Kendall and Kylie Jenner are the most famous and beloved teenagers... and also the most hated. It seems like for every person that is a fan of them, there are ten more that aren't. It's not easy to live life in the spotlight and these two have discovered that the hard way. It's interesting to see where each girl has ended up. Kendall is rocking it as a famous model and Kylie is starring in her own reality show and making makeup magic.
While both sisters have been involved in some scandals, both major and minor, it seems like Kendall has a pretty squeaky clean reputation and Kylie is often getting all the bad press. Here are some good things that Kendall Jenner has done and some not-so-good things that Kylie has gotten caught up in!
15 Kendall: Hides Her Last Name For Modeling
Think of this as a little white lie that harms no one and makes Kendall look really good!
The Daily Mail reported in 2014 that Kendall decided not to use her last name when modeling, so in terms of her contract with her agency, she just uses her first one. She doesn't want to be judged on anything other than her talent and hard work and that's super respectful. She also doesn't want her family members to come to fashion shows since that causes such chaos!
Apparently Karl Lagerfeld didn't even know that the model was a reality TV star! That is truly something. As the story goes, Karl doesn't ever watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians so of course, he wouldn't really recognize her. But still! This is good news for Kendall fans since it proves that she's not bragging about her fancy lifestyle 24/7 and she really does care about her modeling career.
14 Kendall: Admitted She's Shy AF
You might have figured that Kendall Jenner is pretty shy and possibly even kind of a quiet person because you don't see her around her family at all. It's the honest truth that she's a shy person! She's said it herself.
It's really good that Kendall has admitted to being on the shy side since it just proves that you don't have to change who you are or alter your personality in order to become a famous person. You can absolutely achieve your dreams and do it all on your own terms. If you're shy yourself or have been told that your entire time, isn't it nice and comforting to know that Kendall is just like you?! It's cool that you can look up to her and feel like you can relate to her as well.
13 Kylie: Lip Kit Lies
Apparently, according to the online rumor mill, people think that Kylie put out so-called new beauty products that were actually the old ones.
It's hard to know if this is true or not, but this is definitely what a lot of people believe. On the one hand, Kylie really seems to be passionate about her makeup line, and she talks about that a lot on her reality show Life Of Kylie. On the other hand, people will literally say anything about a famous person as long as they can be mean. Either way, it's safe to say that Kylie has had a lot of drama surrounding her lip kits. Remember when teenage girls were buying fake lip kits and their lips were swelling like crazy?! Talk about horrible.
12 Kendall: Stays Out Of The Public Eye
Another awesome thing about Kendall is that she really does stay out of the public eye. Well, at least she does when you compare her life to that of her sisters!
While Kim and Kylie are total selfie queens, Kendall isn't so big on living that kind of life. Sure, she does have an Instagram account (and a really good one -- more on that soon!), but it doesn't seem like social media is her entire world. You're more likely to see Kendall hiding her face from the paps than taking a million selfies. It's super refreshing to see someone who realizes that playing the fame game just isn't that much fun and that there is so much more to life. While Kendall isn't going to magically and suddenly become a regular person overnight, it's nice to know that she isn't super interested in being in the spotlight.
11 Kendall: Almost Scandal-Free
Sure, Kendall Jenner does have her scandals, but when you think about it, she's not really at fault in any of them!
Take the Pepsi scandal, for instance. Kendall got into "trouble" for starring in some ads for the soft drink company. People were super offended because it seemed like the commercial was acting like the "Black Lives Matter" movement wasn't a big deal. While that is absolutely an important cause that everyone should care about, you can't blame Kendall for that. She's a model and she was booked for a job. She wasn't trying to make a big political statement. That's just not her style. There are some celebrities who are interested in talking about politics but she isn't one of them. Otherwise, Kendall is almost free of scandals, except for the ones that involve her sister, Kylie Jenner.
10 Kylie: Controversial Love Story
Who hasn't heard that Kylie Jenner dated rapper Tyga when she was only a teenager?!
It's impossible not to think that this wasn't the best idea ever. Yeah, people always say that age is nothing but a number, especially when it comes to love, but this was not, um, legal. Just saying. When they started dating, she was only 17 and he was 25. It's a pretty massive age difference when you think about it because, besides the legal issue, you are so different at 17 and then at 25. You grow up so much in that time period and just learn so much more about life. It's just hard to ignore this fact about Kylie's most serious (or at least most public) relationship so far. Of course, the couple is no longer together, and it sounds like Kylie was the one to initiate the split.
9 Kendall: Has A Professional Looking Instagram
Kendall Jenner's Instagram account has 83 million followers (yes, really!), so you would think that it would be full of the usual celebrity stuff. You know -- tons of selfies and promotional stuff. Nothing too new or exciting. Same celebrity selfie, different day, type of thing.
The truth is that Kendall's IG is amazing and it's super unique and creative. Most of all, it looks really professional! She shares snapshots from her life as a model as well as beautiful photos like this one where she's standing in a field of flowers. Can you even handle it?! It's so cool. You know that she's also marketing and promoting herself, just like anyone else, but you don't think it's as annoying or obvious as when other people do it. She just does it with style.
8 Kendall: Follows Her Dreams
You have to give Kendall major props for following her dreams and becoming a model. She clearly has been interested in the fashion industry for a long time and she decided that she was going to go for it.
It's a really good thing that she is going after what she wants because that's the kind of role model that younger girls need. You don't want to see a celeb who literally wants to be nothing more than a celeb. That's going to make pre-teens think that all they have to do is post some selfies online and they're going to get money and fancy clothing thrown at them. But Kendall proves it's possible to go after your goals and build the life that you really want, and that's honestly inspiring.
7 Kylie: Blackface
There's no denying it: when Kylie posted a photo on her Instagram account of her in blackface, it was not cool.
She didn't think that was what she did, however, and told everyone that it was just "lighting." She said, "This is a black light and neon lights people let's all calm down." Okay, telling people to "calm down" when they're upset because they think that you're doing something that seems to be kind of racist is not a good idea. Whenever someone is upset, they can't calm down easily. It's just human nature. Sure, she most likely wasn't trying to be racist and didn't seem to realize what people would say about the photo, but it would have been better if she had apologized and said she understood why people weren't happy with it. That's really the least that a celebrity can do in this type of situation.
6 Kylie: Maybe Drank Alcohol Before She Was Old Enough
It's no secret that teenagers drink. That's true if you're famous or just a regular person. No big surprise. Part of the thrill, of course, is that you're way too young to be doing this and so you hide it from your parents and other adults. You feel totally invincible, even though that's not actually the case.
However, it is kind of shocking to learn that according to some online reports, Kylie Jenner was a big drinker before she was old enough to do so. After all, she's in the public eye. Didn't she realize that people would see her drinking or somehow hear about it?! It's one thing to do this when you're just a normal high schooler and another when you're literally living life in the spotlight. It might be true, it might be false, but one thing is for sure, her rep hasn't always been super squeaky clean!
5 Kendall: Seems To Hate Reality Shows
Or at least she's not super into them, which is kind of the same thing...
It's really admirable that Kendall doesn't just rest on her laurels (aka her famous family). She could absolutely do nothing with her life and forget about having a career. All she would have to do is show up and star on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. She could even have a spin-off show of her own just like her sister Kylie is doing. She doesn't seem to want to do that, and that's really cool. You get the feeling that the only reason why she was even on the show is that she was young and it might not have been her decision. Now that she's in her early 20s, she knows that she doesn't really want cameras following her every move, and she's becoming a much more private person.
4 Kendall: Stays Super Classy
When Caitlyn Jenner's memoir The Secrets Of My Life was published, everyone started wondering about what was true and what was false. In this type of situation, it's pretty much impossible to know what the truth actually is.
According to the news, the Jenners and Kardashians were not thrilled with the book. When she talked about it on KUWTK, Kendall was really classy. That's really the only way to describe it. She said, "I heard about all of the stuff she was saying in it and just how a lot of it is so not true. I don't think it's purposeful lying. I think she really just thinks that’s what happened for some weird reason.” Of course, she's kind of saying that Caitlyn was lying, just not on purpose, but she's being pretty polite about the whole thing.
3 Kylie: Hair Problems
Kylie Jenner is another celebrity who got into trouble for cultural appropriation, and this time, it was about her hairstyle.
The star recently started wearing her hair in cornrows, and people took notice... and they weren't happy. It wasn't long before people started saying that this was definitely cultural appropriation and that she had no business wearing her hair in this style. She didn't seem to really take notice of that criticism because she kept this hairstyle going for quite a long time. She probably didn't realize that it was an insulting way to wear her hair but once she was told, you really think that she should have thought about it and stopped with the cornrows. She probably figured it was a cute way to wear her hair when hanging out and being casual or heading to a music festival, but it's actually a bad idea.
2 Kylie: T-Shirt Troubles
This past June, when Kendall and Kylie came out with t-shirts called "Rap vs. Rock", everyone freaked out.
No, people weren't bent out of shape because the t-shirts were ugly or because they were super expensive. Nope, it wasn't anything like that. It was because the t-shirts had photos of Kendall and Kylie OVER the photos of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and other bands. The most offensive part of all? People hated that the sisters used photos of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac. They got into big trouble and had to stop manufacturing the t-shirts. The sisters did apologize and they did so publicly, but still, this wasn't a great moment for Kylie Jenner (or Kendall, of course).
1 Kylie: Photoshop Fail
Would you Photoshop a photo of yourself to make one of your legs look super small? What a question. You definitely wouldn't because you would totally want both of your legs to look like they're the same size.
Fans thought that Kylie Jenner totally Photoshopped a photo of herself wearing a bikini because one of her legs looks incredibly thin compared to the other one. There's no way that this photo wasn't altered. It's not like one of your legs just magically becomes super skinny and the other one looks bigger. It's a pretty bizarre thing to do. It sucks when celebrities use the photo editing software because you just want them to be raw, real, and genuine. You want to see what they really look like. After all, they are completely gorgeous so of course they look just fine the way that they are. No Photoshop necessary.
Sources: Fashionista.com, Dailymail.co.uk
