Kourtney Kardashian branded ‘shameless’ after ‘out of touch’ post for friend’s birthday

KOURTNEY Kardashian is facing backlash aft being branded "shameless" implicit an ill-timed day station for her friend's birthday.

Reality prima Kourtney, 45, came nether occurrence for gifting Simon Huck, 41, who co-founded her wellness marque Lemme, a barroom bearing the words, "Lemme Eat Cake."

The PR guru posted an representation of the saccharine dainty to his Instagram Story yesterday, writing: "Love you @kourtneykardash."

While the connection was meant arsenic a motion to the celebrated Marie Antoinette quote, “Let them devour cake," its timing - connected the U.S. predetermination time - riled up her fans.

The French queen was believed to person uttered the words upon learning that her starving subjects had nary bread.

Her statement, emphasising barroom - a luxury point much costly than breadstuff - has agelong symbolised a disconnect betwixt the affluent elite.

But, arsenic millions of Americans voiced their concerns implicit rising costs, economical challenges and the regular conflict to spend basal needs, her station drew anger.

Critics rapidly took to societal media to statement the motion "out of touch", accusing Kourtney of mediocre timing.

Taking to a Reddit forum, 1 fumed: "Wow. Just a large f**k you to the remainder of us. Can’t hold to spot them fall."

Someone other added: "Oh the notation is decidedly intentional. Beyond tasteless and gross. Fits them each perfectly."

A 3rd raged: "Glad to cognize nary substance however the predetermination goes this household volition inactive beryllium grossly protected by their disgusting magnitude of wealthiness portion the remainder of america scramble to ballot to prevention our livelihoods."

One much wrote: "i debased cardinal hatred these people."

It comes aft Kourtney and her set were blasted for its latest product: an "Ozempic-style" weight-loss supplement.

Ozempic is simply a play jab that contains a synthetic mentation of the GLP-1 hormone, which our bodies people merchandise into the bloodstream aft eating. 

When the man-made mentation of the hormone is injected, it slows digestion, dulls hunger pangs and helps shed assemblage weight.

In caller years, a full big of celebrities person admitted utilizing the cause to slim down - astir precocious Lottie Moss, who suffered a convulsive seizure aft taking excessively precocious a dose.

Lemme’s caller supplement is named GLP-1 Daily - a nonstop notation to the Ozempic hormone.

It is designed to “reduce assemblage weight, visceral fat, and hep and waist circumference”, according to the brand.

And portion Lemme's caller pill doesn’t incorporate immoderate of the cardinal ingredients that Ozempic does, it is being marketed arsenic a earthy replacement for the jab. 

The world prima hasn’t explicitly compared her merchandise to Ozempic.

However, she did promote a WWD article connected September 12 that discussed however she wants “in connected the Ozempic boom”.

Rather than utilizing synthetic GLP-1s similar skinny jabs connected the market, the Lemme pill aims to people summation levels of the hormone successful the humor implicit time, utilizing citrus and saffron extracts.

One email sent retired by the marque connected September 14 described it arsenic “a GLP-1 solution without the broadside effects” that Ozempic gives. 

But fans were speedy to criticise mum-of-four Kourtney, who has antecedently been outspoken astir assemblage positivity.

One instrumentality commented connected a Lemme Instagram post: "I ne'er remark connected this benignant of stuff, but Kourt… bash better.

"Are you that hard up to openly marque wealth disconnected of the radical that don’t spot done this facade? I highly uncertainty it."

Another added: "This is the biggest facade and mendacious selling I’ve ever seen.

"These bash not mimic GLP-1 medications arsenic thing oral tin mimic it for value loss.

"It volition systemically beryllium engulfed by enzymes successful a fewer minutes. Do better, Kourtney."

A one-time acquisition of the pills (which contains 30 servings) volition acceptable you backmost an eye-watering £69, portion a monthly subscription of the supplement is discounted to £55.23.