A sister I admire so much have a common axiom; “If you’ve got nothing to say, shut up and come sit beside me.” That was Kim’s greatest undoing - threading on unfamiliar grounds – politics. She’s still paying the price.
Friday morning Kim sent out a supportive Israel tweet, declaring to her almost 17 million followers that she was “Praying for everyone in Israel.”
The comment immediately met with a violent backlash, including death threats leading the 32-year-old to add: 'Praying for everyone in Palestine and across the world!' But after the vitriol continued Kim deleted both statements from her account and was forced to follow up with a longer post entitled: 'A Message to You Guys.'
'I want to own up to and explain that earlier today I sent out two tweets about saying prayers for the people in Palestine and Israel and after hearing from my followers, I decided to take down the tweets because I realized that some people were offended and hurt by what I said, and for that I apologize,' she wrote.
'I should have pointed out my intentions behind these tweets when I posted them. The fact is that regardless of religion and political beliefs, there are countless innocent people involved who didn't choose this, and I pray for all of them and also for a resolution.'
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