Khloé Kardashian talks Photoshop, Instagram and looking like a 'cartoon'

USA Today

17-07-2025

Khloé Kardashian is copping to years of photo editing.
The reality star revealed on the latest episode of her podcast, "Khloé in Wonderland," that, for a while, she "wouldn't dare post a photo without heavily Photoshopping."
That news may come as little surprise to fans who have visited Kardashian's air-brushed Instagram page, which features photos of her bikini clad, alongside her famous sisters, or decked out in glam for a certain billionaire's Italian wedding.
But her presence on social media now is much more raw than it used to be, she admitted in the episode, which aired July 17.
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Responding to the claim she that "Photoshops every picture," Kardashian said: "I don't. But there was a time that I definitely did. There was a time that I was around some people that would make me feel like I needed to. I also think it was the era too, I felt like a lot of people were Photoshopping or heavily Photoshopping more than they do now."
The youngest of the Kardashian sisters (Jenners not included), Khloé has been open about how public scrutiny of her appearance has affected her self-confidence over the years.
"I do feel like there was a time that we all just got consumed in this filter lifestyle and we couldn't see ourselves without a filter," she said on the podcast, her latest venture outside of reality TV. "And there's definitely days that I'm like, ugh, I need a filter. Don't feel good about myself."
She went on to say that she's never felt the most photogenic, but will take "500 photos" to get one she likes.
"I will say there was a time that I heavily Photoshopped," she continued, but said that when she sees those photos now, she feels like she looks like a "cartoon character."
"It's humiliating that I thought that was even a version of myself," she added. "I feel bad that I thought I needed to look like that. But I was around people who were all doing that. And if they took my photo, they would make me look that way before giving it to me. And then I would think that's how I looked. And if I got paparazzied, I'd be like, 'I don't look like that. I look like this photo.' And I really had to reprogram my mind to be like, OK, we have to lay off the filters. This isn't real. That's not how I look. And I don't want to look like that. It was a strange time."
Kardashian faces the unique experience of having spent much of her life on camera, starring alongside her siblings on "Keeping up with the Kardashians," as scads of loyal fans watched her personal life unfold. The endless media attention, particularly surrounding her body, has smudged the lens with which she views herself, she (and her sisters) have admitted in the past.
Now, though, they appear intent on being honest about the alterations they've done. Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the clan, recently shared the exact dimensions of her breast augmentation on TikTok, and Kardashian, following suit, listed all the cosmetic procedures she'd had done.
"I definitely have more controlled photos, like good lighting, and I might take a bunch to get the ones I like," she said, turning back to her current approach to social media, "But I don't have to Photoshop every photo."