Kylie Jenner Talks About Her Inspiration For Starting 'I Am More Than' Campaign for Bullied People
Kylie Jenner got candid about her struggles with bullying during an appearance on "The Ellen Show" on Monday. The reality TV star admitted that the experience encouraged her to start the "I Am More Than" campaign, which calls for other bullied people like her to come together and share their personal life stories about bullying.
Jenner tells show host Ellen DeGeneres in the video below that she created "I Am More Than" as an Instagram anti-bullying campaign following her own experience of being bullied. The 18-year-old admitted that she is very outspoken when it comes to this sensitive matter because of what she's also been through. Jenner says she's been bullied her whole life whether it was through comments on Twitter or Instagram or about her peers.
"I never talked about my story really. I feel like I've kind of accepted it because I realized that just comes with the territory," she says.
She also talks about how "I Am More Than" was started. In the same interview with DeGeneres, the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star says her Instagram anti-bullying campaign began after she discovered other people who have undergone the same bullying experience as her online.
"So I kind of was online and just finding other girls and boys my age who have been bullied and have kind of overcome it and just done something amazing with it who inspire me. So I kind of wanted them to just use my platform and post their stories on Instagram to hopefully inspire my followers too, because they inspire me so much," Jenner tells DeGeneres in the video below.
Back in June, the 18-year-old model also opened up about her experiences being bullied on her Snapchat. In a series of short video clips, Jenner is first heard softly murmuring about how she can't believe that she has over four million people watch her Snapchat and that these people have different opinions of her.
"Half of you guys think I'm weird, and the other half think I'm funny," she said in the video below taken from her Snapchat.
However, Jenner said what her fans didn't know is that she has been bullied since she was nine. She also applauded herself for doing a great job in handling all the hate, which she said felt like came "from the whole world."
As a parting message, Jenner told her followers that her Snapchat video is not so she can get sympathy from people. Instead, it's her way of letting other bullies out there know that they are not alone.
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