Kim Kardashian believes ‘unflattering’ bikini photos were digitally altered

KIM Kardashian has accused the paparazzi of doctoring those bikini pictures taken during her Mexico holiday to make her look “way worse”.

KIM Kardashian has accused the paparazzi of doctoring bikini photos taken during a recent girls’ trip in Mexico to make her look “awful”.

The images, featuring Kardashian in just a G-string and cropped singlet, made headlines all over the world, with critics pointing out her cellulite.

Kardashian claims these photos were digitally altered. Photo: FameFlynet/BackGrid Australia

While the 36-year-old admitted she wasn’t in her “best shape” — having not worked out for 12 weeks after two surgeries — she told The View the pictures were photoshopped to make her look “way worse”.

“I saw these awful photos of myself when I was on a trip in Mexico and people were Photoshopping them and sharpening them,” the mother-of-two said on the US talk show.

“I definitely was not in my best shape. I hadn’t worked out in about 12 weeks, I’d had two surgeries on my uterus.”

She added: “But I was already not feeling like myself and when people were like sharpening them and making them look way worse and then those were going around, I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to get it together,’ and I started working out with this bodybuilder girl.”

But there is a positive outcome: Kardashian explained that these sorts of incidents have helped her develop “thick skin”.

“I have thick skin and this isn’t for everyone. I can see why people get hurt and are bothered by it. I do break down at times,” she admitted.

“I’m just like it’s not OK for people to say these awful things. For people to have all this keyboard courage to say the craziest things about you is OK and it’s not OK.”