Dang Kimora Got Done Dirty… Dumped From Baby Phat?

Posted on August 25th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Kimora Lee Simmons, News, True or False?

Kimora

This is some bullshizz! Just days after Kimora released a statement saying she was moving on from Baby Phat, new reports have surfaced saying she was actually FIRED! Can you believe that? Why would anybody do that after she MADE that company blow the fu*k up?

Kimora Lee Simmons was “unceremoniously dumped” from Baby Phat, sources close to the ex-model said of her abrupt exit from the clothing company she founded with ex-husband Russell Simmons. Sources said Simmons is mulling a possible lawsuit against owner Kellwood. “She was blindsided that Kellwood fired everyone,” said one. But another Baby Phat insider it could have been a way to slash costs: “Kimora was going over-budget. She’d pay herself a fee to be in the ads, plus she paid her children fees to appear in ads. It costs thousands of dollars to airbrush her because she’s a size 10. Plus, they spent a ton of money on body doubles. They would shoot another model in the clothes, and take Kimora’s head and put in on her body.” Kellwood had no comment.

Kimora photoshop

That fu*ked up they put her size on blast, but we do all remember the little photoshop job they did putting her head on Daria Werbowy’s body

And SMH at them getting mad at her charging for her kids to be in the ads. They were supposed to work for free? Sheeeeeeet! They must not ever have seen Aoki in action, that child ain’t even tryin to hear that!

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  • I Am Legend (Allergic To Darkies)

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  • -

    A size 10 is NOT fat! Why would they photoshop her, when she is already skinny?

  • It’s Me

    um confused, I thought that was her company. When did she sell the business and became an employee?

  • Princess07

    Kimora is tough and strong black woman, so I am sure she would get the last laugh. Her new clothing line is about to blow-up!

  • No u can’t be boyfriend #2!

    I actually see this a lot!

    Most people money hungry and that don’t want the real headache of running their own business sell part of their Co. but still have what’s called a ‘good stake’ in their Co. And she probably made sure that in her contract that she would remain the face of the Co. so it would appear as if she still controlled it.

  • Malikka R

    I never bought any of that crap, too ghetto and cheap looking.

  • KittyK

    We are in a recession! Nobody can afford to pay for bull-shyte! All that airbrushing looks expensive! She should just start her own clothing line (not lease a line from another company, i.e. Kellwood) that way she can’t get fired.

  • Keepnit100

    Things are not always as they seem..

  • Keepnit100

    Honestly, they did her a favor..the line is wack and cheap..who wears baby phat anyway?

  • MSSPORTY

    I Won’t B Surprised If It Was Another Reason Y She Got Fired..

    This Chick Has A Bad Attitude (From Seeing An Episode Or 2 Of Her Show).. And She Acts Like Its All Abt Her.. *KanyeShrug.. Oh Well!!

  • Don

    They fired her b ecause she is to fat.iohh well who needs her.

  • Nikki88

    ok well for one things….kids dont work for free. they gotta paid too.

    and two – a size 10 is NOT fat.

  • MsRachael

    @Its Me. I’m confused too. How can you be fired from something you owned- or at least I thought she owned it. *shrug*

  • Brownie

    Lmao @ it was costing too much to airbrush her. Cheap shot! lol

  • Nih

    Yes in the realworld size 10is a wonderful size, but in the model world size 10 is fat!! And OH WELL, the chick is still filthy rich!!

  • Nih

    LOL Yeah it was!!!

  • Chris1761

    ….For a ‘Model’ it is.

  • THE SMOKIN’ SECTION

    If this is true about Kimora’s spend thrift habits, then it’s justified. Retail is barely surviving in this economy, so costs and expenses must be kept at a minimum. If she still owned the company, then she could do whatever the hell she wants, however dumb it may be. But when someone else buys the company and a$$umes all the risks involved, then, I’m sorry, Kimora…you are a liability. I just hope that they weren’t too quick to pull the trigger. As the former owner, Kimora should have garnered some level of respect.

    On another note, Kellwood is out of pocket for a$$uming Kimora’s kids would work for free. They would have had to pay an outside kid model anyway, so that’s bullshyt.

  • lk2041

    What happen is that Russell owned both Phat Farm and Baby Phat. When he sold the Phat Farm he also sold Baby Phat too. Kimora stayed on as Executive Creative Designer. I think I spelled that wrong. But she was also the face of the company. Kellwood owned the both companies for years. Not sure how long but it’s been a while.

  • Shoni

    I agree. I wasn’t a fan of baby phat.

  • http://www.kldezines.com dirtygurl

    SINCE KIMO HAS NOT COME OUT ON THE MATTER AND KELLWOOD HAS DECLINED TO COMMENT, THEN WE DONT KNOW WHY SHE WAS FIRED. AND EVEN IF THEY DID COMMENT, WHO REALLY KNOWS WHAT THE REAL REASON WAS, EACH WILL TRY TO SPIN IT TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK LIKE THE VICTIM

  • Chris1761

    ….For a ‘Model’ it is.

  • Chris1761

    Lets be honest, nobody was looking for Baby Phat or Kimora…I don’t think she’ll be missed.

  • taz530

    GOODY GOODY GUMDROP I never bought babyphat or phatfarm. because i am tired or brother marring white and out of their race. I support BLACK empowerment never will i spend a dime so a brother can take care of a woman not of my race. So what if she is mix she identified white until she began to look like a phat cow now she black. We don’t want her. miss me with all of it and if you had any sense you would not care what happen to kimora she has plenty of money and if you are not still convinced asked her for a dollar and she how much she cares about you.

  • tommykimon

    A size 10 is considered obese in the model world. Most models are a size 0 or 2.

  • oh hellz no

    Lmao @ aoki aint tryna hear that. That lil girl is a true diva. I wonder what new business ventures kimora has going on now???

  • Rihanna’sSharpNPointyWitchyFingernailsTookTheOath

    co-sign. I always thought the looks were gaudy and shoddy!

  • Miss U Much MJJ….Lovely1

    @taz530 Kimora is Asian & Black! She’s never said she was white. Where r u getting this info from?

  • fried flounder n scallops

    hey stupid, she cudnt ever identify as white becuz shes not! shes half black, quarter korean and quarter japanese. u prolly not even a full blodded black yaself, *rolls eyes*

  • samech

    She never hinted that there were problems on the show lately, so she was blindsided! I believe that. I don’t have anything from Baby Phat but I wish her well…her husband may need to get a job. Money runs out……you can’t make it in your basement…

  • WhoGoneCheckMeBoo

    lmfao!!!!!!

  • No time

    She is going to b ok now that this news is out her new ventures will do ok she just has to get back on Tv. Cause everybody loves her and her fam.

  • tommykimon

    I remember on Top Model, Tyra was telling one of the models how expensive photo shop and air brushing is because the model had picked up a lot of weight. So I believe it is expensive for extensive airbrushing especially airbrushing a plus size woman down to a size 2.

  • Amanda

    Kimora never said she WASNT fired, she just said she was no longer with the company but that she has FULL rights to her other two companies. And a size 10? Idk about that one but whatever. And if she didn’t completely own baby phat why would she work for free? Dummy lol

  • Soul Touch

    She has a number of other ventures so maybe it’s time for her to move on.

    Nothing wrong with a size 10, nothing wrong with her shape now…I don’t know who she thinks she’s fooling with all that photoshop.

  • JASON WELLS

    THAT’S KARMA FOR THE WAY SHE DOGGED RUSSELL. THE ONE WHO PULLED HER OFF THE RUNWAY. SHE WOULD BE AN OLD WASHED MODEL IF IT WASN’T FOR HIM! AND BABY PHAT WOULD NOT EXIST!

  • Mika Monique Monroe

    That is SOOOO NOT Kimora’s body!!! …but damn!, they wildin’..smh

  • A Mess

    Babyphat still exists? Nonpl

  • jenna love

    She plays in money Im tired of celbrities talking about how much money they spend on their lifestyles. when they could help poor people.

  • ReALiSt AKA ReALeSt (NoT A ShEePLe CoS I’m A CaPRiCoN!!!)

    I’ll dump her too with those skinny legs she has…

  • Mrs. Rance

    That’s what they get for selling their company. Employees get laid off all day everyday. Go apply for unemployment.

  • Curious1

    Nepotism and Narcissism at their best…

    Her kids DON’t NEED the money and it would have been more professional to let non-rich kid models get their money and experience…Be displayed in a opportunity for othjer designers to maybe help advance their modeling/acting…

    Her Kids prolly use it to buy their Barbies real diamonds whereas a real hardworking kid model maybe having to support a household…not some superficial bullshyttew

    AND GIMME A BREAK…Kimora has ALWAYS PUT THE BULLSHYTTE OVERKILL IN “SHOPPING” prior to UglyPhat…she is one of the most narcisstic people on the face of this Earth…if they didn’t know that..that’s their AZZ…I could have told them that…and I’m a celeb nobody…

    Babyphat is UGLY now and then….

  • BIG_SMALLS

    she actually approved her head on some other chicks body? what a disgrace why not just hire the model..I dont feel bad about her

  • Guest

    Because “Simmons” is part of her brand and is also the last name of two of her children.

  • Sanriobaby =^.^=

    Kimora is who she is, and that’s why Baby Phat became so sucessful. Her children were the inspiration and faces of thier children’s line too, so of course they need to be paid for any modeling work they did. Kimora’s been in the fashion world since the age of 14, and her dramatic behavior is very typical of those in the

    industry. If she was fired without cause, then she has the right to sue, but honestly, this is the best thing to happen to her. Most grown women don’t wear Baby Phat anyway and her KLS line is very limited and a bit expensive too. Creating a brand new brand, without all the constraints of the legacy of Baby Phat, will allow her and her team to create sophistcated and affordable clothing that grown women can be proud and excited to wear.

  • GEGE

    DAMN!

    I can’t believe they put her size and body on blast like that

    I knew she wasn’t a size zero but I had no clue she was a size 10 either….she had body doubles?

    And she got fired? That is crazy!

    I’m shock!

  • Nella

    ….then why won’t she get rid of the Simmons name?

  • she isNt BLACk

    she IS bi-racial

  • carmenknows

    I agree…. I never liked baby phat, it always looked cheap and ghetto but it’s obvious to me that she put her real fashion sense and heart into her KLS collection. The difference is a complete 180

  • KARMA

    BOYFRIEND BOUGHT YOU A COMPANY. AND NOW THEY TOOK IT AWAY. KARMA. GET YOUR OWN SHEET.

  • mo

    First of all, Baby Phat is not a great line! From what I can see, the clothes are cheap and cheaply made. The handbags are horrendous! No style at all. I hope the flagship store in NY has better styles and quality, because what I’ve seen, I would never purchase.

  • repo583

    Amistad better get to work.

  • lisa

    especially as tall as she is. I’m a size 10 and I’m 5″8. I know she is over 6

  • VIVA GLAM

    something is not right about this story

  • MadameMaraj

    Her and Russell selling out is just SAD…anyway she and Beyonce are both wrong for bringing that filth (their tacky azz clothing lines) into our community!! They stay fly in their high-end haute-couture fashion and try to sell glittery garbage to our babies!! This is the CIA all over again!

  • BelizeanCutie

    Lmmfao @ “Amistad better get to work” …

  • Sit yo five dolla a*s down before I make some change ( Yea….ok…)

    LOL…That was funny! You know Aoki will clown on them in a minute!

  • thebenjamins

    Kimora’s kids were more than just models they were part of the brand for Baby Phat. The company has not made money in years, if ever. I would imagine it about to become defunct as so many unprofitable fashion lines have.

  • Samael

    I saw the title and I guessed right- overhead. She cost too much to keep. The economy’s bad and they had what they needed- Russel Simmons’ startup money. If she is as talented as she claims to be then she can start her own clothing line. She can’t get fired from that, right?

  • Samael

    By the way, it is ironic- I wonder how many times Russell Simmons has cut others out of deals and projects to pocket the money for himself. He didn’t get where he is by being.a nice guy.

  • Get Real

    95% of black celebs don’t own their own clothing line. They are just paid to be the face. Sean John make the most with 500 million/yr. Why do you think Diddy is always a long 2nd behind Jay in Forbes making 30something million. Diddy don’t own Sean Jean. If it were not for these clothing lines, most of these niccas would be broke. Bad Boy or Nelly hasn’t sold CD’s in a long while.

  • shawna

    WOW I DIDNT KNOW SHE HAD BLACK IN HER BUT SHE’S VERY PRETTY THOUGH. WHY IS IT THAT AMERICA IS STUCK UP ON APPEARANCE YEAH SHE GAINED COUPLE OF POUNDS AFTER THE BABY BUT THATS GRUEL TO PUT HER HEAD ON ANOTHER MODELS BODY. WOW I GUEST SINCE KIM KARDASHIAN BEEN ON THE SCENE EVERYBODY THINKS UR SUPPOSE TO LOOK LIKE HER AND HE A– IS FAKE!

  • birthday girl

    Kimora will be fine. She is VERY business savy! She already started at least one new clothing line last year. Kouture by Kimora Lee Simmons. People in the fashion industry know whats up, they always have another hustle game in the works.

  • Shananigans

    people still wear baby phat?besides kids?

  • kalifa

    kimora is NOT SKINNY….that b*tch has a double chin, fat face, fat waist….even jhud is slimmer than her now.

  • phila

    i dont know if its true…but thats what happen when u turn on the person that put u on…she didnt build nothing before she came along it was phat fram so anybody with some sence could of did that…dont get me wrong she work but that was russell giving her the blueprint…and she did a good job she thought she was bigger than russell…

  • tmf

    Self-absorbed. Next.

  • thatbrutha

    A SIZE 10 is fat for film sorry people.

  • black barbie!!!

    Guess wat baby i have rings around my neck too and im a size 3….ive always been small…so just HUSH…BANK IT!!!!

  • Chee-Chee

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

    can’t say i feel sorry for her pretentious, goiter-neck azz!

    she was fake from the very beginning, and if she has sooooo much Fabulosity, then the b!tch better get started.

    i bet Djimon is shakin’ his head in regret.

  • Not to bash kids but…

    …Aoki is a spoiled brat and just because she got more money than the average don’t make her special.

    Sorry, but she would have been slapped for some of the things that come out of her mouth. That mess ain’t cute.

    Hate it if you want to, just sayin’…

  • Denise

    I wouldn’t be suprised if this report is true. Between the reality show, the blantant show-off of her wealth and kids on Baby Phat ads and fashion shows, I’m sure the company grew tired of her ego and so did everyone else judging by the lack of sales BP is pulling these days.

  • Xster

    She is annoying…that’s why. What took so long!

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  • MsFiLi

    Umm I hate to tell this Kellwood person but Kimmora made the company and without her it wont make as much. I only wear BP, I dont have anything else in my closet. And everyone who knows me buys me on BP cause they know I will return it if its not.
    BAD MOVE KELLWOOD!!!!!!

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  • mercedes

    that is a lie she decided 2 move on from babyphat to focus on her other line Kature by Kimora ppl need 2 stop spreding lies

  • Ann Taylor

    I do. The clothes fit very well. I Love Kimora, and if she’s gone, I will not support Baby Phat anymore. I just went shopping and did notice a drasctic change in it’s creative style.

    Hmmm… so that’s what the change was, Kimora is no longer involed…..

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