As a senior lifestyle reporter at HuffPost, Brittany Wong covers stories about wellness and health, gender, relationships, internet culture and more. She’s previously written for the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Angeleno magazine and GOOD. She lives in Los Angeles.
HuffPost turns reader contributions into real-world impact – uncovering injustice, challenging power, and inspiring change. Become a member and be part of the work that matters.The confession came after host Alex Cooper asked Kardashian how much she spends annually on glam: hair, makeup, skincare, whatever other new-fangled, age-defying procedure the Kardashians are sampling these days.
be a million dollars,” Kardashian guessed, before admitting that Hulu picks up most of the charges when she’s filming. Generally, she’s no expert on the cost of things. “I mean, I don’t have a concept of what, like, certain simple things cost,” she said. “I’d like to know a little bit more about what, like, a milk carton costs.” Elsewhere in the interview, Kardashian gave another example of how different her life is from the rest of us: While married to Kanye West, one day she came home and found out that he had given awayCooper didn’t mean her question to be a gotcha moment, but online, commenters were quick to call Kardashian out of touch. (Though this is hardly the first time the Kardashians have admitted that they’re way past doing regular people stuff; in a 2022 episode of “The Kardashians,”giving Lucille Bluth inKim Kardashian's comment about not knowing the price of milk felt like ragebait at worst and detached from reality at best.For most Americans, milk is a small but recurring expense; in the aggregate, those small recurring expenses start to add up when you’re budgeting around a middle-class income. For many, Kardashian’s comments felt like“When everyday people are calculating whether they can afford groceries before payday, and billionaires haven’t noticed the price of a staple in years, it’s clear we’re living in two very different economies,” said“That disconnect shows just how wide the wealth gap has become,” Rash told HuffPost. “When public figures speak from that bubble, it can feel frustrating or dismissive to people who are working hard to stretch every dollar — almost like they’re being told their financial struggles are invisible.”The majority of Americans are worried about affordability for good reasons, and the tariffs could end up putting even more pressure on prices, said“Housing prices are up, and depending on what you buy, you can end up spending a lot more at the grocery store than a few years ago,” he told HuffPost. “It would be nice not to have to worry about how much it costs to feed your family.”″ Still, he’s not too concerned about Kardashian not knowing the going rate for a gallon of milk: “I’d worry a lot more if the treasury secretary or the chair of the Federal Reserve have no clue.”The price-of-milk question is actually a popular “gotcha” for gauging political candidates’ familiarity with the lives of regular Americans; during elections, politicians will be asked to name the price of everyday items such as milk or bread. In 1992, George H.W. Bush was forced to admit he was clueless on the cost of a gallon of milk during a debate with Bill Clinton and Ross Perot.not thinking about milk costs. The cost of one of those Lamborghinis West gave away probably isn’t even weighing on her mind too much, said$2.5 million for someone with a net worth of $1.7 billion is equivalent to $300 for someone with a net worth of $200,000.”notice if milk goes from $3 to $4 a gallon, because that’s a noticeable percentage of our monthly grocery budget,” she said. “That’s how you see the wealth gap show up in real terms: What’s background noise for one person is a line item in someone else’s budget.” Moments like this matter because they remind us that wealth doesn’t just change how much you have — it changes how youHuffPost stands apart because we report for the people, not the powerful. Our journalism is fearless, inclusive, and unfiltered. Join the membership program and help strengthen news that puts people first.Thank you again for your support along the way. We’re truly grateful for readers like you! Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. Now as we continue, we need your help more than ever.Thank you again for your support along the way. We’re truly grateful for readers like you! Your initial support helped get us here and bolstered our newsroom, which kept us strong during uncertain times. Now as we continue, we need your help more than ever.“The ultra-wealthy live in a world where day-to-day prices stop influencing behavior, and that can make their advice or opinions feel irrelevant to regular people,” she said. “The takeaway isn’t to blame them for being wealthy — it’s to recognize that their reality isn’t ours, and that’s why conversations about inequality and affordability are so necessary.”9 Things You Should Do Now That Prices Are Officially RisingBy entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our
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