It’s not uncommon for people to get compared to their parents when it comes to their looks, but the similarities drawn between Ireland Baldwin and her mom, Kim Basinger, leaned more on the negative side than the positive.
Basinger, a beautiful actor, has been praised for her appearance. Even Baldwin is left in awe by her mom’s beauty, sharing a rare picture of her online in 2017. Per People, she wrote in the caption, “Rare moment alert Momma Kim in the flesh. I have no idea how people are born this beautiful.” But Basinger’s looks, although stunning, have also caused Baldwin to face harsh criticism.
Ever since she was a little girl, the former model has been trolled online for not matching her mother’s beauty. Baldwin shared how difficult this has been on her in a deleted post on Instagram as seen by Today, writing, “I have been called some version of fat, ugly, worthless and irrelevant by grown adults on the internet since I was a kid. It’s nothing new,” she continued, “I have spent way too many years starving myself, binging, purging, measuring, stepping on scales, spitting food into my purse, and all around ruining my body because some troll told me I’ll never be as thin and beautiful as my mother.” Although it can be difficult, the comparisons didn’t fracture Baldwin’s relationship with her mom, as she shared that her mom has instilled confidence in her by constantly complimenting her.
