Dear Arisce Wezner,
“Take a moment and remove yourself from the fact that you’re a condescending, conceited bitter woman”
When I read the open letter to Kendall Jenner from another model in the industry, I was gobsmacked. Although I’ve come to expect people slamming the Kardashian’s day in, day out via the various social networks, it really struck a nerve reading this particular piece.
Even if you’re not a fan of the Kardashian’s (which I’m not sure I am), you know who they are. They’re on every magazine cover, radio station and billboard; there’s really no escaping. Through their successful TV show, they’ve rose to fame on the back of their father, attorney for OJ Simpsons. Nowadays, their claim to fame is more about having catty arguments on camera with one another, jetting off to beautiful countries for a weekend break and drinking from an endless stream of champagne. Or at least, that’s what I thought.
Then I caught a few episodes of KUWTK’s when my girlfriends were watching them, and I was amazed at the girls’ work ethic. All of them have have a business, and their fingers in more pies than a bakery could hold. Yes, they’re already vastly wealthy due to the show in general, and could probably live more than comfortably on that income, but how does it make it a negative thing if they want to do more?
Would it not give the cynics more to complain about if they rode on the tails of the show, doing nothing but laying around, being fabulous? Isn’t it a positive that they’re doing their own thing, carving out a name for themselves in the industry instead of sponging off their famous name forever?
It’s obvious that Wezner has had difficulty breaking into the modelling business, and understandable that it would piss her off that Kendall appears, on the surface, to have everything handed to her on a plate. And of course, her struggles are valid; the modelling world is ridiculously hard to break into and her hard work is nothing to be snubbed. However, the general tone of her open letter screams bitter bully – Kendall has worked to get where she was, and a little research before this article would’ve gone a long way. It’s doubtful that ‘a phone call from mommy’, who is actually her manager, got her into Fashion Week. The girl has worked hard, and why wouldn’t she use her contacts and connections to get ahead? When famous people turn their hand at designing, does anybody complain that they turn into a success when there’s been people who have struggled more than them don’t? Of course not, because that would be ridiculous.
I sincerely hope that nobody puts their cigarette out in your drink, because you are a human being with feelings, much like Kendall.
Yours irritatedly,
Lauren x
‘My Books’ Sub-editor
