Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past 24 hours, you know about Khloe Kardashian’s recent Twitter spat with Amber Rose, which began when Rose dissected the relationship between Khloe’s sister, Kylie Jenner, and rapper Tyga in a radio interview. Khloe (though criticizing herself based on an interview in which she condemned underage girls dating men) took to Twitter to let the choppa sing at Amber, and Amber responded with some haymakers of her own.
Regardless if you agree with her or if you hate her guts, you have to respect Khloe’s willingness to jump into fire for her loved ones. This is nothing new for Khloe though. For years, she has used her platform to cape for herself, her kin and her lovers. Is Aunt Khlo the most gangster family member in the world? She's the most gangster Kardashian, that's for sure...
Khloe Defends Lamar Odom to Kim
Date: May 2012
It’s not often that Khloe snaps at the Kardashian/Jenner clan, but it happened. After news of Khloe’s husband and NBA star Lamar Odom’s crack abuse hit the streets in 2012, Kim Kardashian took to Twitter to voice her concern for her sister:
Not to be dissed in public, Khloe snapped back using a Bob Marley quote which could really be aimed at anyone looking to criticize her:
Khloe Defends Kim’s Weight Gain After Pregnancy
Date: May 2013
When Kim was preggers with the spectacle come to be known as North West, she received unwarranted backlash for putting on weight. Khloe penned a letter posted to Kim’s blog (now removed) in support of her sister, finding it “disturbing that society loves to critique a woman's shape no matter how beautiful or happy she may be within herself.” She also added, “For anyone to ever criticize a woman who is growing another life inside of her is true scum in my eyes.”
The rest of the letter goes:
I commend you for not putting your head down and going into hiding like so many would. You live your life and you try to make the best out of a tough situation. I need you to know how truly magnificent you are! You may be one of the most beautiful women I have ever laid my eyes on. Your beauty runs deeper then just what some may see. I know the beauty of your soul. Please never let anyone take that from you! It breaks my heart when I see you sad because of the vicious attacks on your growing, pregnant body.
Bible kimmie you are perfect the way you are! This is your life! Your body! Your baby! I wish you could see how you have this pregnant glow and you sparkle everyday! Your belly is fantastic! Kim! You are growing a miracle inside of you! I love you! And I will do anything in my power to protect you! I'm sorry for all that you have to go through but at the end of the day this will only make you stronger. And as usual you will always take the high road! I couldn't be prouder to be your sister!!!
Khloe Defends Lamar’s Charity
Date: April 2013
In 2013, ESPN’s Outside The Lines ran a piece questioning the practices of Lamar Odom’s charity, Cathy’s Kids, claiming it hadn’t stayed true to its mission of giving money to cancer causes. OTL also found that Cathy’s Kids was in $250,000 in debt since 2011.
Khloe took to her blog to stand up for her man’s charity with a note:
It is unfortunate that my husband has been the target of an attack on athletes’ charities, although he has personally contributed approximately $2.2 million to his foundation, Cathy’s Kids, to fulfill its charitable purposes that include helping underprivileged inner-city youth.
The millions of dollars personally contributed by Lamar constituted more than 90% of the money raised by the foundation. All of the funds donated by Lamar and the other contributions to Cathy’s Kids were used for one of the foundation’s intended charitable purposes. Not one penny went to help Lamar personally or any member of his family. No charitable funds were misused, and the IRS has repeatedly given Cathy’s Kids a clean bill of health, confirming that there were no improprieties.
Cathy’s Kids was formed with several purposes in mind, including Benefitting underprivileged youth and cancer research. A decision was ultimately made that the charity should focus on one of those purposes — to help enrich the lives of underprivileged inner-city youth. It accomplished that goal. Cathy’s Kids helped fund multiple AAU basketball teams providing underprivileged youth with opportunities enriching their lives, providing financial support for coaching and travel to tournaments, helping inner-city youth on a path toward success and leading many participants to go on to college.
Khloe Sics Adrienne Bailon on Behalf of Rob
Khloe On Her Marriage
Date: Aug. 2013
At the time, Khloe was upset about people coming for her marriage to Lamar Odom, but the following tweet can be applied to many situations, it would seem:
Khloe Defends Kylie and Kendall’s Partying
Date: Oct. 2013
As J-Kwon stated in his disclaimer to “Get Tipsy,” teen drinking is very bad. The media proved to be advocates of this sentiment in 2013 when they berated Kylie and Kendall Jenner (then 16 and 18 years old) for using fake ID’s to gain entrance into an LA sex-themed night club and again when Kylie chewed out an LA hotel staff for refusing her and her underage friends alcohol. Again, Khloe came to their aid in a very fed up tone, using Twitter:
Khloe Defends Brother Rob’s Weight Gain
Khloe Defends Kendall’s Outfit At Fashion Show
Date: Feb. 2014
At a pre-Valentine’s Day fashion show by Marc Jacob last year, Kendall Jenner was one of the models. She caught flack from many for rocking a a long sleeve, sheer, see-through blouse with little left to the imagination. Kim and Khloe got into the worlds of anybody who had anything negative to say about the 18-year-old’s appearance.
Khloe started out, tweeting support for Kendall with a link to an uncensored Instagram pic:
When the backlash began, Kim tweeted:
Khloe followed up:
Khloe Takes Up For Her Little Sisters Against Selena Gomez
Date: April 2014
It isn’t clear what happened exactly, but Selena Gomez sent Kylie and Kendall Jenner the most scathing diss that anyone can send in the social media age: the unfollow. 21 at the time, Gomez unfollowed Kylie, 16, and Kendall, 18, on Instagram shortly after partying together at Coachella and deleted pics with them from the festival as well as Christian “King” Combs’s Sweet 16 party. Khloe didn’t take too kindly to that, evidenced by an April tweet believed to be thrown at Gomez:
Khloe Defends Lamar Odom After He'd Crashed French Montana’s Party
Khloe Defends Kim For Breaking The Internet
Date: Nov. 2014
While some may have just been upset that the Internet was broken after Kim Kardashian appeared fully nude on the cover of PAPER Magazine last November, others, such as Glee star Naya Rivera made their disgust known, attacking Kim on a personal level. Khloe wasn’t here for it and sounded off for E!:
You know what? If you’ve got it, flaunt it. I think Kim has an amazing body, she looks incredible. To each their own.
The thing that I love about Kim and Kanye, they do things together, like that’s something they both agreed to do as a couple—even though it was just Kim—but they discuss it and they both think it’s art and it’s cool, and that’s their thing.
I think Kim looks great and if you have the confidence to do that, more power to you. And people just, I think, went so hard on her during her pregnancy that I think it’s almost that she feels so liberated to show everyone, like, ‘Look how bomb I look.’ And she does, she looks great. I don’t people should attack anyone while they’re pregnant, so I kinda love that she’s saying a big ‘F you’ to the world.
