Over the weekend, Khloé Kardashian shared pictures of her adorable daughter True Thompson and her nieces, Dream Kardashian and Chicago West, all done up and dressed up for their dance recital. The pictures are adorable and meant to celebrate the girls, but Khloé had to add a disclaimer to the post because she just knew trolls would be coming for her because the girls were all wearing heavy makeup.
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She wasn’t wrong, and sadly, the explanation she added in the caption of the celebratory carousel on Instagram did nothing to dissuade trolls from being trolls. Why? Well, I think it’s because people who leave negative comments online, rarely if ever even bother to read the captions. They just want to spread their misguided contempt and judgment. Keep reading to see what I mean.
On Sunday, June 23, the proud mama and auntie took to Instagram to praise her 'girls.'
The first picture of the seven-slide carousel shows Khloé down on her knees embracing Dream, the daughter that she shares with ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson. Dream is all dressed up in different shades of pink and she is clearly wearing makeup.
The reality star began the caption with the following words:
"My girls had their dance recital yesterday! Year 3 done ♀️ ♀️ I can’t believe they already have done three years of dance. Life is moving quickly. They did two dances this year- Ballet and hiphop. I am so so proud of them! They were absolutely perfect ."
Being no stranger to nasty unsolicited opinions, she continued with a disclaimer.
“obviously none of our girls wear makeup like this regularly. This was for the recital only. They are beautiful just as they are. Yesterday was super special memories for a lifetime.”
The “girls” being her own daughter, Dream, sister Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter, Chicago, and brother Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna's daughter, Dream. The girls are all close in age and spend a lot of time together.
It 'sucks' that Khloé felt the need to clarify the makeup situation.
Plenty of fans took to the comments to express their dismay that Khloé had to bring up why the girls were wearing makeup so as not to get criticized. Still, that didn’t stop others from attacking the Good American founder.
One fan wrote, “It’s sad that you even have to specify about the makeup, but I understand the why. Gorgeous little dancers.” To which Khloé responded: “it is but people are cray cray. So I had to explain.”
The mother of two added, “obvi I would hope no one would do this normally to a 6 year old.”
Apparently, it isn’t obvi because the negativity came quickly. All I can say to these people who thought it was so awful that these girls were wearing makeup for their performance is: Have you never been to a child’s dance recital before?
Ugh, people!
It’s not like Khloé invented putting make up on kids for dance recitals or beauty pageants. It’s a thing. Do I like it? Nope, but I also don’t see the point of going after a mom/auntie who is just being proud of the children she is there to support.
It's possible to disapprove of the makeup without being a jerk.
If you must say something about the makeup, don’t attack Khloé. It’s possible to leave a comment that says, “Dang, I wish that wearing makeup wasn’t a tradition at dance recitals.” I get that, I really do, but don’t demonize Khloé for a tradition that she did not create. Performers, regardless of age, wear makeup onstage.
Plus, have you ever seen these particular children walking around with a full face of makeup to go to school or just hang out? No! This was for a performance and I’m sure they understand that the makeup was just so their features wouldn’t be washed out by the stage lights.
Oh, and one should NEVER comment without reading the entire caption.
Let this be a golden rule! If you have time to leave a nasty comment online, then you have time to read the caption before leaving a nasty comment. I mean really, it just makes you look dumb that your supposed “issue” was already addressed.
Pictures do not tell the whole story.
Sure, a picture might be worth a thousand words, but this is social media we are talking about. Feel free to get your chonies in a bunch and express yourself, but read the caption first so you can at least not come off as ignorant.
Imagine writing a book report without reading the book. Imagine writing a movie review without watching the movie. Maybe, just maybe don’t be so quick to judge. Take a second to give someone the benefit of the doubt before dragging them. Social media is only as nice as the people on it. Be NICE!
Be especially kind when leaving comments that involve children.
We are all setting an example for the children. Let's teach them to be kind by being kind. Let's teach them to put things in context. Let's teach them that being rude online is not so different than being rude in person.
Have a heart.
Kindness is catching and so is negativity. It's easy to judge others and act like we know better. But maybe let's save our indignation and commentary for truly important issues. There are children dying in this world and it's not because they wore too much makeup to a dance recital.
