Jameela Jamil calls out Kim Kardashian's 'damaging' corset post

Jameela Jamil called out Kim Kardashian for a "damaging" photo. Photo / Getty Images

Actress and radio presenter Jameela Jamil has called Kim Kardashian's recent corset photo "disappointing".

The Legendary judge, 34, reacted to Kim's recent Instagram post featuring herself wearing a super-tight corset similar to the one she wore under last year's Met Ball costume.

"I wore a corset like this for the Met Ball for my @manfredthierrymugler Camp look but the corset was misplaced that night," she captioned the post.

Jamil posted a few days later saying she'd received more than 1000 messages asking her to address the post.

"The reason I didn't jump on it immediately isn't because I don't think the post was damaging and disappointing. I do," she wrote.

"Kim, like many of us, has had decades of body image issues and obsession. This has been HEAVILY perpetuated by how much the media scrutinised her and her sisters over their appearances.

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Just found this in my phone from my special trip to London last year to meet w Mr. Pearl. I wore a corset like this for the Met Ball for my @manfredthierrymugler Camp look but the corset was misplaced that night 🤦🏻‍♀️ and I want it so badly preserved for my archive that I flew to London to have another made. We also might have started making a few more costumes including my special 40th bday staging. Can’t wait to show you the video LOOKSSSS we’ve been cooking up ✨ ✨

A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Jun 22, 2020 at 10:21pm PDT

"She isn't actively trying to harm you. She's just so harmed and deluded into thinking this is what SHE needs to look like to be special and beautiful and she's spilling it out onto her following. Is this wrong? YES. But I'm not sure she realises that she's doing to others what her idols did to her, in making her think a tiny waist is the key to femininity and sex appeal."

Jamil went on to say that women of her generation grew up in the "heroin chic" era, which told women they had to look like they were "starving to death".

"This toxicity from someone who is smart and knows better, is a sign that this is harm she can't stop doing," she said of the Keeping up with the Kardashians star.

Jamil encouraged her followers to unfollow people who "tell you things that hurt your self-esteem".

"Unfollow people/brands that don't make you feel powerful and happy and grateful for what you have. You're the boss and none of them are s**t without you."