BALENCIAGA BACKLASH: Kardashians, Bella Hadid roasted for connection to fashion house

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Grin and bear it?

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Kim Kardashian, Bella Hadid and Khloe Kardashian are just some of the celebrities who fans want to speak up about Balenciaga’s troubling ads featuring children holding teddy bears wearing BDSM harnesses.

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One image even included what appeared to be an excerpt from a U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld part of a federal child pornography law, according to one tweet.

Balenciaga pulled the campaign Tuesday after people quickly expressed their condemnation – but some of their celebrity clientele did not get the memo.

Hadid posted then deleted an Instagram photo dump that included several photos supporting Balenciaga’s Spring 2023 campaign, which fans appreciated.

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As did Khloe, who also reportedly shared a post on her Instagram promoting Balenciaga, and deleted it after the backlash, one person claimed on Twitter, though receipts have yet to be shown.

Nicole Kidman, who also posed for the high-end couture brand’s Spring 2023 campaign has yet to say anything, but she did post photos from her shoot in a recent post.

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Khloe’s sister, Kim, whose middle name may as well be Balenciaga based on how often she drops the name or wears their clothes, has yet to speak out against the fashion house.

Coincidentally, this week’s episode of The Kardashians features Kim walking in Balenciaga’s show during Paris Fashion Week this past July.

“Like everyone else, Kim was incredibly upset and disturbed by the holiday campaign,” a source close to Kardashian said, according to the New York Post. “As a mother, she has no tolerance for abuse or exploitation of children on any level.”

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The source continued: “After speaking with the Balenciaga team privately, as well as seeing that they immediately removed the campaign images and issued a public apology, she is hopeful that they have learned from this incident and that it never happens again.”

But for fans that simply isn’t enough and are begging the reality star to “speak up and stand for something,” considering how big a supporter she is of them.

“Can’t believe these celebrities have no care for the children at all!,” one person wrote. “You work with a label that have sexually exploited children in their ad campaigns! But because the people spoke up they’ve apologised … they wouldn’t have otherwise and you puppets are ok with it all?!”

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Another added: “Please address the unethical aspects of this campaign it’s a f disgrace and you shouldn’t be associated with that muck.”

The fashion house has since deleted all of its Instagram posts but left up an apology in their Stories highlights.

“We sincerely apologize for any offense our holiday campaign may have caused,” it read. “Our plush bear bags should not have been featured with children in this campaign.”