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Kylie Jenner Responds to Blackface Controversy

Kylie Jenner created an uproar this weekend when she posted a photo to her Instagram with the caption, “What I wish I looked like all the time.”

It didn’t take long for users to light up the 17-year-old’s photo with comments, sharing their disapproval of the photo with thousands of people accusing her of wearing blackface. The photos were deleted from Jenner’s Instagram, but she later posted another photo defending the original with the caption, “This is a black light and neon lights people lets [sic] all calm down,” tagging the photographer, makeup artist, hairstylist, and studio.


Clearly unbothered by the outrage of her social media following, the reality star posted another photo from the shoot later that night.

No further information has been given about the purpose of the shoot. 

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