Chloë Sevigny defended Kim Kardashian against backlash over their pairing for Variety’s “Actors on Actors” interview.
“Our chosen career of actor has many forms,” the Oscar nominee wrote on Instagram Wednesday alongside a picture of the “American Horror Story” stars’s joint magazine cover.
“Some are rewarded early. Some of us are the journeymen, some have a quieter route, and some a much louder one. And I am always excited to celebrate every kind of actor,” she added.
Chloë Sevigny defended Kim Kardashian against backlash over their pairing for Variety’s “Actors on Actors” interview.Mary Ellen Matthews for Variety
“Our chosen career of actor has many forms,” she wrote on Instagram.Instagram
Sevigny, 49, then thanked Kardashian, 43, and Variety for the feature.
When the publication released its covers for this year’s “Actors on Actors” series, in which movie and TV stars interview each other in candid one-on-one conversations, readers were quick to ask why the reality star would be paired with an award-winning actress.
“Why are we calling Kim K an actor???” one Instagram user commented on Variety’s post Tuesday
The Oscar nominee said she is “always excited to celebrate every kind of actor.”Mary Ellen Matthews for Variety
Fans were quick to ask why the reality star would be paired with an award-winning actress.Mary Ellen Matthews for Variety
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“I’d be so pissed if I were an actor and was asked to do an episode of ‘#ActorsonACTORS’ just to get paired with Kim K,” another added.
“An incredibly talented and professional actress and then there’s Kim Kardashian,” a third person wrote.
“Read the room, @variety. There was a reason she was booed at the Tom Brady roast,” a fourth fan commented.
Others hypothesized that Kardashian’s mom and manager, Kris Jenner, had “paid” for her billionaire daughter to be included.
“I’d be so pissed if I were an actor and was asked to do an episode of ‘#ActorsonACTORS’ just to get paired with Kim K,” one person wrote.FX
Other fans hypothesized that Kardashian’s mom, Kris Jenner, had “paid” for her billionaire daughter to be included.Lumeimages / SplashNews.com
“You gotta be effing kidding me @variety? How much did Kris pay you?” one user asked.
A spokesperson for Variety justified the mag’s decision to include the “Kardashians” star, saying in a statement to Page Six, “We are very proud of the 24 actors who have made Variety’s ‘Actors on Actors’ the No. 1 franchise of its kind.”
We also reached out to Kardashian’s rep for comment but did not immediately hear back.
A spokesperson for Variety told Page Six, “We are very proud of the 24 actors who have made Variety’s ‘Actors on Actors’ the No. 1 franchise of its kind.”©FX Networks/Courtesy Everett Collection
Kardashian and Sevigny both have acted in “American Horror Story.”FXWhat do you think? Post a comment.
During their chat, Sevigny and Kardashian bonded over their love of high fashion, classic Hollywood glam and director Ryan Murphy.
The Skims co-founder made her foray into acting last year when she joined the cast of “American Horror Story: Delicate.” The “Boys Don’t Cry” star previously starred in the Murphy-co-created anthology series’s “Asylum” and “Hotel” seasons.
Kardashian also did voice work in the 2023 kids’ film “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie.”
