Helen Mirren credits Kim Kardashian for helping to redefine beauty.
"When I was growing up, it was thought to be unbelievably sluttish to even have a bra strap showing," Mirren shared. "Everything was about women conforming. I love shameless women. Shameless and proud!"
"I'm not into the Kardashians, it's a phenomenon I just don't find interesting, but -- and this is the big word: B-U-T-T -- it's wonderful that you're allowed to have a butt nowadays! Thanks to Madame Kardashian, and before her, J-Lo," she lauded. "We're also allowed to have thighs now, which is great too. It's very positive."
Kardashian and her sisters have helped to popularize a curvy physique in a society that values thin women.
The reality star has also received praise for embracing her sexuality, as demonstrated with the controversial nude selfie she posted in March."I truly was baffled when people still cared," Kardashian said of reaction to the photo on Monday's episode of Recode Decode. "They have seen me naked 500 times. The censor bar was probably more covered than a bikini. I could not grasp how people were so outraged."
"My personality has never been, 'I'm such a feminist and follow me and be naked!'" she explained. "If you are conservative and that's how you are comfortable, more power to you. I respect you. You don't have to look at what I do."
