Khloe Kardashian has been busted for yet another embarrassing photo, as social media users share their astonished reactions.
The 40-year-old reality star has been mocked for years over photos fans say have been heavily edited to change her appearance.
Several years ago, Khloe herself confessed that she ‘of course’ believes in airbrushing apps, adding: ‘Who doesn’t love a good filter?’
Now viewers of her family’s Hulu series The Kardashians have taken her to task over an episode that showed the behind the scenes process of the photo-shoot.
Reality TV cameras captured Khloe working on the shoot – and then the show flashed up the finished image, in which she looked jaw-droppingly different.
One Reddit user posted side-by-side screen-grabs of the two moments, prompting a flood of gobsmacked reactions from flabbergasted observers.
Khloe is pictured on a recent episode of The Kardashians, behind the scenes of a photo-shoot that quickly drew attention from fans online
‘When watching the show they were showing Khloe posing for her perfume photoshoot and I thought she looked great!’ wrote the original poster.
‘But then they showed the actual edited cover they selected and I almost spat my water out. How can anyone approve that? It doesn’t even look like her.’
The original poster continued: ‘Khloe is beautiful but she doesn’t look like this at all. It breaks my heart for her, because she doesn’t need to do all this editing. Also frustrating because she denies editing her face.’
In the comments, the post was met with a chorus of similar reactions, as one fan wrote: ‘At this point I kind of assume that any published shot I see of a celebrity is edited into oblivion and they likely look 30-50 pounds heavier IRL.’
‘Khloe is a beautiful woman,’ wrote another: ‘but holy s*** they really promote unrealistic beauty standards. That doesn’t look like the same person.’
One commenter witheringly described the final image as an ‘AI version looking nothing like a human,’ while another remarked that ‘It’s not even good photoshop. Look at the lighting on the neck??’
An observer also questioned the effect that the alleged airbrushing would have on Khloe’s daughter True, seven, and son Tatum, two, whom shares with her NBA love rat ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson.
‘At some point, her kids will be like, “who do I look like”,’ wrote a Redditor. ‘She is going to have to say, “I used to look like you, but I was ugly and needed surgery “. Now they have a new show with Dr. Drew!’
Reality TV cameras captured Khloe working on the shoot – and then the show flashed up the finished image (pictured), in which she looked jaw-droppingly different
‘But then they showed the actual edited cover they selected and I almost spat my water out,’ wrote the original poster: ‘How can anyone approve that? It doesn’t even look like her’
One Redditor took a relaxed view of the scene, writing: ‘Are we really out here in 2025 being surprised that a celebrity’s photo is edited?’
Fans have caught Khloe out in a number of alleged editing snafus in recent years, such as this post from 2023 in which her thighs and waistline appeared to have been trimmed down
In this upload from October 2022, the shape of her body appeared altered, and the wall also looked bent on her left and right, lending credence to the theory the photo was retouched
Another fan remarked on the appearance of her nose, which she has publicly admitted to having surgically altered.
‘Bro her NOSE,’ wrote the incredulous Reddit user in the comments of the original post. ‘There’s something so uncanny about a hand sculpted nose.’
‘She should stop photoshooting and go on a retreat and find herself,’ wrote one as another opined: ‘This is actually insane. These are two completely different people.’
One Redditor took a relaxed view of the scene, writing: ‘Are we really out here in 2025 being surprised that a celebrity’s photo is edited?’
Khloe herself said in 2018: ‘Of course I believe in airbrushing apps, I just think airbrushing apps, like who doesn’t want to airbrush a thing here or there.’
She added: ‘I love FaceTune, that one’s great. I don’t really know of many more, but a filter, that’s like airbrushing. Who doesn’t love a good filter? Sometimes you’re having a bad day,’ in an interview with People magazine.
