Jameela Jamil is not backing down in her criticism of the Kardashians.
The Good Place star, 32, referred to the siblings as a ‘double agent for the patriarchy’ last week on Channel 4’s podcast Ways to Change the World, while criticizing Kim, 37, for promoting appetite-suppressant lollipops on Instagram.
Jameela made a broader critique of the ‘toxic and damaging’ messages the Kardashians help spread, in her view, to their millions of followers.
Critic: Actress Jameela Jamil referred to the Kardashian siblings as a ‘double agent for the patriarchy’ last week on Channel 4’s podcast Ways to Change the World
Unimpressed: The Good Place star, 32, has targeted the family in recent months after Kim, 37, promoted appetite suppressing lollipops
Controversial: In a recent interview, Jameela claims the Kardashians, including Kim, Kourtney and Khloe (pictured), promote a toxic and self conscious way of thinking for women
‘I have had words with the Kardashians, and I think when someone is doing something that is toxic and damaging to the people who — they have a huge platform and they are speaking to loads of people, that person is saying something that is dangerous, I think we should all be allowed to say something about that,’ the actress said.
‘I don’t think you can just attack that person. I don’t think that helps anything. I think you have to offer constructive criticism.’
She further explained: ‘The double agent for the patriarchy is basically just a woman who, perhaps unknowingly, is still putting the patriarchal narrative out into the world, is still benefiting off, profiting off and selling a patriarchal narrative to other women.’
Jameela referred to such a person as ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’, adding: ‘Because you look like a woman, we trust you, we think you’re on our side, but you’re selling us something that really doesn’t make us feel good.
‘You’re selling us an ideal, a body shape, a problem with our wrinkles, a problem with aging, a problem with gravity, a problem with any kind of body fat.
‘You’re selling us self-consciousness, the same poison that made you clearly develop some sort of body dysmorphia or facial dysmorphia you are now pouring back into the world. You’re, like, recycling hatred.
‘And I think find that really dangerous and I think that’s unacceptable and I don’t care if you’re a woman. I think constructive criticism is needed for anyone to ever evolve.’
Asked whether she could understand how someone could be convinced by money to relay certain messages or promote certain products, she replied: ‘I just don’t think that’s an acceptable excuse anymore.
‘How much money do you need? Really, how much money do you need? How much money do any of these huge influencers who are worth millions or billions sometimes — why are they still promoting appetite-suppressant lollipops to young girls?’
Double agent? Jameela said the family, pictured Kim (left) and Khloe (right), promote a patriarchal society by what they choose to advertise
Critique: Jameela Jamil has targeted Kim recently for promoting ways women can lose weight
She added: ‘How much more money do these people need? The money is built on the blood and tears of young women who believe in them, who follow them, who look up to them like the big sister they never had.
‘It’s so upsetting. It feels like such a betrayal against women. And will not be a part of it and I will not stop calling it out when I see it. They will have to run me out of this business, which I’m sure will happen, but I would rather go down in flames than stick around and be part of this.’
This isn’t the first time Jameela has railed against the Kardashians.
Back in February this year, she started a body-positive movement called I Weigh after seeing a meme that listed the Kardashian-Jenners’ weights.
In July this year, she was one of the people who spoke out against Kim after she shared an ad for appetite-suppressant lollipops on Instagram.
Slam: Kim received a number of attacks, some from Jameela, for promoting appetite suppressing lollipops earlier this year
Hitting out: In May, she hit out at Kim over Twitter, after she shared a weight loss post
Sad: She added that the whole family made her ‘feel sad’, adding that ‘All the money and fame in the world can’t make you stop hating your nose, your lips, your a***, your weight, your skin’
Although the London-born actress received criticism for attacking another woman, she defended her opinions by stating Kim could ‘grow’ from the critiques of her business choices.
Jameela told Stylist magazine of the famous siblings: ‘I think they’re broken by this industry. I bet [Kim] went through all the same s**t I did. She keeps fixing and fixing but there’s nothing to fix. She clearly can’t see what she looks like, none of them can see what they look like. I just feel sad for them.’
She continued: ‘I definitely felt a pain in my heart because I’m in the papers for criticising another woman.
‘[But] I have grown more from my failures than my successes because people have called me out when I f**ked things up. I do it out of love; I would never envy them, or feel that way about myself the way that they do.’
In May, Jameela hit out at Kim after she shared a post on Twitter on how to maximize weight loss’.
Sharing the tweet, the presenter-turned-actress questioned: ‘How do we minimize this woman’s bulls***?’
She also commented that the ‘whole family’ made her ‘feel sad’, adding: ‘All the money and fame in the world can’t make you stop hating your nose, your lips, your a***, your weight, your skin’.
Despite the constant attacks in recent months, Kim has yet to address Jameela or her critiques.