A 17-minute decision by the cosmetics mogul and reality TV star has sparked a furious reaction among fans.
Kylie Jenner faces a strong reaction from social media users to brag about the private jets of her and her boyfriend Travis Scott and use theirs to make short flights.
Twitter account @CelebJets posted Jenner’s plane route after she flew between two California cities last Tuesday, estimating the trip would take just three minutes instead of a 45-minute ride.
The page later clarified that the total flight time ended up being 17 minutes, reports the New York Post.
While the Twitter channel typically lists the amount of aircraft fuel used, the cost of fuel, and CO2 emissions, it didn’t for Jenner’s trip.
Three days after the fast flight, the 24-year-old reality star posted a black-and-white photo of her and Scott, 31, posing in front of their private jets.
“Do you want to take mine or yours?” subtitled the Instagram post.
Social media users criticized Jenner on Twitter and Instagram for being a “full-time climate criminal.”
“I can’t wait to see Kylie Jenner post environmental awareness photos in her stories as if she alone isn’t doing more damage to the environment than most of us with her three-minute flights,” one Twitter user wrote.
Another said, “Every time a paper straw starts to dissolve in my drink, I think about how Kylie Jenner uses a private jet during a three-minute flight and I get annoyed in an anguished way.”
On Instagram, a user went to Jenner ‘s comments section to ask, “Who[e] we have a plane [use to] pollute the Earth today?
Another wrote, “But what about the fight against climate change?”
A third said, “Why should I limit my meat consumption and use paper straws while 1 percent gets to pump tons of carbon into the atmosphere for a day trip to Palm Springs?”
Jenner has not yet addressed the controversy.
He Kardashians The star was under fire in 2019 when she picked up her sister Kendall Jenner for dinner on her plane.
When many Twitter users criticized the brothers for not taking first-class flights, some stepped in to defend Kylie and the 26-year-old model.
“There’s no fucking way for KYLIE JENNER and KENDALL JENNER to make first-class flights,” one fan wrote. “These bitches are beyond the celebrities who would be assaulted. If you could afford a private jet, you would too.”
This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission
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