Kim Kardashian posts a bumpless photo: is this a pillowy pregnancy? (update)

This past weekend, the Kardashian-Jenner clan saturated social media with stuff about Kylie Jenner’s birthday. One of the photos that Kim posted got a lot of attention – see above. Kim and Kourtney wigging out, probably for some kind of birthday party. But critics say that Kim doesn’t even look pregnant in this photo, especially considering how big her “bump” looks in paparazzi photos and even in other Instagrams. My belief… she’s actually pregnant and she’s really hating it (that’s how you know it’s real) and this photo is just an optical illusion because of the way the leather dress has been tailored, plus it’s not like we’re seeing this in profile. Either that or this is just an old photo that Kim posted for no real reason.

Still, some people believe that Kim is truly #fakingit. That she has a surrogate and Kim is just wearing a strap-on bump these days. I’m including some pap stroll photos of Kim below – these pics were taken yesterday, when Kim seemed especially thirsty for attention following all of the “scandalous” press from Kylie’s birthday. It’s sort of crazy how Kylie is the one who took Kim’s famewhore model and improved on it. It must drive Kim up the wall. Anyway, in these photos… yeah, I’ll admit it, Kim’s bump looks sort of fake.

Update: I guess Kim reads Celebitchy (hey girl) because she just laid down THE RECEIPTS on her pregnancy. Hahaha!!! From her Instagram:

First they say I'm too skinny so I have to be faking it…Now they say I'm too big so I have to be faking it…SMH! Some days I'm photographed before I eat & look smaller, some days I've just eaten & I look bigger. It's all a part of the process. I think you all know me well enough to know I would document the process if I got a surrogate. Everyone's body is different, every pregnancy is very different! I've learned to love my body at every stage! I'm going to get even bigger & that's beautiful too! I'm blessed to even be pregnant & even luckier to not have preeclampsia as far as I know, so I don't have the swelling issue this time! They also say your body carries a boy different than a girl! Whatever the case may be I'm grateful to God for this miracle & no matter what rumors or comments you throw my way this time they truly don't affect me! #NoFilter #NoPhotoShop #GoodLighting 😜

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  1. Crumpet says:

    There is no way she is faking it. In some photos you can see she can now frown. She would NEVER forgo her Botox without a good reason.

    • nikko says:

      She’s pregnant, in one of the photo’s the belly button is showing which happens when your pregnant. Plus her hips have gotten larger, she gaining weight everywhere not just her stomach. I don’t understand why alot of people thinks she’s faking it.

  2. RUDDYZOOKEEPER says:

    I see bump & contour. If this pregnancy is fake, then she’s doing EVERYTHING right (as in weird pregger body fluctuations). Meh. Not convinced.

    • dr mantis toboggan says:

      Team pillow 4 life

    • Nicolette says:

      +1.

    • Bea says:

      Hear hear.

    • Darlene says:

      me too. I can look “pregnant” like that after a full meal.

      • Dee says:

        I could easily pass for 6 months pregnant after I’ve been a pig all day! I haven’t been following her pregnancy so had no opinion on the rumours, but it’s funny that she’s in the background and in the dark for this nude pick, whereas we all know that Kimmy is not shy about putting all of her bits in our faces in full studio lighting. Now I’m dubious.

  3. Bridget says:

    The coats are cracking me up.

    • BarkingMad says:

      That’s what I don’t get. She’s ok posting a nudie shot to prove she’s pregnant, but then swathes her body in those ridiculous coats. Why bother? We can all see she’s put on a lot of weight – those last couple of photos really show it in her thighs, for example, so why the coats, particularly when they billow, as in the last photo? I’m not bothered about her weight. Some women fluctuate, some don’t, some get a weird body when pregnant (I did), others don’t… I can’t imagine feeling so uncomfortable, pregnant or not, by stuffing myself into tight, sweaty garments just to maintain a certain look. She needs to relax, wait out her pregnancy in a bit more privacy, maybe stay off social media for a bit… Oh, gawd, what am I saying?? This is Kimmie we’re talking about. Ok, I’ll shut my gob now.

      • Bridget says:

        They are just such a strange fashion statement to decide to make your signature. We know that pregnant women gain weight, and it’s okay. It’s only when women fight it like Kim does that it looks weird. She may as well spend the entire pregnancy tying a sweatshirt around her waist.

      • Chica says:

        Except so many ppl act like it’s NOT ok to be pregnant and gain weight, as is the case with comments made about Kim not just here, but everywhere else too.

    • L says:

      +1 she’s totally trying to hide that rump.

    • MediaMaven says:

      all of the photos she posts of herself are photoshopped within an inch of their lives. She can’t control all of the pap shot on the street, where her real ass is on parade. Her couture mumus, in her mind, hides the ass that’s seemingly in another zip code.

  4. M.A.F. says:

    If she would stop wearing these type of dresses, she would be more believable. But the fact that her butt looks more pregnant than the front makes me believe she is faking it, which has me looking down at her even more There is nothing wrong with using a surrogate. The family missed a real opportunity to bank roll on that.

    • Zip says:

      In her last pregnancy her butt got huge. She looked even bigger than she does now. Her ankles are not that swollen this time, that’s all. Everything else fits. Fat bump, fat ass, huge tits.

  5. PamelaJudy says:

    It’s the fact that she hasn’t gained weight anywhere else on her body except for her perfectly shaped bump. Who could forget those sausage feet from last time??!? I don’t care how focussed you are on diet and exercise, you can’t control fluid in your cankles.
    I also remember a weird scene from the first episode of I Am Cait. Kim was once again wearing a coat to hide all sins. One of Cait’s family members, can’t recall who, tried to move the coat out of the way, saying something like I thought/heard you’re expecting. I want to see what you’re wearing. Kim refused to remove the coat, making some excuse about the skirt not zipping up properly and having nothing that fits. She could have easily pushed the coat back out of the way to show Granny/Aunty? the bump w/out letting anyone see the busted zipper.

    • bellenola says:

      I feel like her hips are more humongous than ever though.

      • MrsBPitt says:

        was just going to say….those hips have expanded dramatically….oh, she’s def preggo!

      • Zwella Ingrid says:

        She looks pregnant to me.

      • BarkingMad says:

        Exactly. Look how her thighs flare out from her hips. I can’t recall ever seeing that before. Not that it matters; to each her own, but it does appear that she’s put on a lot of weight, and her boobs are enormous. Whatever…she still needs to chuck those stupid coats.

    • Tifygodess24 says:

      Yeah Pamelajudy I agree something is strange.
      I read the DM Prob more than a few times daily and they have about 15 Kardashian/Jenner articles a day (UGH) and it is beyond noticeable. It’s obvious she is making the bump “inflate and deflate” (even if she is pregnant- she’s enhancing for the attention) . It’s like a timeline on there of the ever changing “pillow baby”. One minute she barely has a bump the next she looks two weeks overdue. And yes I’ve been pregnant before so I do know that baby bumps can change, even just after a big meal, but they don’t change like that. Since some people love to bring that up like that’s all the proof you need. Check out the photo she posted on Instagram right after the banger sisters- no belly at all. Not to mention she has a weird gap right under her boobs, one minute she has a swimming pool for a belly button the next it’s normal, one minute it’s so high next it looks like it’s sliding down her body like Khloes butt- things just don’t add up. Her body hasn’t really changed at all except the stomach – the stomach is also making the hips look bigger ( optical illusion ) and she has the body type where she’s going to gain. I’m side eyeing this one hard. Like I keep saying time will tell. Maybe she is , maybe she’s not – im not sure- but something is fishy.
      *Google moon bump for the people who don’t really get why people are questioning it – this might help.*

    • Dani says:

      I hate that I defend her but she had pre-e and major swelling with her first. It’s not destined for every pregnancy. She’s lucky she doesn’t have it (yet) with this one. Cut the girl some slack. If she had a surrogate she would flaunt her.

      Also, when I was pregnant, I only carried in my stomach and butt. My ankles didn’t swell etc.

    • Anna says:

      It’s kind of dumb to compare pregnant bodies because it’s not like the same thing happens each time their body.
      You can tell by the size of her butt and boobs that she’s pregnant, Kim wouldn’t gain a bunch of weight just to fake a pregnancy.

      She probably feels more comfortable posting naked pictures rather than going out without a coat because she looks slimmer without any clothes.

    • jwoolman says:

      That comment about nothing fitting right puzzled me. All that money, and she can’t get something that fits? Especially when she’s going to be on tv?

    • Chica says:

      All the ppl saying she’s not pregnant sound like the Obama Birthers. They will make up any silly argument to keep up their confirmation bias. IT’s really sad

  6. tinamarie says:

    I don’t think she’s faking it but my God in that second photo she looks like a stuffed turkey on Thanksgiving. Geesh..

  7. Tiffany27 says:

    I’m pregnant so I’m not gonna clown on another pregnant lady, but imo, she is pregnant and looks it because she looks miserable.

  8. BeefJerky says:

    So is the theory behind the coats that she’s covering up her giant pregnancy butt, or that she’s hiding the fake bump straps?

  9. justagirl says:

    I’m on the fence whether she’s faking the bump, but the ‘Banger Sisters’ pic is definitely old… those lips are several versions ago.

  10. sassy says:

    its the weird space between her boobs (which were huge BEFORE pregnancy) that convinces me …oh and the fact that the bump changes daily in size. Now some say its Spanx but i really think she has a few different bump sizes and changes them according to the outfit she wears (which are all 3 sizes too small for her to begin with ). My guess is surrogate and with all the attention Kylie is getting you’ll see Kim get more desperate in her attempts to look sexy and its going to be EPIC fashion fails …but in that latex dress…..she messed up same as the cleavage shot she posted -there is no bump. shes so put out that the attention isn’t all on her that she’s slipping up in her game.

    • MediaMaven says:

      I think she’s pregnant, but I think she enhances the bump based on the attention needs of the day (usually dictated by whatever Kylie and Cait have done).

  11. Kate says:

    You can clearly see a bump in that Instagram photo. Fake or not, it’s there. Maybe the deep V is throwing people, but this early in a pregnancy your bump doesn’t jut out at your ribs.

    I think she’s pregnant. Her feet are starting to look puffy again, her hips are widening, her boobs are bigger and her lips are doing that painful looking bee-stung thing just like her last pregnancy (if it was injections why does she only go so overboard while knocked up/pretending to be knocked up). She’s wearing fitted stretchy clothes that might accomodate a fake bump, but would definitely show if she was padding her hips. Are we meant to beleive she’s gotten another boob job and started taking steroids to make herself puffy, so she can avoid another uncomfortable, puffy pregnancy?

    • Zip says:

      This. ^ That’s why I don’t believe in the pillow pregnancy. Why fake it if she’d look overweight, swollen and uncomfortable anyway?

    • Eleonor says:

      Agreed. She is totally pregnant, she looks swollen, and miserable, and uncomfortable, and those coats. If she was faking it she wouldn’t need to cover her ass.

    • Vava says:

      I never knew that sometimes lips swell up during pregnancy. First time I saw that was when the actress on CSI Miami was pregnant. (Emily Proctor)

    • parissucksliterally says:

      At first I thought she was faking. But the lack of Botox, and the way her face is changing just the way it did when she was pregnant with North makes me change my mind.
      Some women look amazing while pregnant – Kim is not one of those women – and her clothing choices just make her look so much worse!

  12. Maya says:

    Don’t think she is faking it.

  13. blue marie says:

    I’m annoyed that I’m looking this closely but you can clearly see the bump in the latex or whatever..

    • Chica says:

      THIS. The bump is there in the latex pic and the naysayers are letting KKK make them into loons. Looking at you Sassy.

  14. Mrs Fonzieface says:

    She’s totally pregnant.

  15. amp122076 says:

    I can’t deal with the Lloyd Dobbler trench coat look. Every.day. In 100 degree heat.

  16. Nicolette says:

    Why do celebs go to such lengths to cover up a surrogate pregnancy? Is it so they can appear on the cover of a magazine two weeks after giving birth in a bikini, and shame women for not looking like that after their pregnancies?

    • Colette says:

      What celebrities? I am not aware of any celebrities that have faked a pregnancy.Beyonce was pregnant IMO.

      • Rice says:

        She was. She even posted a pic of her belly in a topless pic. But you know, cover-ups and conspiracies are much easier to believe.

    • Chica says:

      I’ll never understand why ppl (conspiracy theorist in the most innocuous of arguments/situations) will want to believe the most convoluted of stories. They are probably always like that though…believing the most ridiculous and outlandish of explanations.

  17. Jess says:

    Kim’s pregnant. She’s not Beyoncé level neurotic/controlling and she knows this is her last so she just did it the old fashioned way. I mean Her mom didn’t seem to have rough pregnancies–she had 6 and Kim doesn’t seem to have legitimately rough pregnancies either (vomit). She just dislikes getting big. I really wish she would just let go of her height insecurity and wear flats. Just go to comfy clothes! You’re pregnant and it makes me feel bad for you because you keep trying to wear this style of clothing and shoes!

    • Ellecommelejour says:

      This!
      But I still don’t understand why Beyonce didn’t admit she used a surrogate. ( I personal don’t like this for many reasons ) But I don’t think her fan base would have been mad for her doing that.

  18. word says:

    She reads every single article, blog, comment written about her…she knows what the public is saying and she goes a long with it just for attention. Let’s not give her the satisfaction.

  19. Jess says:

    The only time I ever feel bad for Kim Kardashian is when she’s pregnant. In thinking about it, she represents a lot of problems with gender dynamics (being valued for looks not skill). Like why can’t women just let themselves be comfortable when they’re carrying?

  20. Jess says:

    I don’t think she’s faking it and I guarantee we’ll see nude pregnant pics on some magazine cover before long.

  21. Lurker says:

    Nah, she’s pregnant. There’s no way she could pull off pillows with the clothes she wears. If she started wearing clothes that fit, then I’d say pillow. But you can see everything and that’s a legit bump. Plus you can see weight gain in other places too.

  22. Lesa says:

    I think the coat is just an attention getter. If she keeps it mysterious, it keeps people talking. She looks like she is gaining weight in the hip, butt, stomach so she’s pregnant. Her hips are huge. Of course, she can’t be normal and just wear maternity clothes. Nobody would talk about that.

    • platypus says:

      Exactly.

    • Katy says:

      I think the coat is for one reason and one reason only…..with her last pregnancy her ass got HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It looked like she was carrying the baby in her rear end and like someone said above she reads EVERYTHING about herself (including Celebitchy as Kaiser suggested in the Update). This time she is trying to hide that monstrosity!!!!

    • Chica says:

      That’s BS. They would talk anyway. Like about how much weight she’s gained and how fat she looks. This is the only site really harping on her coats.

  23. Bee says:

    I can’t believe people honestly think she’s not really pregnant.

  24. Chinoiserie says:

    There clearly is a bumb, it is just not as big it is in other pictures so I am assuming this photo is a bit old and/or there is some optical illusion or photoshop.

    She was bigger in her last pregnancy but she could just be eating better, dressing better and excersising more to avoid that sitsuation. And didn’t she have some condition too that made her more swollen? I do not know how you could say she does not look pregnant now just because she is not as big.

  25. Tracy says:

    I think Kim just crushes her guts (and uterus, and therefore fetus) with multiple pairs of Spanx. Must so uncomfortable, and can’t be good for a developing fetus to have to endure so much compression. In the photos of her wearing that stupid coat in the dead of a Los Angeles summer, her hips look literally 3 feet wide. Why, why, why does everything she wears have to be so tight??? Can’t this woman just lean in to being pregnant and wear some looser fitting clothing for a while? She looks awful, clearly feels miserable, and just gives off such an insecure, desperate-to-be-seen-as-sexy vibe. Kim, just relax for chrissakes.

    • Chica says:

      She’s not crushing anything. You all need to relax. Jersey and cotton/spandex blends that are form fitting are not restricting anything. There are TONS of women who where fitted dresses shirts and what have you during pregnancy. She is fine and so is her baby. Her fashion sense however…

  26. MrsBPitt says:

    Why, oh why, does she dress this way when she is pregnant! It looks so uncomfortable and soooooooooooooooooo awful!!!!!!!! Kim, wear komfortable klothes, for Khrist’s sake!

  27. Syko says:

    She looks like one of those little fertility goddess statues from the Stone Age.

  28. SypherMomma says:

    Yeah the pics from Kylie’s party of Kim have me believing she’s pregnant, looks miserable and swollen just like last time.

    Girl has got to stop letting Kanye dress her, sometimes I think he secretly hates her lol

    http://radaronline.com/photos/kim-kardashian-wardrobe-malfunction-kylie-birthday-party-photos/photo/1177228/

    • me says:

      LOL remember after giving birth to North Kim said for her next pregnancy she would actually wear maternity clothes…LIAR ! She has horrible taste in clothing and so does Kanye.

  29. Morse0412 says:

    dont worry guys, kim uploaded a naked selfie of herself on insta to prove shes truly pregnant

    UGH why why why

    • Neah23 says:

      Not only did she pose in the dark, but nude photo is photoshopped to hell . 😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • parissucksliterally says:

      she looks so horrible. She is so freakin desperate now – Kylie and Kendall have stolen her thunder, and she cannot deal.

  30. Lara says:

    Nude picture on her Instagram now to address the pregnancy rumours…. Some of you are psychic!

  31. HollandW says:

    Strangely enough her butt looks more in proportion in the nude pic, because of the bump being there. She doesn’t look as weird when that same butt in clad in fabric. Indeed good lighting.

    I agree that most of the time she looks very uncomfortable in clothing when pregnant, but saw the pics yesterday (?) and actually thought she looked nice and ok. The dress looks stretch (what is it called, jershey knit? I am one of the last 5 persons still watching Project Runway, but will never learn all the fabric names) so she looks kind of comfy. As one poster said before, she looks like a fertility statue, which isn’t a bad thing in my opinion.

    Have very less-grating feelings about Kim lately, now with Caitlyn and Kylie being the over exposed ones.

  32. chloe says:

    Of course she’s pregnant, she’s probably already got a years worth of how I lost my baby weight covers in planned, oh the bikini shots:)

  33. Paris says:

    Moonbump & Photoshop client

  34. word says:

    LOL any excuse to pose nude huh Kim? Also, how is that good lighting? You’re basically in the dark honey !

  35. blueb says:

    I can’t believe people are critiquing a pregnant woman’s body… I don’t care who she is, it’s mean.

    • Mixtape says:

      Agreed. And yes, I know KK has a history of posing nude so the new IG selfie seems like “no big deal,” but I still feel really, really gross about the fact that other women essentially shamed her into taking all her clothes off just to prove she’s actually pregnant.

      • blueb says:

        Exactly! Apparently, it is perfectly fine to shame someone if you don’t like them… I should have realized there was a double standard…

      • Neah23 says:

        Lol No one shamed her into taking off her clothes Kim does that on her own and people saying she think she faking it is not shaming her.

        People said Nicole Kidman fake her pregnancy and she kept her clothes on and just ignored it the take.

  36. Rice says:

    The Kardarshians should fire their building contractor. I mean, why would you use bent silver door frames……. Oh right.

    • me says:

      Yup ! I mean at this point, celebs need to get their photoshop skills together before posting…come on now !

    • bluesky says:

      Does she not realise we can see the warped doorway?

      Also, where the flat bit between the bottom of her bust and top of her belly that we have been seeing? Not to mention that is not the same hair she is sporting now or before her “cut” the other day…..

  37. prissa says:

    She looks weird in the IG photo. The bump where she has the skirt on is huge compared to pictures taken at Kylie’s birthday party. Idk what to think. Weird like most everything about this family. *shrug*

  38. G says:

    Called it! I said she’d read all our comments and prove us wrong with a nude pic. She’s so vapid and predictable. To counter, Kylie will announce either a pregnancy, miscarriage, or secret wedding in 3…2…1…

  39. Ana says:

    #Fake

  40. alicegrey12 says:

    oh well is she pregnant or not.

  41. Citresse says:

    She looks like a pregnant smurf. The butt is just so horrid.

  42. IfUSaySo says:

    Kim! You’re having issues because you’re body needs maternity clothing! Not regular clothes that you’re squeezing into unflatteringly. Get some $400 maternity jeans, some gorgeous flowy maternity tanks, even maternity bodycon dresses would work. V-neck column maxi! Anything! But you need the extra give, a little ribbed fabric… All pregnant women do! It’s better to own up to it and feel confident and sexy than to hide under coats in August! If you want to own it, own it! One pair of spanx and some normal (albeit expensive and more than us normals could dream of) maternity clothing. I’m 8 months preggo and I’m having a hard time feeling cute ever. I have a limited maternity wardrobe, but my maxi skirts and dresses always make me feel good at this point.

  43. me says:

    She can’t stand Kylie getting all the attention so of courseeeee she had to put out a new nude pic of herself…what else is new? Aren’t we all tired of this sh*t already? She could have just laughed off the “pillow theories” but nope not Kim. She also could have just put out a video with her clothes on and lifted her top to show her pregnant belly if she was so determined to shut people up…no need for the nudes Kim, we’ve all seen it many many many times before. The jealously she has for Kylie is so obvious Hey girl you’re almost 35…please stop competing with an 18 year old. Go enjoy your husband and kids and money…have some self respect.

    • Vava says:

      She’s obviously pregnant, but the deal is she refuses to dress appropriately and BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY. The world does not need to see her nude body. Save it for your husband, Kim. She lacks class and one can only hope that someday the media will lose interest in her and her siblings. They are all gross at this point.

      • Chica says:

        I’m so confused bc there are pregnant nudes of celebrities and regular folks (on FB) all the time now, so really, she isn’t doing anything much different, other than taking it herself as opposed to doing the nude maternity photo shoot

  44. Anastasia says:

    Why isn’t she ever photographed with Kanye? Where’s the daddy?

  45. iheartgossip says:

    OH Kimmy Gurl; you’re ‘pregnancy’ photo is very shadowed and dark and taken from afar. Not at all like you. Hmmmmm something in the milk ain’t clean

  46. whereissummer says:

    Take a look at the zoomed in version on Daily Fail.

    What is that line on the side of her stomach??? What on earth is wrong with the arm holding the phone. Why does her hair look like a totally different cut?

    And why are the door frames so warped in the other version?

    Why does her butt look sooo much smaller?

    I just can’t with this woman. If she really wants people to believe her, why does she continue to act in a way that just makes things look more suspicious?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3193870/Pregnant-Kim-Kardashian-goes-NAKED-revealing-selfie-ever.html#comments

    • Chica says:

      It’s the shadow created from her elbow, man.

      • whereissummer says:

        Perhaps once. There are barely discernable shadows on the wall behind her. They are not the same angle or length as the line on her belly. That line is also one of the sharpest part of the images for some unknown reason.

        I’m not saying it is not part of what was once a shadow. But this picture is photoshopped to high heaven and back.

        I don’t have an opinion one way or another about whether she is truly pregnant. I just call BS on this being a genuine photo.

  47. EN says:

    There is going to be a baby at the end of this , I am guessing. I think she is pregnant, I just don’t get why anyone would fake a pregnancy. But it doesn’t matter what kind of pregnancy it is, there is a human being at the end of the road. And that is the only important thing here.