Beep boop barf.
On Tuesday, Kim Kardashian proved her thirst trap skills are getting rusty when she took to Instagram to post images from a sexy photo shoot with a new robot toy — a Tesla Optimus.
In a grand display of clearly having her wires crossed on what human beings find appealing, the Skims founder donned lingerie and posed suggestively beside the gold robot, which sat in the driver’s seat of a matching gold Tesla Cybercab.
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The two Tesla products are still under development, but CEO Elon Musk has suggested that they could become available in the years ahead. Kardashian already owns a customized Tesla Cybertruck.
In some of her photos, Kardashian squats beside the Cybercab, showing off her butt to the bot. In one memorable pic, she intertwines her fingers with the robot’s metallic ones. There are other photos in her Instagram slideshow, but honestly, we’re done describing them because they’re R2-D-too much.
Many social media users felt the post was a downgrade for the reality TV star.
“Sorry Kim, you’re not gonna normalise this weird behaviour for us we don’t want this!” one Instagram commenter said.
“Kim this is a lot weird,” echoed another.
“When you’ve gone through all of humanity’s dating pool…” a third commenter joked.
Over on X, formerly Twitter, users were similarly grossed out.
I speak on behalf of all the internet... We don't want to see this
— Kevin (@DeepDiveKevin) November 20, 2024Kardashian has kept busy being a human advertisement for Musk recently. In September, she made headlines for customizing her Cybertruck, which was painted a specific shade of matte gray to match other cars in her fleet. And earlier this week, she posted video footage of herself playing around with a white Tesla Optimus.
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In one clip, Kardashian asks the bot: “Can you do this? I love you?” as she forms half of a heart shape with her hand. When the robot makes the other half, she gasps and says, “You know how to do that?”
But despite Kardashian’s apparent fondness for her new humanoid buddies, the consensus on her sexy robot photo shoot is that it megabytes.
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