Kim Kardashian responds to backlash over her comment that 'nobody wants to work' in new interview

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Kim Kardashian delved into her controversial comments earlier this year about a supposed lack of work ethic among Americans in a new interview.In an appearance on the Angie Martinez IRL Podcast that was posted Monday, the 42-year-old SKIMS star reacted to the controversy spawned by her polarizing Variety interview from March.In the original interview, which also featured her sisters and mother, the billionaire complained that, 'It seems like nobody wants to work these days,' while sharing advice for 'women in business': 'Get your f***ing a** up and work.'The comments were widely lambasted, but Kim claimed to Martinez that she was responding to a bevy of applicants hoping to work for her who weren't willing to put in the hard work to succeed.

Damage control: Kim Kardashian, 42, defended her comments telling women in business to 'get your f***ing a** up and work' in her interview for the Angie Martinez IRL Pocast, released MondayKim initially looked defensive after Martinez brought up the gaffe, saying, 'I hear you' and calling it 'a weird one.''The context in that was I had just been doing interviews for the last few weeks on people to work in my office.

Everyone had all of these… "You know, well, I only want these hours, I want Fridays off, I don’t want to do this, I don’t want to do this, so I’ll only do this,"' she claimed while recalling what applicants allegedly said to her.

According to Kim, the demands and requests were something she wasn't used to before she became famous and ultra-wealthy. 'I come from a time when we just grinded and everyone that I’m super close with that has built our businesses together,' she continued.