially in light of her controversial Pepsi commercial which was unearthed again last week as Black Lives Matter protests took place across the world.
However, Kendall has now responded to the backlash, logging on to Twitter to deny posting the image and confirming that it had been doctored.
"This is photoshopped by someone," she wrote. "I did NOT post this."
this is photoshopped by someone. i DID NOT post this. https://t.co/nQ7uNnGB20
In fact, it appears that the photo was actually taken in November 2019, and shows Kendall at a race track where she spent her 24th birthday with friends and family. Here's the original image.
