Kim Kardashian’s Highly Criticized Elle Photoshoot with Justin Bieber
August 26, 2010 in Celebrity Quotes, Kim Kardashian by Versus
Kim Kardashian posed for Elle Magazine recently – but she wasn’t alone. 16 year-old Justin Bieber was the other star of the shoot. As expected, the association of grown-up, sexy Kim with a teenage boy stirred a lot of controversy and attracted lots of criticism.
US Weekly reports:
“I thought the shoot was all in fun, we had a good time,” she said Tuesday on Lopez Tonight. “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on it. But we were just having a good time. The amazing creative team at Elle magazine obviously thought it was a great shoot and so did everyone. Everyone’s loved it. It was all in fun.”
O’Reilly said last week that the shots — which show the E! reality star, 29, frolicking on the beach with 16-year-old Bieber — are “gross … It’s a 16 year-old having an affair with a celebutante!”
Kardashian was clear to stress that she’s never pursued Bieber. Maybe there would be a romance if he were of “legal age,” she said. Said Kardashian, “He definitely has this swag to him.”
What do you guys think? Are you a fan of the shoot or is it inappropriate?
See the rest of this shoot!
Lol, I like it. No need to look too deep into it, it’s just a photoshoot.
i agree
i love it!!
can you imagine their reaction if he were in the same pics with Betty White?
Or would it be okay then because she’s the Sweet Grandmother Type?
I love this shoot– the controversy with Miley and her Dad was more deserved than this– they’re not even touching (in what world is a kiss on the cheek considered seducing??)
I think the only people that think these pictures are dirty are people who have dirty minds themselves. I definitely don’t get any “sexy” vibe between the two of them. People just want to stir up controversy “*cough* *fox news* *cough* for monetary gain.
WHAT! HOW CAN YOU UNDERDRAMATIZE THE SITUATION LIKE THAT! THE POOR LITTLE CHILD!
hahahaha- kidding. bill o’ reilly is just jealous because a sixteen year old can get more ladies than him.
yep. I agree.
I agree too
looks like they had fun!
I don’t really see anything wrong with this shoot, it doesnt look to be anything “sexual” between them anyway. Kim K always has the sultry look on her face but its not directly directed at Bieber in the shoot anyway, so i dont see why ppl are making such a fuss.
it looks like they had a great time
Love how they’re basically the same height haha.
I agree–it’s not directed at him. It’s not like the boy is being sexualized like Miley Cyrus/Britney Spears (back in the day) is in men’s magazines or whatever.
exactly. those reactions are prude, i think. if they would kiss and undress and have sex, uhm…something else entirely. but this is art. and i like the overall look too
Agreed. I also think that some pictures are cute!
me too
cute is the word!
The poor little boy is probably completly sexually attracted by Kim! lol At least, if I were 16 and having her as a friend, I would… I would even at 29…
its hilarious, desperate housewife out to get the poolboy lol
Don’t really see anything weird or wrong in the photos, it’s just for a fashion magazine, so what? It could have been worst. People are so picky about everything.
Don’t see a problem with this shoot, although her last comment above might have been a bit unnecessary. But whatever. I heard she received death threats from Bieber fans when she said she thought he was cute, so if she further wants to provoke those people that’s her choice. But I don’t see anything inappropriate in the pics.
Yeah, the boy has got some really sick fans! 0_0
So, in the ‘new age’ of ‘the cougar’ how can this possibly be offensive to anyone? When television has shows about women picking up GUYS (not men) who are 20-25 years her younger.
Couples, real and fictional, who embrase their age differences…. ie: demi/ashton
People are so idiotic… a photoshoot is a photoshoot. And I know they were taking the piss about Kim saying that she had ” a major crush on beiber” a while back. See the humor!
I do… and I think it’s a great spread. Kim has been attacked by photoshop again though.
um cougars date legal people. not teenagers. he is 15 or 16 at the oldest. this is creepy and odd. especially since she has a porn tape on the market! very strange.
imagine if an older male celeb was posing with, say, taylor momsen? this is an odd photo shoot.
god you’re overreacting. join the 21st century. its a photoshoot and they’re not doing ANYTHING sexual.
What’s so creepy and odd about it?
And I know some people will flame me for this, but a photoshoot between a 25+ woman and a 16 year old boy is so NOT the same as a 25+ man and a 16 year old girl. I’m sorry. It’s just not the same.
i agree, even if it’a a double standard, but i def agree,
to “…..” if the photoshoot would have been between taylor momsen and some older guy it’d have been very different since taylor’s ‘sexual’ public persona and style/look, while justin looks just like a innocent school boy
also, i think the main problem is that girls are far more often (i’d actually said only and every time) sexualized than boys…when you look at justin bieber you’re going to say ‘oh how cute’ and not ‘he is so sexy’, which unfortunately is what happens with a girl, even if she is not playing the ‘sexy’ card (just remember qhat happened with emma watson aka hermione)
He is Sixteen. And Canadian… Which makes him the age of sexual consent and Godless Canada. Shockingly enough the legal age used to be just fourteen some six years ago.
If he crossed the Niagra Falls border to Ontario, him and Kim K. could gladly treat them selves to a classy wedding ceremony at the chapel of love.. with little objections or statutory rape charges. Good ol` Canada.
I’m Canadian
In* Godless Canada not and. Typo..
Sometimes I really do feel that my Canadian Government is too permissive when it comes to things like the drinking age and sexual consent. It’s sort of unethical, and I think they should tighten up their jurisdictions.
likewise in britain and i could be wrong buti think in most of europe too, he’s perfectly free to pursue any woman. but why any woman would pursue him i will never understand, babysit maybe
he looks very young for 16 so probably makes this look worse. basically he is playing the part of peeping tom- that is slightly icky- the age not so much as like people say he is not being sexulaized, tho you know they did it purely for the publicity. yawn.
in sweden you get “legal” by the age of 15… it’s alright if the partner is 16-17, but if it’s 20+, i would consider it “rape”. well well..
this shoot on the other hand is just cute
In the USA it goes on a state by state basis. Most states are actually at 16 for age of consent. I don’t know why people assume it’s 18 everywhere in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#State_laws
in italy the age of consent is 14 lol
wow, someone with a brain….are all these people on here british or something?? it’s sad that the new generation of young people coming up have no values or sence of right and wrong, so plain to see in all the posts here…the world is gonna be in bad shape in the near future, makes me sad for my children
I quite like the shoot.
so cute
every 16 boy wanna be bieber now lol
its like lolita only he is young not her <3
love it
Pshyeah right. Most 16 year old boys like looking their age or older instead of 12 and easily confused for a female, like Bieber.
Bieber is perfect for tweens and early teen females, since he’s s cute like a little dog – non-threatening, non-sexual and sings about bubblegum fairy story love.
And this has about nada in common with a typical 16 year old male.
yeah I have to agree I dont think the typical 16 year old girl would have a crush on the likes of bieber (judging by the kind of guys my girlfriends and I liked at 16, it was adult celebs, johnny depp, guys in rock bands, etc etc, men lol, not boys who look about 12!) and so I doubt most 16 year old boys would want to be him, But I think maybe the poster meant that they would want to be in his place for this shoot. This shoot is like the clean exerpts from a teenage boys wet dream or something lol!
yes snoops
thats wot i meant
and im 16….i think he’s cute but i like gerard butler, johnny depp, ryan reynolds
ahahah good for yah gurl! i like them too, though i’m kinda…older hihi
Haha, it’s true. At that age, I really liked older guys. Now just don’t care about the age, but I loved kid-faced guys, with a touch of androginy.
Don’t care much for Bieber ‘tough
Bieber likes her, fans got annoyed
both played them off for a laugh
it’s not a big deal, besides if it was the UK, it would be perfectly legal for them anyway.
I like the DIta von teese look she has going on
So have you got to be 18 in the US to have sex with an adult?
i think i phrased that wrong ,but you get the jist.
I believe the age of consent is 18 anyway (thus you are an adult) although someplaces have romeo and juilet laws for under 18 but same age i.e both 16
UK 16 is the age of consent unless one partner is considered to have a position of authority like a Teacher, Care worker
So for my surroundings the suggestion that a 16 y/o is having sex with a 29 y/o isn’t that shocking to me
Age of consent varies by jurisdiction in the U.S. Some states allow 17 year olds to have sex with adults, and some might even be as low as 16.
I think its a reasonable law. It’s a shame, but in my country the age of conset is 14
. This is so wrong.
the unfortunate thing about the law is that it can be used against people in court when you’re trying to get money from them or a personal vendetta (John Stamos is the most recent in the tabloids).
But it’s not a law that comes up too much in “real” life, but it impacts child porn and stuff like that.
i dont think theres anything wrong with this…there’s nothing sexual about their body language..
I don’t think anything is wrong with this shoot, ut I wonder if this comment of Kim ” “Maybe there would be a romance if he were of “legal age,” she said. Said Kardashian, “He definitely has this swag to him.” is going to mak things worse ^^
Hah I expect a sex tape in 2 years
they’ve been doing cheeky little photos with each other on twitter for a few months too, joking about beinng boyfriend/girlfriend, things like that. At the same time you can usually tell they’re both just haiving fun with it
..Because it’s not a sexual shoot at all. What’s wrong with a 30-year-old woman frolicking around in a wet, see-through outfit with a 16-year-old? All for the sake of ‘art’ right.
Honestly, I think magazines get away with so much these days, and then can claim that it is ‘artistic’ (remember that controversial pic of Miley Cyrus?)
Yes I remember. There was nothing controversy-inducing about it.
OMG an artistic photo of a female back, call the child support!
It’s all in fun, like Kim said. I see nothing sexual about these pics.
There’s nothing bad about this shoot! They both look very attractive!
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i like the photoshoot, i’m a fan. it’s no big deal
Ugh……..SO FREAKING JEALOUS!! haha so that’s the only reason I don’t like the shoot, but other than that I see no really big problems. The comment from Kim was kinda weird but whatevs.
this photoshoot is everything that is wrong with the world, in my opinion.
Haha finally someone who thinks the same
Lol – they knew they would ruffle some feathers with this (especially Kim), and thats the whole point. I’m sure she is laughing at all the people getting worked up over this. Of course she’s not interested in Justin Bieber for god’s sake, he looks like a 12 year old, even if he looked his own age, why the heck would she be interested? Its all just for fun. Kind of a teen boys fantasy, since we all know so many boys are getting themselves worked up over Kim K, and she has already pissed off biebers fans in the past too, they are just playing on those elements.
So they just enjoy pissing people off? Is that a job nowadays? If so i’d like a job like that. If not, then i suggest they both get a life and an actual job.
Makes no sense, they’re both just desperate for attention that is it and kims obsession with this kid is kind of sick.
Kim doesnt have a “real job” she’s a reality star – she makes her living off of garnering media attention, like it or loathe it as long as people keep interested it will keep going on – some people found this controvsersial, a lot of people are talking about = success (for her, for what she does). She’s like the new paris hilton.
Btw I dont think Kim has a sick obsession with bieber, the only thing she is obsessed with is attention (aka money, fame) bieber is uber famous if he were barely known she obviously wouldnt be doing these.
snoops, but even so, socially-useless as she is, i find her super hot and gorgeous…don’t you share the same opinion???
i can’t see what’s wrong with the photoshoot
those photos are gorgeous even though i can’t stand neither
i can’t see what’s wrong with the photoshoot, these photos are great!
A kiss on the cheek and holding hands isn’t so scandalous to me. I don’t see the problem. I also agree with snoops that they probably knew it would get some people’s knickers in a twist and that is exactly the goal.
These pictures are disgusting, not because of the age but because these are two nobodies with no talent. The fact that kim is so damn obsessed with him is scary though…
i agree! the age doesn’t mean anything. but everything else about this bothers me… him, her…
SO TRUE!!! Why on earth do they even get to be on a magazine?
ahahah it’s a funny and cute photoshoot
kim looks very sexy and provocative and feminine, like always. she’s the type of woman i consider beautiful..
Justin looks….like a teen, obviously
but i think that this was the basic idea of the photos…to get into the limelight through this contrast. the Elle team just took 2 celebs and asked them to pose…that’s the recipe
but still Kim’s looking gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great shots, cute shoot. One thing that can’t be denied is that Kim takes some great shots.
I’m not the kind of person who usually squinches at any form of sexuality in magazine editorials, but this is definetly slightly disturbing to me.
I think it’s the combination of Bieber, who is already young-looking, and Kim, who is much older, and the fact that that the pictures makes it appear like Kim is some kind of trophy wife of his.
I mean, no one can tell me that the water pictures, the picture of Bieber photographing Kim, and the picture of Kim exercising to Bieber, are not at least remotely sexual in nature.
What a weird combination. I guess it was intended to shock, and shock it did.
I will give it to them that even though they made it disturbing, it’s not tasteless as it could have been.
The only problem I see here is how ridiculously photoshopped Kim is….not even realistic looking IMO
oh just thought of how he is BITING a rose… WHAT AN INNUENDO.
I’m lost, what does biting a rose mean?? I am asking out of pure ignorance..
I don’t know what to think of the photoshoot. I imagine if it was a 30 year old male actor and 16 year old girl in the same photoshoot, most people would be up in arms about it (although the shoot seems pretty innocuous to me)… so let’s apply equal standards here.
a rose has often symbolized the female genitalia… bieber with his mouth on a rose while kim seductively gazes into the camera is just too much for me.
i’m not NOT applying equal standards. i have no problem with men/women with age differences, i believe age is just a number, whether the male is older/younger or female is older/younger, whichever. but i happen to dislike the both of them separately so this whole coming together in a photoshoot like this really puts me off.
i find him biting the rose very sexy lol
first time i like him lol..
justin beibers face looks so female! i swear, he was born a girl but his parents raised him as a boy
Wow, it’s totally sad that this photo shoot went over the media’s head. They are playing on the 1967 film “The Graduate” starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. Obviously Kim is “Mrs. Robinson” and Bieber is “Ben Braddock”. The black and white present throughout the photo shoot totally gave this away, not to mention the print on the first photo that says “The Graduate”. This film is so classic! I think the photo shoot is great, and I like it, which says a lot because both Kardashian and Bieber annoy the crap out of me.
Sorry for film-geeking out. I went to film school, it’s a habit.
the graduate wasn’t 16 though, not dustin who played the part or the character. he was meant to be 21 or 22, she was late thirties not an age gap anyone would blink at these days. the point was justin is a teen. but its just naked attention seeking to me, and he is a legal age in my country. plus the sexual innuendo is about him perving on her. sixteen year olds do that, alot- too much
) she is just like a glossy magazine image in the background of most of the shots.
You missed my point entirely.
Mrs Robinson was supposed to be in her 40s not late 30s. She has a grown daughter remember.
Yes, I do remember. I own the film and have watched it multiple times. My point is that Mrs. Robinson and Kim are older and Ben Braddock and Bieber are younger. An older woman with a younger man. They are PLAYING on the film. When you make a play on something, it doesn’t have to be exactly the same, just similar.
I can’t believe I actually took the time to explain that.
Well there was no need to take time to explain anything to me as it was pretty clear that I was responding to amazon, seeing as she was the one that said Mrs Robinson was in her 30s.
I made no comment on your point whatsoever.
Couldn’t they find a nice sweet 16 year old girl to share the photoshoot with Justin? I mean surely… he has a gizillion fans. Why did they have to pick a 30 year old woman? Nothing wrong with the shoot of course- but I do find it a bit odd. I wouldn’t like to see this becoming popular because I could see how it could become very weird – very fast.
Yes ,agree.She looks pathetic flirting with a kid.Not very mature.
hahah i really love this photoshoot! Im not a fan of any of them but i think its a nice way of making fun of all the rumors etc. I mean if another 16 year old said “oh my i totally love KK.” noone would make a big deal out of it…I think the real problem is us, people is making a big deal out of it and trying yo create a big scandal out of this, they look great, and PLEASE! they are not a couple and if they were WHAT? its not like if any of us could stop that
I don’t see anything wrong or obscene in this photoshoot. It actually is cool and different from what we are used to..Evil is on people’s minds…
I really like it and Kim is so beautiful.They really show that they were having fun doing it!
i think these photos are adorable
I think this photo shoot is very weird, not terrible but WEIRD!
If it was a 16yr old girl(who looks as young as Bieber) with a 30yr old male every ones head would be spinning! And no one can tell me that isnt true!
Also why is Kim K so obsessed with Beiber? I swear it is only because she wants a bit of his fame, she seems to hang around ppl who have the spot light on them in Hollywood, and then disappear after the spot light goes away!
Im not a big fan of Beiber or Kim K but the combination is just odd.
Agreed, it’s odd. I don’t find anything specially obscene about it, but it’s one weird combination! I mean, these 2 just don’t “match”.
The thing is Bieber looks like a 12 year boy and she looks like a 40 old years woman cause all the work done in her face.Thats why this looks bad.
im more distracted at the picture of her on the eliptical machine in heels and a dress….wtf
lol ye funny
you should see the video on elle.com. it is so cute(: i love the shoot. theres definitely nothing wrong with it. I encourage you to watch the video:) http://elletv.elle.com/video/424741669001/fashion/inside-fashion/elle-com-exclusive-justin-bieber-and-kim-kardashian
A kiss on the cheek? Holding hands?
OMG CALL THE POLICE.
Come on..this is just a ridiculous overreaction over a photoshoot.
I don’t like either of them and even I’m defending it.
I’d have no problem with them boning. Who gives a shit.
I like the shoot. I think people are reading too much into it.
When I was 18, I became “friends” with a 30 year old man. Or at least that’s what I thought. Shit got real eventually and I ended the friendship. Not saying it will go the same for Kim and Justin, but if it does, it wouldn’t be the same. C’mon, a 16-year-old guy? He prolly jacks it twice a day to her. It’d be his dream come true.
All throughout my teens I was friends with people much much older then me.
Nothing happened.
Stop projecting your own issues.
I think the photo shoot is very cute. Wow Kim looks absolutely gorgeous!!
The problem with the photoshoot is that it illustrates our culture’s double standard perfectly. If this was a photoshoot of a 30 year-old man and someone like Dakota Fanning participating in the same poses as the one’s above, it would be very inappropriate and seen as the promotion of child abuse.
i don’t think it’s the same, since they did this photoshoot clearly because of the silly rumors about them ‘dating’, it’s a provocation to something that already existed, they didn’t shoot this just ‘like that’(i’m sorry i don’t know if i managed to made it clear XD), so it’s in part ‘forgiven’ i think.
also, i don’t think there’s anything sexual about these pictures, and if the same situation had occurred i wouldn’t have had any problem even if it was a girl, although it would’have been a lot more controversial, because of the female sexualisation
Can this smug little douche go away, please? He’s going to be such a burnout by the time he hits 18.
I don’t see a problem with it but I don’t like either of them. The only issue is that Kim gives out this “bad girl” vibe with the sex tape, playboy shoots, etc. I’m sure that if it was another actress who projected a different image (like Natalie Portman or Kristen Bell) people would take it differently.
And he projects a pure innocent image DESPITE the fact we all know he is a 16 year old boy. Known all over the world as a species for consuming massive amounts of porn, and being general horndogs 24/7.
suzushii i know
trust me , im 16 hahaha all boys are like that <3 lil pervs
I’m not sure about the theme of this photoshoot, but kim and justin aren’t great models IMO. They seem to have the same poses and facial expressions in all the photos I’ve seen of them (including the other stuff they’ve done separately). Especially Kim.
I think shes only hangin of someones else fame
I don’t really get the point of the shoot and I don’t like it (not because of the subjects in particular, I just hate the editing that was done, so mostly, it’s the photographer’s fault for me.)
I don’t think it’s sexual. Maybe the fact that they were in the water together and Kim has that “sexy hourglass figure” that is so raved about all the time. Soaked in water = sexy for most people, I guess.
I personally find this shoot really boring.
I love those pictures! I don’t see anything wrong in here…
this women would do anything for press, its embarrassing!
i personally love these pictures! they’re really cute and they both look great! everyone looks too far into things now-a-days!
Imagine if it were a 16 year old girl and a 29 year old male though, I think everyones opinion may be swayed then hey? Double standard much….
It’s really not provocative at all. I don’t even think it would be a problem if it was a 30 year old man and 16 year old child, because it looks innocent. Not all closeness has to be of a sexual nature.