Kendall Jenner hits back at claims she photoshopped herself with fake Black Lives Matter sign

Kendall Jenner has hit out at claims that she photoshopped and shared an image of herself posing with a fake Black Lives Matter sign.

The 24-year-old Keeping up with the Kardashians star was the centre of a social media storm last week when a photo of her was taken and altered.

The image showed Kendall posing near a supercar while wearing a face mask and holding a sign reading “Black Lives Matter” over her head.

However, her shadow in the image showed she was not holding up a sign at all – with social media users implying she had faked the image herself to capitalise on protests around the world supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and demonstrating against the death of George Floyd.

Now she has hit back to deny she posted the image and has said it is fake.

She tweeted “This is photoshopped by someone. i DID NOT (sic) post this.”

Part of the backlash undoubtedly came from her now infamous Pepsi commercial that touched on protest movements.

In 2017 the model starred in a commercial for the soft drink company that was widely slammed at the time as being tone deaf and irresponsible.

The ad showed Jenner walking out of a photo shoot to join a protest before calming the situation down by handing a policeman a can of Pepsi.

As the officer takes a sip the whole crowd breaks out into cheers as peace is restored.

However, the intended response to the ad fell flat and viewers were instead furious with the brand and model for trivialising the Black Lives Matter Movement and for positioning a privileged white model as a peacemaker between activists and police.

The backlash was so severe that Pepsi pulled the ad after just one day and issued a apology admitting they'd “missed the mark” with their message.