Kylie Jenner Slammed For Posing In Wheelchair In Latest Photo Shoot

Kylie Jenner looks like a retro sex doll in her latest cover shoot for Interview magazine, but that's not what people are talking about. 

Nor is it her latex pants with booty cutouts that has people angrily retweeting her photos. Rather, it's the gilded wheelchair that she posed in for two of photographer Steven Klein's shots. 

A photo posted by Kylie Jenner Updates (@kyliejupdate) on Dec 1, 2015 at 6:22am PST

The 18-year-old old is taking heat on social media from users who consider the able-bodied reality star posing in the wheelchair to be offensive. 

@KylieJenner wow being in a wheelchair is so fun and fashionable! #Ableism is the ultimate fashion statement! pic.twitter.com/lOScQnODhy

— Ophelia Brown (@bandaidknees) December 1, 2015

@KylieJenner wow being in a wheelchair is so fun and fashionable! #Ableism is the ultimate fashion statement! pic.twitter.com/lOScQnODhy

— Ophelia Brown (@bandaidknees) December 1, 2015

Oh I see! When I'm in my wheelchair noone can look me in the eye but when Kylie Jenner sits in a wheelchair it's FASHION. silly me.

— Amelia (@amysgotmilk) December 1, 2015

when kylie jenner uses a wheelchair it's for aesthetic and fashion but disabled people are viewed as almost subhuman for existing

— liz / pls read bio (@bebrandnews) December 1, 2015

I'm curious who the moron over at @InterviewMag who put Kylie Jenner in a wheelchair for the December cover is. How fashion forward! Not.

— Daniel Christopher (@MisterPreda) December 1, 2015

 

The ire Jenner has drawn isn't limited to social media, as disability advocates are speaking out. 

"It's deeply disturbing," Emily Smith Beitiks, associate director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability in San Francisco, told CNN. "People with disabilities are already seen as powerless, and this just reinforces that."

 

Jenner has yet to publicly address the growing controversy, but it's not the first time the Snapchat queen has been criticized over a photo shoot. In April, the reality star was accused of wearing blackface in what was meant to be a futuristic looking shoot, and in July, teen actress Amandla Stenberg called Jenner out for cultural appropriation after she posted a photo of herself wearing cornrows on Instagram. 

 

Request for comment made to Interview magazine and Jenner's rep has yet to be returned at this time. 

 

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