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Scarlett O'Toole

Kim Kardashian slammed for silence over Balenciaga's disturbing bondage-themed campaign

Kim Kardashian has been called out for her failure to speak out against Balenciaga's latest campaign which featured a child in a bondage-themed photoshoot.

The fashion house pulled the controversial campaign on Tuesday amid a severe online backlash and deleted the disturbing photoshoot from Instagram.

Balenciaga has a long history with the 42-year-old Kardashians star, who featured in its winter 2022 campaign and walked in its Paris fashion show back in July.

Fans have been urging Kim to denounce the brand and took to Instagram to try and make their voices heard.

The mum-of-four shared a picture of herself and her sister's ex, Tristan Thompson, spending 'Friendsgiving' visiting a juvenile detention facility in Los Angeles.

In the comments, her followers were focused on one issue.

Kim has a long history with Balenciaga (Twitter)
She often wears the brand at big events (Getty Images for Baby2Baby)

"Balenciaga Kim. We aren’t shutting up about this," one person warned.

Another commented: "This isnt going to make us forget about balenciaga!!!!! Say something," while a third urged: "Speak up about balenciaga."

One furious fan wrote: "Would like to see a comment about balenciaga before seeing this. Your silence on this is topic deafening."

"Where is the statement about balenciaga?" someone else questioned.

Fans commented on a picture she shared with Tristan Thompson (Kim Kardashian/Instagram)
Kim is yet to speak out (Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency / SplashNews.com)

The comments come after model Bella Hadid deleted her Balenciaga Instagram post following the controversy.

The 26-year-old had taken to Instagram to share a series of snaps from the campaign with her 56.4million followers, before hastily deleting them.

In the pictures, Bella wore a $10K office ensemble from Balenciaga's new spring collection.

Balenciaga issued a statement on social media regarding the photoshoot and apologised to fans for any distress caused.

"We sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused.

Bella posted a series of photos before deleting them (INSTAGRAM)
Bella had shared Balenciaga snaps with her followers (INSTAGRAM)

"Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign. We have immediately removed the campaign from all platforms," the statement read.

It continued: "We apologize for displaying unsettling documents in our campaign.

"We take this matter very seriously and are taking legal action against the parties responsible for creating the set and including unapproved items for our Spring 23 campaign photoshoot.

"We strongly condemn abuse of children in any form. We stand for children safety and well-being."

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