Kim Kardashian Scandal: Reality Star Answers Back To Controversial Ebay ‘Charity Auction’ Saying She’s ‘Hurt’ With The Accusations Thrown At Her
Kim Kardashian scandal about the "charity auction" that she organized for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines recently made a buzz, because of the amount given to the victims. Unlike other charity auctions, which give away 100% of its income to the beneficiaries, Kim's charity auction gave only 10% of its income to the victims of from the Philippines.
Because of this, many people, saying that she should have given all of the earnings from the EBay auction that she organized if she really wanted to help, have criticized the reality star.
There were accusations saying that she is misleading people with her supposed "charity auction" from EBay, and not telling them the truth about how much of the money will be going to the victims of the typhoon.
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With all the accusations and criticisms people are throwing at Kim Kardashian she felt that she had to address it and the 33-year old reality star defended herself through a blog posted on her website:
"I feel compelled to speak about something that is in my head and my heart. Over the years, I've had to grow a thick skin. Being in the public eye, there are times I feel like I get criticized for any and everything I do. I'm used to it now. I just choose not to feed into negativity or become consumed by it.
The problem comes in when I get attacked for giving and trying to help people. My dad always taught me the importance of giving back. 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 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.
I do eBay auctions monthly and change the charity or church from time to time. I give 10% of all my earnings to charities, not just these eBay auctions. This month it's for the people of the Philippines, last month was Life Change Community Church.
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.
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.
Giving comes from the heart. We all need to be reminded of this as we celebrate the holiday season this year."