In case you missed it, reality TV princess and runway superstar Kendall Jenner is currently gracing the cover of Vogue Spain (we’d completely forgive you for missing it, this not being Spain and all) and people are not happy about it at all.
The ballet-themed feature shoot sees Jenner wearing slippers, tutus and leg warmers, using a ballet barre and generally posing up a storm for the camera.
The Kendall Jenner Vogue shoot causing controversy. Source: Kendall Jenner.
Given that she's not a trained professional, the ballerinas of the world have not taken kindly to the shoot, with many dancers sharing their feelings about the feature on social media.
"Nothing against Kendall Jenner, but cast an actual ballet dancer instead, maybe?" one woman asked Vogue Spain via Twitter.
"If you go into a ballet class lookin like kendall jenner in her new photos you WILL get kicked out," another Tweeted.
The Kendall Jenner Vogue shoot causing controversy. Source: Kendall Jenner.
"That position it's the worst in the world, it's a insult to professional ballerinas," one Instagram user commented on a copy of the image shared by Jenner's mother and manager, Kris.
"I know she's not a dancer but her feet make me cringe so hard," another wrote.
The Kendall Jenner Vogue shoot causing controversy. Source: Kendall Jenner.
"Disrespectful to all the dancers that perfect their art for hours everyday [sic]," another added.
Jenner is yet to respond to the comments, but with yet another Vogue cover under her belt, our guess is she's ignoring them and dancing on into the sunset, training or not.
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I don't care about the wellbeing of Kendall's ankles. She's got a lot of her weight on the barre in that photo so I think the risk to her is pretty low.
My bigger concern is that not standing en pointe properly (unbroken shoes, not over the box) just looks fugly and stupid. Same will her prancing about in the video with no effort to point her toes (even in regular ballet slippers). It's just ugly and it distracts from the fashion.
Yet still no one has picked up she is playing the piano with her feet.
Yeah, where's the outrage from pianists?!