Julia Fox appears to defend Kim Kardashian amid Balenciaga scandal

Julia Fox has seemingly defended Kim Kardashian after the reality star was criticised for not speaking out sooner against Balenciaga’s controversial ad campaign.

The ad, which has been the subject of much criticism in the last week, featured children holding teddy bears dressed in bondage gear and an image of a Supreme Court opinion on a child pornography case.

On 28 November, the Uncut Gems actor shared her thoughts on the Balenciaga scandal in a TikTok video after fans asked her to weigh in on the photoshoot.

“First things first, I’m not their spokesperson, I have zero relationship with the brand, I haven’t even been to one of their shows – they haven’t invited me,” she began the video. “Regardless, I think it’s horrific and when I was reading and watching all the videos I literally felt sick to my stomach. But I couldn’t help but think, damn, the women who are associated to the brand professionally are getting so much pushback, it’s almost as if they’re the f***ing child molesters.”

Fox went on to add that “no child was actually harmed” in the Balenciaga photoshoot, but likened the Balenciaga scandal to child abuse cases within religious institutions, adding that she doesn’t see “hashtag cancel the church anywhere”.

The 32-year-old model wrote over the TikTok video: “Why are women being blamed for a MANS [sic] mistake? It’s the internalised misogyny for me.”