Kim Kardashian shocks fans as she debuts heel-shaped cast on broken foot
Kim Kardashian isn’t letting her broken left foot hinder her style.
The reality TV star, 44, shocked fans on Tuesday when she unveiled a white heel-shaped cast on social media.
She took a close-up photo of herself wearing it and eagerly shared the photo with her millions of followers on both X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.
The cast, made of gauze and thick plaster, looked like an open-toed shoe with a high wedge heel.
No skin was visible on Kim’s foot or ankle, but her toes were left completely exposed to show off her shiny red pedicure.
The mother-of-four announced earlier this month that she had broken her foot, but has yet to reveal how the injury occurred.
Kim Kardashian isn’t letting her broken left foot cramp her style; seen on December 12
The reality TV star, 44, shocked fans on Tuesday when she revealed a white heel-shaped cast on social media
Fans had mixed reactions to Kim’s unusual casting.
Many called the SKIMS founder “innovative” and even predicted that the heel cast would become a “trend.”
‘Always ahead of your time in the fashion world. This is going harddddd,” one X user wrote, while another added: “This is going to be the new trend.”
Some hilariously speculated that the cast was a new design from Kim’s favorite luxury brand Balenciaga or even a possible hint at Kim’s next SKIMS collection.
Meanwhile, others encouraged Kim to focus on the healing process rather than fashion.
‘Chill already… it’s holiday. Sit down and heal,” one concerned fan tweeted.
Another follow-up with: ‘Yes…a broken foot should not be put in a heel-shaped cast.’
Kim first shared the news of her broken foot on December 6 when she uploaded an image of her foot in a bootcast with Fergie’s song Clumsy in the background and the bottom of the crutches visible.
Many called the SKIMS founder ‘innovative’ and even predicted that the heel cast would become a ‘trend’
Meanwhile, others encouraged Kim to focus on the healing process rather than fashion
“FML,” Kim captioned the photo with a scolding emoji. ‘Broken foot during the holidays.’
Less than a week later, Kim hopped on a plane from Los Angeles to New York City to attend the grand opening of her SKIMS store on Fifth Avenue.
She was pictured leaving the opening of her new flagship on Thursday, December 12, moving around on a black knee scooter.
Despite having a broken foot that may have been painful and swollen, Kim shockingly chose to wear the same high heel for her broken foot as she did for her ambulatory foot.
Fans praised her for overcoming her injury and got a huge kick out of her decision to wear high heels.
This is not the first time Kim has been injured this year.
This summer, she broke her index and middle fingers so badly that the bone was sticking out of her skin, as she revealed on an episode of her family’s Hulu reality show.
“My big sliding door in my bathroom that opens,” she explained during an episode of The Kardashians in July.
Kim first shared the news of her broken foot on December 6 when she uploaded an image of her foot in a bootcast with Fergie’s song Clumsy in the background and the bottom of the crutches visible
When attending the opening of her new SKIMS store in New York City last week, Kim used a scooter to get around. She also placed a high heel on her broken foot
‘I was trying to close it, but there’s no latch. You have to pull out the inside of the mechanism.”
She explained that nine-year-old Saint had run into the bathroom with chips and when she told him to put them away, the door slammed on her fingers.
“I literally looked down at my hand and fell to the ground,” she recalled. “I just grabbed the table and got on my knees because I just saw all that blood.”
Kim tried to describe the intense pain she felt when the injury occurred.
“You can’t describe the pain, but your whole body is in shock,” she explained. ‘It was more painful than childbirth.’