- [Blair] What exactly does it take to get run out of a
company you yourself began? What about a company that you began that's also named after you? While many people would say this is a near impossible feat, others would argue this
is exactly what happened to Katherine von Drachenberg,
better known as Kat Von D. Kat Von D has made a name for herself as the sassy whip smart
fan favorite tattoo artist on shows like "Miami Ink" and "LA Ink." But what made her a millionaire is her bestselling cosmetics
line, Kat Von D Beauty, boasting budget proof eyeliner
and vegan liquid lipsticks with a dramatic and golf branding, Kat Von D Beauty was an instant
hit with Sephora shoppers, but this love story with
the public wouldn't last. On January 16th, 2020, Kat announced that she
would be leaving her company and that she would no longer
be involved with her brand. "This past year has been
one great change for me. As many of you know, I gave
birth to my beautiful baby boy, launched my vegan shoe line, and now am busy prepping to
release my long awaited album in the spring, followed
by an international tour. As much as I wish I
could balance all of this on top of continuing my makeup line, it has become clear to me that
I just can't do everything at the maximum capacity. With that being said, I've
decided to step down as founder and from all other capacities
of Kat Von D Beauty and sell my shares of the brand turning it all over to Kendo, my partners for the past 12 years. This was not an easy decision, but after careful consideration, I decided I wanted the makeup line to continue to thrive and grow and Kendo is primed to do just that." While there's no doubt
that Kat is absolutely busy with a new baby and a music career, the decision to sell her shares wasn't entirely a personal one. Kendo, the company that
produces Kat's former brand alongside names like Fenty
Beauty and Marc Jacobs Beauty also removed Kat from
the company's branding, renaming it simply to KVD Vegan Beauty. So hello everybody, and
welcome back to the channel. My name is Blair or the Illuminati, and today we're gonna be
taking a look at everything about Kat Von D and her rise and her fall, from accusations of Nazi-ism to naming lipsticks after slurs let's take a look at the history of Kat's many scandals and controversies, and let's differentiate
between what's fact and what's fiction. One of the most prominent scandals that has been following Kat
Von D for most of her career is accusations of Nazi-ism. A large amount of this criticism comes down to guilt by association, namely who she chooses to date. In 2010, Kat began dating TV
personality, Jessie James, mostly known for his
roles on reality TV shows like "Monster Garage" and
"Jesse James is A Dead Man." "I think that I'm his
type on a different level than people," we will assume Von D said. But what exactly is that type? In 2004, James drew massive
amounts of public ire when a tabloid uncovered
this disturbing photo of him wearing a Waffen-SS hat and giving the infamous Sieg Heil salute commonly used by the Nazis. The hat James is wearing
is from the military branch of the German Nazi party. In James's defense
according to his lawyer, the photo was taken after
his Jewish grandfather gave him the hat as a gag gift. He also claims that James can
not possibly be antisemitic because once he went on
vacation to a kibbutz which is a type of Israeli
communal settlement which is one of the most
ridiculous excuses I've ever heard, that's like getting
caught using a racial slur against Hispanics, and then saying, there's no way you could be racist because you went to Cancún
that one time in college. Other anonymous sources have claimed that James took the photo for shock value and that James is just a
misunderstood history buff. He had a stepmom whose father
lost family in the camps and they'd talk about it growing up, Jesse's not a white supremacist. So that doesn't really look like the face of someone traumatized by the horrors of the Holocaust. But like I said, these are only accounts
from anonymous sources so take them as you will. Jesse James also has his own
history of shady partners. In 2005, James divorced
his wife and actress, Sandra Bullock, after it came to light that he was having an
affair with a tattooed model named Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee. Soon after the scandal went public, TMZ posted a fetish photo set of McGee in which she is dressed
in a Swastika armband and a Waffen-SS hat similar
to the one James wore in his own infamous photo. McGee also has a W tattoo on one leg and a P tattoo on the other leg, which TMV claims stands for white power. Child custody documents
from Bullock's lawyer also claimed that McGee
has a Swastika tattoo on her stomach. And I looked at the photos, but I can't see a Swastika tattoo visible anywhere on her body. It's not that it makes this entire thing any more marginally better though. Even Kat's current partner, Rafael Reyes, faced his own accusations of Nazi-ism. In 2018, Reyes faced criticism
after photos revealing that he has a Swastika
tattooed on his neck began circulating around the internet. Unlike McGee's alleged tattoo, you can see the Swastika
clearly on Reyes' throat. However, it is important to note that Reyes does not believe
this is a hate symbol. "I was really inspired
by what the symbol meant. It represented so many things. The seasons like winter,
spring, summer, and fall, it's a symbol of the sun. It's also used as a compass, and it just means so many powerful things and it's so ancient. I hated how it got stolen and turned into a symbol
of hate and negativity. That was done by the Nazis, but originally the Swastika belonged to and still belongs to my people. One of the reasons I got
it tattooed on my throat is because the Buddha
has it on his throat. It's because he speaks the
truth and that's what I do." And that is an interesting explanation, but Reyes isn't wrong. According to the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum, the word Swastika comes
from the Sanskrit svástika, which means good fortune or wellbeing. The motif, a hooked cross,
appears to have been first used in Eurasia as early as 7,000 years ago, perhaps representing
the movement of the sun through the sky. To this day, it is a
sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Onanism. It is a common site on temples or houses in India and Indonesia. Swastikas also have an
ancient history in Europe appearing on artifacts from
pre-Christian European cultures. If you've ever visited
a Hindu temple or home, you'll instantly recognize that the Swastika had a
life before the Nazis, but after such a strong
association with hatred and racism, it's not unreasonable
for people to ask you if you're an antisemite when you get a Swastika
tattooed on your neck. Reyes seems to be pretty defensive when the tattoo is brought into question. For example, when a fan
asked Reyes on his Instagram if he was antisemitic,
this is how he responded. "What, are you serious? You must not know anything about me if you're asking such a
stupid and insulting question. I'm native from my mother's side and Jewish from my father's side and I was born in Mexico, why? 'Cause I have a Buddhist
cross tattooed on my throat that's coming out of a Lotus? I have tons of sacred
symbols tattooed on my body. On my neck I have the star
of David and ohm and ankh." Look, I also understand
the history of the symbol. Like I want to believe that
he didn't get the tattoo with the intention of it
being a symbol of hate, but to call someone stupid for
asking you if you're a Nazi when you've literally tattooed
iconography used by Nazis to symbolize the mass
murder of Jewish people onto your neck, it's kind of disingenuous. You, the person sitting
there watching this video, had an initial impression
when I showed you that photo of the tattoo. Most people, at least in the United States and throughout Europe, will associate the
Swastika with Nazi Germany. That is kind of just a fact. If you don't want to
field questions like this, and if you're going to lash out at people when they ask you if you're antisemitic, then perhaps you should consider getting a different symbol
of peace tattooed on you. There are so many different
symbols of religious peace and amazingly, the Swastika
doesn't even crack the top 10 or top 100 for that matter. So this is a very peculiar choice to pick especially when it's
recognized far more now for being something insidious
and gross and disgusting. Kat Von D's Nazi association doesn't begin and end with the people
she chooses to date though. In 2007, after she was
fired from "Miami Ink" Von D may have left her
former boss, Amy James, a pretty offensive parting gift. And this is all allegedly, so just so you know, this is alleged, but she allegedly
created a signed headshot addressed to her Israeli
American ex-employer that read burn in hell Jewbag complete with a flaming star of David and a Swastika drawn
under her name in sharpie, very classy and very subtle. I wonder if he'll get
what she's trying to say. Kat claims that she never
signed this headshot and that the message was actually created by a disgruntled coworker
with a bone to pick. "The recent accusation of
a publicity photo of me with offensive and antisemitic
comments and graphics allegedly written by me is
completely false and unfounded and clearly a forgery," Kat said. "I have always been and will
continue to be an advocate for tolerance of all races,
religions, and ways of life." Despite this, fellow "Miami
Ink" co-star Chris Garver claimed that he witnessed Kat handing the one of a kind
autograph to James directly. James then took the photograph to TLC where his valid concerns
on workplace antisemitism were promptly ignored by the staff. After intervention from James's lawyer, TLC executive sent the photo
off to a handwriting analysis who concluded there was a 99% probability that Kat Von D was the
author behind the message. After receiving the results, James claimed that TLC acknowledged them stated there was insufficient evidence to connect Kat to the photo and told James that they
trust that this information will be kept strictly confidential. Kat spinoff show "LA Ink"
premiered a month later on TLC. Class all the way down. Kat Von D's makeup line is a never ending source of controversy for the former tattoo artist as well. Mostly thanks to Kat's
exceptionally poor foresight when naming her signature
lipsticks and liquid lip colors. One of the first waves
of backlash she received was after releasing her bright
fire engine red lipstick under the name Underage Red. Fans accused Kat of condoning and glamorizing statutory rape, or the sexual exploitation of minors with the inclusion of the word underage, which is often used in connection
with the age of consent. Oh, and while we're here, if you're under the impression that this could have just been oversight at Kat's corporate
headquarters, you are mistaken. In a Facebook post, Kat
Von D went on to clarify that she is personally responsible for naming every one of her shades. "I should mention first that
I am the sole creative force behind my brand. I am the one responsible for
naming every single shade. So I don't see why anyone
should aim any backlash towards such a great company like Sephora, who ultimately has no creative
input on such matters. Although I do exclusively
sell through them my brand is its own independent identity." She also went on to clarify that she would not be
changing the name of the shade while expressing her disgust at the insinuations that
others were making about her with these accusations. "These wild and horrific accusations proclaiming that any
aspect of my makeup line would ever promote the degradation
of women, statutory rape, sexual behavior, human
trafficking, underage drinking, or even the idolization of fleeting youth goes against everything I stand for. So please excuse me if I find
those articles and comments appalling and inaccurate. I refuse to sacrifice my
integrity and creative freedom. No, I will not be pulling
Underage Red from my collection and know this is not an apology." Despite this, the shade was
unavailable from Sephora and it's unclear if simply sold out or was just quietly
pulled from the shelves. Kat has also flack for branding one of her most popular shades of Everlasting Liquid
Lipstick with the name Lolita. A dusty rosy pink, the
shade's namesake originates from a 1955 novel written
by Russian American author Vladimir Nabokov, which
shares the same name. Nabokov's "Lolita" was quick to go down the annals of history thanks to its expectedly
controversial subject matter. In the book, a middle
age literature professor, Humbert Humbert becomes sexually obsessed with his 12 year old
step daughter, Dolores. That's not a typo, 12 years old. Humbert privately gives
Dolores the nickname Lolita, which Merriam-Webster
defines as a young girl who is precociously seductive. Kat Von D has never apologized
for the name Lolita either. And the shade continues to
be sold in Sephora stores across the country. There's even a shade called Lolita II, which serves as a testament to how popular the original shade is. Believe it or not, the sexual
assault victim lipstick line wasn't even Kat's most
controversial naming choice to date. In 2013, Sephora and Kat
Von D were the subject of a massive amount of public backlash thanks to a newly released
shade named Celebutard. The name is a mashing of the two words celebrity and the pejorative term, r-tard, which is a denigrating word used to refer to someone
with a mental disability. The term has been used colloquially
to refer to celebrities who are famous for being dumb. Think the Kardashian clan or Paris Hilton if you're old school. Following the backlash, Sephora pulled the shade from its stores and apologized for releasing a lipstick with a name that mocked the disabled. "It has come to our attention that the name of one
shade of lipstick we carry has caused offense to some
of our clients and others. We are deeply sorry for that." Some users have claimed that in response to the
offensive shade being pulled, Kat tweeted and then deleted the phrase, "At the end of the day, it's
just a fucking lipstick." However, it doesn't seem like any archives or screenshots of this tweet exists, so again, take this claim
with a grain of salt. And honestly at this point, what Kat Von D controversy
can really be complete without accusations of Nazi sympathy? Kat also infamously
decided to name a shade of her Everlasting
Liquid Lipstick Selektion spelled with a K. The word Selektion with
the K is widely considered to be offensive and inappropriate in its native German language, because it's one of the hundreds of words co-opted by Nazi leaders. Specifically, Nazis use the term selektion in reference to the
distinction soldiers would make when classifying
concentration camp inmates, those who seem to be fit enough to work and be forced into slave
labor such as Auschwitz, while those who did not would be sent to their
death in gas chambers specifically designed for that purpose. Though Kat Von D eventually
changed the shade of the name to a much more benign name called Beloved, this doesn't change the
fact that the makeup mogul has shown a repeated pattern
of tone, deaf naming choices. And the controversy
doesn't even end there. As late as 2017, Kat was
back at it once again. Catching criticism for her
new Basket Case Eyeliner and its corresponding marketing campaign. Critics once again
accused Kat of profiting from the pain caused by mental illness, thanks to the name of the eyeliner, but they also had a larger problem with the marketing campaign
that accompanied it. In October, 2017, Kat Von D
released this image of herself handcuffed to Green Day lead
singer, Billy Joel Armstrong to promote and release her
new Basket Case Eyeliner. Many Instagram users instantly
recognize the promo photo as being reminiscent
of this infamous photo of the Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen dawning the same pair of handcuffs, Sid and Nancy's relationship is one of the most
tumultuous in punk history. Nancy who was diagnosed with
schizophrenia when she was 15. And when she was 17,
she ran away from home, moved to New York and began
working as a sex worker. In 1977, Spungen moved to
London where she met Vicious, who she quickly began dating. Spungen and Vicious'
relationship was controversial with the pair abusing
multiple drugs together. Tabloid nicknamed her nauseous Nancy for her frequent outbursts,
antisocial episodes, violence and verbal abuse
hurled at Vicious in public. The couple's entire
relationship was punctuated with domestic abuse on both sides which culminated in Vicious
allegedly attacking her in her hotel room in New
York city one night in 1978. Nancy Spungen's body
was found under the sink in a hotel room she and Vicious
shared at the Hotel Chelsea. The cause of death was a
single fatal stab wound to her abdomen. Sid Vicious was arrested for her death and charged with second degree murder, a crime that he pled not guilty to. Just four months after being
released from jail on bail, Vicious died of a heroin overdose before he could return
to court to be tried. So again, right, what does
any of this have to do with Kat Von D? Public critics of claimed that the entire Basket
Case marketing campaign was an attempt to capitalize
on a romanticized version of Sid and Nancy's relationship. The term basket case is
a reference to someone who is traumatized,
especially by stress, anxiety, or mental illness, to the point
where they cannot function and must be carried around in a basket. This also, just to clarify,
happens to be an album title for one of Green Day's
old albums from the '90s. When called out on Instagram
for the campaigns resemblance to the infamous photo
of Vicious and Spungen, Kat Von D lashed out at detractors. "Saying that I capitalize
on mental illness is such a big reach and you
should be ashamed of yourself. I don't think you realize how much harm you are actually causing
by nitpicking a campaign that has nothing to do
with mental illness. Yes, Nancy Spungen may
have been schizophrenic, but Friedrich Nietzsche
suffers from cognitive decline dementia and depression. Edith Piaf, Billy Holiday,
Ludovic Van Beethoven, and many more of my personal heroes struggled with drug abuse, alcoholism, and depression as well. This does not mean their lives and work shouldn't be celebrated." This response is just disjointed at best. Though the Basket Case Eyeliner wasn't named with the
intention of making fun of Spungen's mental health issues, as I mentioned earlier, it was intended to be named
after the Green Day song, album, whatever of the same name. It's pretty hard to deny that Kat wasn't at least partially inspired by Nancy and Sid's abusive relationship when she recreated that photograph. It's also pretty tough
to say that your campaign has nothing to do with mental
illness in one sentence, and then immediately justify
celebrating Nancy's life in the next sentence. After posting her rebuttal on
a critics now deleted posts, backlash only seemed
to increase towards Kat with many Instagram commenters
taking issue with tone, defensiveness, and level of aggression towards the original poster. As for the Basket Case Eyeliner, the product was a limited
edition special collaboration, which means that it lived out
its life on Sephora shelves before quietly vanishing from public eye. In time, the public's
disapproval of Kat Von D also waxed and waned, that is until she announced
that she was pregnant. So if you've spent any
significant amount of time on the internet, or even on my old, old
Reddit videos at this point, you probably already know a thing or two about the anti-vaccine community, sometimes called anti-vaxxers. Anti-vaxxers have a very
wide range of reasons why they oppose some or all vaccinations ranging from the beliefs
that vaccines cause autism to believing that vaccines will degrade your natural immune system. Of course, none of these
reasons have any basis in any type of science
except pseudoscience. Vegans like Kat Von D often
have a different reason for refusing to vaccinate their children. But before we go over why
a vegan may oppose vaccines on an ethical ground, we need to understand
how vaccinations work. When the white blood cells in your body encounter a disease or virus, they fight it off using
molecules called antigens. These antigens need to
be specifically created to attack the individual protein sequence in every specific disease or virus. Once your white blood cells
have created androgens to fight off a particular disease, it's much more difficult for
you to become seriously ill with that disease again. This is why some diseases are nearly impossible to catch two times. If you weren't vaccinated
against chickenpox as a child, you probably remember having the illness for one itchy, scratchy week, but you also probably didn't
catch chickenpox again after you had it as a child. This is because your white
blood cells already know how to make antigens to
combat the chickenpox disease. If you happen to ingest some of the disease causing organisms, your immune system already knows how to create antigens to fight it off before the disease has an
opportunity to multiply and make you sick. A vaccination is sort of like
a practice training course for your immune system. A crucial part of the vaccination is a dead or severely
weakened form of the virus you're vaccinating against. For example, when you get your
vaccination against polio, a part of the injection that you receive is a dead form of the polio virus. Despite the fact that the virus is dead, your body can still recognize
the disease as a foreign body and fight it off using antigens without the risk of
actually contracting polio. This also means that technically,
there is no vegan vaccine because every vaccine needs to contain some sort of dead or weakened virus. Vegans like Kat Von D
might oppose vaccinations on an ethical basis
because the vaccinations do contain a living or dead organism. She might also be opposed to vaccinations because she believes one of
the other more common myths about vaccinations, mainly that
they contain toxic chemicals or that they can cause
psychological disorders. In June, 2018, Kat Von D
created an Instagram post showing off her baby bump while pregnant with her
first child, Leafar. In the text of the post, Kat lamented on how tough
pregnancy has been for her when she confirmed that she would continue her vegan lifestyle
while carrying her child. Her post begins reasonable. "I knew the minute we
announced our pregnancy that we would be bombarded
with unsolicited advice, some good and some questionable,
unsolicited nonetheless. I also was prepared for the backlash and criticism we would get if we decided to be open
about our personal approach to our pregnancy. My own father flipped out on me when I told him we decided
to ditch our doctor and go with a midwife instead." But then things turned
very quickly unreasonable as Kat confirms that she doesn't
plan to vaccinate her son after she gives birth. "And if you don't know what it's like to have the entire world
openly criticize, judge, throw uninformed opinions and curse you, try to be an openly
pregnant vegan on Instagram having a natural drug
free home birth in water with a midwife and doula who has the intention
of raising a vegan child without vaccinations. My point being, I already
know what it's like to make life choices that are
not the same as the majority. So your negative comments
are not going to influence my choices, actual research
and educating myself will, which I am diligently doing." This is what some journalists
call burying the lead. Kat starts out with her
post with a sentiment that not many people would argue with. I can't imagine it would be a lot of fun having millions of strangers
commenting on your body and offering their parenting
hot takes constantly, and I don't imagine
most people would enjoy being bombarded with advice
they don't want or need. I often feel the way when I
post videos on Casper's channel and people just want to
tell me how to raise him while either never owned a dog and most certainly have never met Casper and understanding his
needs or requirements. But it's also completely up to Kat whether or not she wants to consume animal products while pregnant. While pregnant women do have
different nutritional needs than women who are not pregnant, there are plenty of vegan sources
of healthy fats, proteins, and essential vitamins and
minerals that Kat can eat to keep her little one growing strong. Healthcare professionals have
found that it's perfectly safe to continue to eat vegan while pregnant so long as you're watching your micro and macro nutrition intake. According to Healthline, a vegan diet that promotes adequate
amounts of these nutrients appear to be just as healthy
as a conventional diet that includes meat, eggs, and dairy. Research suggests that women
who follow a vegan diet are generally at no greater
risk of pregnancy complications than women who don't. A balanced vegan diet is perfectly
acceptable for pregnancy. However, then Kat's
post goes into a twist. She frames her decision
not to vaccinate her child as a personal decision in
line with eating a vegan diet and giving birth without the
use of painkilling drugs. But this isn't actually true. When someone doesn't
vaccinate their child, it doesn't only put that
individual child at risk, it also puts the entire population at risk that the disease will propagate. But why exactly is that? If I'm vaccinated against polio, why should I worry whether or
not Kat's child gets polio? The answer to that question lies in a concept called herd immunity. Herd immunity is the idea that if enough members of a population, otherwise known as the herd,
are immune to a disease, the disease won't have enough
viable host to propagate and will eventually die out. For example, imagine that
four out of every five people on the street are immune to chicken pox. If the chicken pox virus is
released in the population and encounters one of the
four people who are immune, the virus cannot infect that person and reproduce in order to spread further. However, only one out of
the five people are immune. The virus has a much higher chance of interacting with a person whose body can host the disease. This is part of the reason why the spread of the novel coronavirus was so fast and so sudden, because this was a new strain of the virus that caused the infamous
SARS outbreak in Asia and no one had that kind of immunity. This gave the virus
basically unlimited potential to multiply and spread before we began social
distancing procedures. In areas where herd
immunity is not common, we often see outbreaks
of preventable diseases. For example, in August of 2019, a teenager with measles visited
Disneyland in California. Measles is an incredibly
contagious disease. About 90% of people who aren't vaccinated, who are exposed to measles,
will contract the disease. Because California has such a high rate of unvaccinated children when compared to the rest of the general
population of the United States, this single trip to Disney ended up causing an outbreak of measles that infected over 1200 people. This is the single
largest measles outbreak in the United States
that has seen the disease since it was declared
eradicated in the year 2000. Herd immunity isn't the only important way to prevent the spread of illness amongst those who choose not to vaccinate. Certain people can not be vaccinated against certain diseases because they might be allergic
to some of the ingredients in the vaccine they need. Very young children, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems may also not be able to get a
vaccine for health purposes. These people all depend on herd immunity to keep them from contracting the disease. Anti-vaxxers have caused tons of problems throughout the country and the world by refusing to vaccinate their children against preventable,
nearly eradicated diseases. In 2006, a child in
England died from measles for the first time in a decade. In 2008, the United States
saw 131 cases of measles, the highest number since 1996. The anti-vax sentiment
continues to gain traction, especially in wealthier countries as people like Kat request
amazing positive energy when they reveal their
decision to subject their child to potentially life threatening disease. Personally, I think a
PowerPoint presentation showing Kat every crippling disease we don't need to worry about
killing us thanks to vaccines would be more amazing positive energy, but, you know, hey, that's just me. When Kat Von D explains that
she plans to raise her child on a vegan diet and give
birth with a midwife instead of a doctor in the same sentence as admitting that she
doesn't plan to vaccinate, it's not an accident either. Kat is intentionally posturing that refusing to vaccinate
is a personal choice and she hopes that framing it
alongside these health issues doesn't harm anyone and
will make you believe that she should not be
receiving criticism. But the truth of the matter is that refusing to vaccinate your child doesn't just put your own child at risk, it puts everyone who cannot
be vaccinated at risk as well. Not to mention that your child isn't able to make informed decisions about his or her health. Just vaccinate your fucking kids. In her video titled, "I am NOT
a nazi, I am NOT anti-vaxx" Kat claims that she's
not against vaccines. However, her explanation
is well, it's unconvincing. "I am not an anti-vaxxer, what
I am is a first time mother. I'm one of those moms
that reads everything. Like I read everything
from ingredients in food to cleaning supplies, to medicines, basically anything that
is going in or on my baby, I research like a complete and total nerd. So back when I was pregnant,
somebody asked me on Instagram if we were vaccinating our baby. And after researching and
reading the ingredients in the vaccines, naturally,
I experienced some hesitancy. I tend to share everything,
really, with you guys. But if I would have known that I would have let so
many people down with that, I would have never shared where we were with it at that time. Since then we have decided as parents to consult with a pediatrician,
him educate us and guide us. But unlike before, I'm choosing
not to make our decision or any of our baby's
health records public. And I just want to thank you
guys for respecting that." While I'm sure that every
pediatrician on the planet would tell Kat that vaccines
are safe and effective and that she should definitely
be vaccinating her child, this entire explanation comes
off as really dismissive. You don't need to release
your child's health records to say, "I said something dumb, I was wrong about vaccines,
and you should vaccinate." You also don't need to specify which vaccines your child has received to say we plan on vaccinating. Not to mention that Kat
didn't seem to care very much about her son's personal privacy when she announced to her seven
million Instagram followers that she wouldn't be vaccinating. So why the change of heart now? I'm just not convinced from
the evidence that we've seen that Kat actually does plan
on doing the right thing in protecting her child, and it's sad, because parents like Kat don't
just hurt their own families, they also put everyone else at risk because they think two hours of Googling and reading websites like
truthaboutvaccines.freedom is comparable to decades of actual medical research and progress. Ultimately, it's normal in human nature to be angry and upset when someone believes that
you're something you aren't, and no matter how you feel about her, there's no way to deny that Kat Von D does catch more than her
fair share of criticism for things that people have no business sticking their noses in simply
because of the way she looks. For example, when she posted this photo of her husband holding her child and people complained that
it was an unacceptable way to present a newborn baby, or when she was called demonic and hellish for wearing a red dress
to her own wedding, like just calm down Karen, these are not the things to criticize. But how does Kat really
feel about vaccines? Is she really an antisemite? Unfortunately, there is no way for me or probably really
anyone to know for sure. We can't get inside her head to see what she's thinking about, and she does continuously
deny these allegations despite actions kinda saying otherwise. But when you have a
platform as large as hers and a PR team working around the clock to help you present
yourself and your brand in a way that's inviting and acceptable, there's really no excuse
for constant patterns of scandal after scandal to be occurring. It doesn't matter if it was a joke, there's no reason to name your lipstick with a reference to the word r-tard. It doesn't matter if you
think you were misinterpreted, there's no reason to tell the entire world that you aren't going
to vaccinate your child and conveniently change your mind when people start boycotting your makeup. If you aren't a Nazi, and
someone calls you a Nazi, that's a normal thing to
be angry and upset about. But when this happens time
after time, and again and again, with a constant stream of public scandals lasting for decades, perhaps it's time to take
a look at your own behavior and taking a look at how you
choose to present yourself to the world. And it's time to take a look at your constant apologies and boycotts and determine should
I really be the person naming these lipsticks? In my opinion, it looks like Kendo made that decision for Kat. And the future will tell if Kat will learn or if history will
continue to repeat itself like it has countless
times before for Kat Von D. So with that being said, that's where I'm going
to end today's video at the curious look at the
rise and fall of Kat Von D. Thank you guys so much for
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