Kris Jenner fired back at President Barack Obama after he criticized her daughter Kim Kardashian and Kanye West for their opulent lifestyles.
The 57-year-old matriarch of the Kardashian clan during her Kris show on Friday said she disagreed with Obama that Kim and Kanye have been influencing the younger generation to be obsessed with wealth and money.
Obama, 52, in a recent Kindle Singles interview bemoaned the 'change in culture' that has warped the American Dream and referenced the E! network's popular Keeping Up With The Kardashians show.
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Responding to criticism: Kris Jenner used her talk show Kris on Friday as a platform to defend her daughter Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Kanye West from criticism lodged by President Barack Obama
'There was not that window into the lifestyles of the rich and famous,' Obama said of his time growing up.
'Kids weren't monitoring every day what Kim Kardashian was wearing, or where Kanye West was going on vacation, and thinking that somehow that was the mark of success,' said the president, who has twice referred to Kanye in the past as a jackass.
Kris countered that she thought it was admirable that people, including a high school graduate such as herself, aspired to obtain great jobs.
Hard workers: Kris said Kim and Kanye work hard for all they've got
'But, I wasn't aware that you could only set the bar so high and that we could only dream so big,' Kris told the sympathetic studio audience.
Kris chided the Columbia University and Harvard Law School graduate for pointing out that Kim and Kanye live in a 10,000-square-foot house.
'I bet the President has some friends with 10,000 square foot houses and he probably wouldn’t mind going over there when asking them to have a party for campaigning for dollars to run for president,' Kris said.
American dream: Obama, shown last week in Washington DC, was talking about the country's changing cultural landscape when he referenced Kim and Kanye
Once a supporter: Kim, shown in 2007, wore a T-shirt supporting Obama's run for the 55,000-square-foot White House
Kris also thought it was strange that Obama was singling out Kim and Kanye.
'I find it so odd that he's picking on Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Well, Kanye West, first of all, doesn't go on vacation. Ever,' Jenner said.
'And Kim Kardashian is the hardest-working young lady in the world. She never sleeps, she never stops, she never slows down and works so hard for what she's got,' she added.
Reading material: Kourtney, Kim and Khloe, shown in 2009 in New Jersey, kept up with Obama by reading the New York Post
Everybody likes Khloe: President Obama met Khloe in 2010, when her husband Lamar Odom visited the White House with the Los Angeles Lakers
Kris also drew a comparison between Kim and Kanye's 10,000-square-foot mansion, noting that Obama, 'if she's not mistaken,' lives in the 55,000-square-foot White House.
Kris also defended the Keeping Up With The Kardashians empire for employing hundreds of workers on the reality show.
It's not the first time that Obama has hard harsh words for Kanye.
Rubbing elbows: Kim and Kris in April 2012 attended the White House Correspondents Association Dinner
After the singer upstaged Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Obama famously called him a jackass in an interview.
In the May issue of The Atlantic, the president said he prefers rapper Jay-Z over Kanye.
He acknowledged liking Kanye and the singer's Chicago roots, but stood by his earlier characterization.
'He is a jackass,' Obama said. 'But he's talented.'
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