The INSIDER Summary:
- Kim Kardashian was accused of having two lines of cocaine in the background on a recent Snapchat selfie.
- She explained it was just two lines of sugar.
- The real explanation was that it was part of her table's marble pattern.
- Given her fame, she was too late to stop jokes about it from going viral.
On Tuesday, Kim Kardashian caused yet another controversy with a Snapchat post.
In the background of a Snapchat selfie, people though it looked like she left two lines of cocaine on her table. The celebrity swiftly released a statement explaining it was sugar. Later, she came up with another explanation: It was just the pattern on her marble table.
Given the fast pace of the internet, Kardashian may have been too late. The original tweet that accused her of having cocaine has nearly 27,000 retweets, and the story spread around the internet.
Kim, sis, you left two lines of coke in the background pic.twitter.com/fJ5wPchhVe
— j (@jesuslopez11122) July 11, 2017On Twitter, Kardashian deflected the rumor by saying it was just sugar, left on the table from an earlier purchase at a candy store.
I do not play with rumors like this so I'm gonna shut it down real quick. That's sugar from our candy mess from dylan's candy shop https://t.co/oICdPQVi8d
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 11, 2017Chrissy Teigen backed her up, saying that leaving cocaine on the table in the background of a selfie didn't make any sense.
What kind of coke head lines up the drugs and just...doesn't do them
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 12, 2017"I don’t play like that. Come on. I have kids. It’s just not my lifestyle. I’ve never been like that," Kardashian said in a statement.
Late Tuesday night, Kardashian posted a Snapchat video with a different explanation. Wearing the flower crown Snapchat filter, she explained that the two white lines on her hotel table was just... the table itself. It was part of the marble pattern. She filmed a close-up of the table to shut down her doubters.
Just a marble table 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/5GA14ptvqy
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 12, 2017"We did go to Dylan's Candy Shop, I did think it was our pixie sticks," she said. "But after all that, this table in the background is a marble table, you guys. Like, come on."
Some of Kardashian's fans attributed the cocaine accusations to jealousy. The whole affair is just another part of her fame.
Imagine being such an icon you cause a drug scandal with a marble table pic.twitter.com/IceuE5rMYO
— la bella vita (@drugproblem) July 12, 2017
The day when everyone freaked because they tough Kim Kardashian West posted lines of coke when it was just a marble table is now historical.
— ㅤㅤ (@KylizzleYeezus) July 12, 2017And a lot of people joked about how this became an issue in the first place.
Goodnight to Kim Kardashian's marble table only
— Anthony Quintal (@LOHANTHONY) July 12, 2017
Y'all really had Kim Kardashian explaining that she doesn't do cocaine, and showing her marble table.
— Dallas One&DoneBoys (@iAmTerrace) July 12, 2017
I can't believe Kim Kardashian had a marble table customized and shipped to her home to cover up her coke addiction.
— [xa] (@thexavierjames) July 12, 2017Anyway, Kim Kardashian does not have a cocaine problem, people. It was just a table.
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