Khloe Kardashian speaks out about leaked photo

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Khloe Kardashian speaks out after a leaked photo of her surfaced over the weekend, causing many on social media to comments and shame her appearance.

On Wednesday, Khloe posted to her Instagram an untouched, unedited video, showing fans her unfiltered appearance. The unauthorized photo share online was quickly pulled by Khloe’s team, and publications were asked to take it down. It showed Khloe poolside in a bikini without any photo edits or airbrushing.

She also tweeted a lengthy statement about body image struggles.In the message, the reality TV star wrote, “Hey guys, this is me and my body unretouched and unfiltered. The photo that was posted this week is beautiful. But as someone who has struggled with body image her whole life, when someone takes a photo of you that isn’t flattering in bad lighting or doesn’t capture your body the way it is after working so hard to get it to this point – and then shares it to the world – you should have every right to ask for it to not be shared – regardless of who you are.”

She goes on and brings up criticism she’s faced throughout her life, being called “the ugly sister” and “the fat sister”, and people questioning if her dad is her real dad.

In closing, Khloe said that while her family has been a tremendous foundation of support and positivity, “You never quite get used to being judged and pulled apart and told how unattractive one is, but I will say, if you hear anything enough then you start believe it.”