Kylie Jenner Is Being Dragged for Not Knowing What Australia's Flag Looks Like
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People are dragging Kylie Jenner on social media (again), and the category is … Emojis? Flags? Fact-checking?
On Wednesday, the 23-year-old social media star revealed that her skincare line would be launching websites in the UK, France, Germany, and Australia on Oct. 7. Jenner included each new URL accompanied by the country’s respective flag emoji. But, ah, if you take a look at Australia’s entry, there’s an issue. A big one.
Instead of posting Australia’s flag emoji, Jenner posted the flag emoji for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
hi guys, my team is working hard on my @kylieskin sites for the UK, Germany, France and Australia and we have a new launch date of October 7! 🤍 can’t wait!
🇬🇧 https://t.co/gMl24e2PLI
🇩🇪 https://t.co/1qtrgN6K0Y
🇫🇷 https://t.co/A7UYNAzFOb
🇬🇸 https://t.co/gsGp3nx84P— Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) September 30, 2020
To be fair, the flags are visually similar — if viewed via smartphone, at least. Both are blue and bear the Union Jack flag in the upper left corner, but Australia’s flag is dotted with six white 7-point “Commonwealth Stars” of varying sizes, the five on the right side making up the Southern Cross constellation. The right side of South Georgia’s flag features an intricate coat of arms made up of a shield, penguin, seal, and reindeer.
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Naturally, Jenner’s followers were quick to correct her, some even noting that phones make it pretty simple to find the correct flag icon.
I’M DEAD 😂 she couldn’t even check the flags before posting 😂😂 https://t.co/Lhvkxq5F1e
— illberunningaround (@rllysarah) October 1, 2020
Not the Australian flag but good try darl x https://t.co/5LyChCO0iS
— Keegs (@keegs) October 1, 2020
Great to see @KylieJenner flying the flag for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands...! 🇬🇸🐧🐳 @GovSGSSI https://t.co/nnMrwrEZQd
— Tom Chance (@Polar__Tom) October 2, 2020
🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🤦🏼♀️ Emojis make it pretty simple to get the right image. You only need to type what your searching for. 🙄🙄
— Melanie (@RochfordMelanie) October 2, 2020
Hi Kylie, my team wants to let you know that, that is not the Australian flag. My team also wants to let you know that if you type the word “Australia” in your phone the Australian flag will automatically come up. 🇦🇺 💁🏽♂️
— Mark (@Markish_Gambino) October 1, 2020
It’s unclear whether this mistake belongs to Jenner herself or a member of her staff. Still, nearly two days have passed and the tweet remains, no correction.
