Khloe Kardashian Faces Backlash Over Photoshop Claim

Khloe Kardashian has been accused once again of editing photos of herself.

The 41-year-old, who recently claimed that she’s no longer Photoshopping her images as much as she used to, looked almost unrecognisable in a photoshoot for her new fragrance, Almost Always.

In images from the campaign, Khloe looks almost cartoonishly glossy and perfect as she poses in a light purple bodice with a floral headdress on. 

It’s difficult to tell if the images are Khloe’s natural self, or if a filter has been applied to make the reality star look like a painting. 

Fans online were quick to call out the mom-of-two, with one commenting, ‘Thought you said you weren’t Photoshopping your pics?’

Another wrote, ‘Well done, Photoshop!’ while a third commented, ‘Your whole face is manufactured.’

Despite some bad apples in the comments, many of Khloe’s followers were quick to shower The Kardashians star with praise.

‘You are a timeless beauty,’ gushed one fan, while another wrote, ‘Omg Khloe this is your best look of all time.’ 

This isn’t the first time that Khloe has been called out for Photoshopping her pics.

Back in April, viewers of Khloe’s Hulu series took her to task over an episode that showed the behind the scenes process of a photoshoot for her podcast cover.

Cameras captured Khloe working on the shoot, in which she looked quite different compared to the suspiciously perfect image that was selected for the cover. 

One Reddit user posted side-by-side screen-grabs of the two moments, prompting a flood of gobsmacked reactions from flabbergasted observers. 

Others pointed out that Khloe may have also been airbrushed in the campaign for her last perfume, XO.

‘When watching the show they were showing Khloe posing for her perfume photoshoot and I thought she looked great!’ wrote one poster.

‘But then they showed the actual edited cover they selected and I almost spat my water out. How can anyone approve that? It doesn’t even look like her.’ 

They continued, ‘Khloe is beautiful but she doesn’t look like this at all. It breaks my heart for her, because she doesn’t need to do all this editing. Also frustrating because she denies editing her face.’

In the comments, the post was met with a chorus of similar reactions, as one fan wrote, ‘At this point I kind of assume that any published shot I see of a celebrity is edited into oblivion and they likely look 30-50 pounds heavier IRL.’

‘Khloe is a beautiful woman,’ wrote another, ‘but holy s*** they really promote unrealistic beauty standards. That doesn’t look like the same person.’

One commenter witheringly described the final image as an ‘AI version looking nothing like a human,’ while another remarked that ‘it’s not even good Photoshop. Look at the lighting on the neck??’ 

In July, Khloe announced that she was cutting back on her use of Photoshop.

During an episode of her podcast, Khloé in Wonderland, the reality star responded to a remark from a fan who accused her of editing ‘every picture’ she posts.

Khloe explained that she no longer feels the need to ‘heavily’ alter all her pictures.

‘There was a time that I definitely did. There was a time that I was around some people that would make me feel like I needed to,’ she began. ‘I also think it was the era too.’

The Los Angeles native continued, ‘I think there was a time we were all consumed by this filter lifestyle and we couldn’t see ourselves without a filter.’

She pointed out that the mode of technology she’s using via her podcast limits her ability to alter her image, even if she wants to. 

Khloe, the youngest of the three Kardashian sisters, is mother to daughter True, seven, and son Tatum, two, with her ex-boyfriend, Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson, 34.

‘I mean, there’s definitely days where it’s like, “Ugh, I need a filter, I don’t feel good about myself” – but, I’m on video,’ Khloé said. 

The Khloud creator said that in hindsight that she felt she looked ‘like a cartoon character’ in some of the images that she’d edited.

‘It’s humiliating that I even thought that was a version of myself,’ she admitted.

Khloe explained how she’s reframed the discussion mentally, to use filters less often on her social media posts.

‘I really had to reprogram my mind, like, we have to lay off the filters. This isn’t real, that’s not how I look, and I don’t want to look like that,’ she said.