14 DAY TRIAL // Some time ago, Kim Kardashian announced with great fanfare that she was auctioning off several of her designer duds on eBay, to donate to charity for Philippines typhoon relief. She’s now defending herself for giving only 10% of all proceeds to charity.
Perhaps no one would have batted an eyelash if Kim had said from the start that only this percentage of sales would go to charity, but, as she always does, she made a big fuss about how she would donate money and she encouraged her fans to buy her clothes to support the campaign.
She did say that a “portion” of the money from the sales would go to charity, but, judging from reactions online, no one imagined that it would be as little as 10%.
After getting an earful (or, better yet, an eyeful) online, the mom of one is defending herself in a new post on her personal blog, in which she explains why she donated only 10% of the money from the eBay auctions.
“I don’t publicize everything I do to help charities and people all over the world. I do it because I want to. I do it because my dad taught me to. I do it because it’s the right thing to do. So for people to attack me for giving 10% of my eBay auction sales to the people of the Philippines, that hurts,” she writes.
Kim says her dad, the late O.J. Simpson defense attorney Robert Kardashian, taught her the importance of giving back, and she’s done just that throughout the years. Consequently, she’s offended when people go online to say she’s using the tragedy that hit the Philippines for her own personal gain.
“In regards to these eBay auctions, when the eBay numbers get broken down, the auction management agency that posts for me gets a percentage for all of their hard work, then eBay listing fees, end of auction fees, eBay Store fees, Paypal fees, etc., all add up to about half of the sale. Then I give 10% to a charity,” she writes.
“Truth is how the # is broken down, is neither here nor there. The people of the Philippines need all of our help, no matter how big or small. Over the last 5+ years, I have listed thousands of items on eBay Giving Works for various causes. I will continue to do what is in my heart and am happy to know many others have enjoyed purchasing from me, as they too are giving with me,” Kim explains.
She adds that “giving comes from the heart” and she encourages all her fans to remember that and do their part in helping others, now that the holiday season is here.