Kylie Jenner seems to be following in her big sister Kim Kardashian's footsteps, but some believe that the two have some sort of "rivalry" over who's more popular and successful. Considering Jenner has made it very clear in the past that she looks up to Kardashian as a role model, it's hard to believe that the two are in any sort of competition.
Rumors started going around last month that Kardashian, 35, was afraid that Jenner, 18, was taking over her spotlight and "stealing her crown," but Kardashian just shut these rumors down completely.
"Kylie and I laugh so hard at this all the time, because people will always want to pit us against each other, thinking we have similar careers," the wife of Kanye West wrote on her website today in a post titled "My 'Rivalry With Kylie.'" "I think it's amazing - there's no one else I would want to be in the same business with than my sister. She teaches me so much, and I teach her so much, and we're both so close that it's just funny."
"Sometimes I hear a rumor and I'm like, 'Wait, is that true?! What's really going on? I need to call my sister.' But with this one, that has never been the case," she continued. "We are just so supportive of each other and that's really what it is."
The "rivalry" Kardashian is referring to, and directly linking to, has to do with a source revealing information on their apparent feud. "The latest lawsuit involving Kim's failed beauty line has her upset and concerned," an insider said in March. "So much so that she recently visited Kylie's lip kit factory to see how she is doing things and to get some tips from the younger sister. Kim is considering another line of products and, after getting sued for a failed beauty product, she went to Kylie to learn how to do it right."
"Things have flipped for Kim and Kylie," the source added. "The tables have turned and the student is now the teacher. Kylie loves all the attention she is getting on social media and feels like her sisters had their era in the spotlight and now it's her time. Kim recognizes how successful Kylie is becoming and she is taking clues from Kylie. It is not just in beauty, but in social media too. Kylie was the first to jump on Snapchat and now Kim [is] following her lead."
Jenner also addressed this so-called "rivalry" a few months ago on her own website with a video called "Sister Love."
"People always put me and Kim in a competition, or [they say] I'm trying to be Kim, or I'm stealing Kim's throne," Jenner said at the time. "I think people forget that me and Kim are sisters. We're not in a competition. We're completely different people... Kim inspires me. She's one of my biggest inspirations. That's not a secret! I look up to my sister. I don't think that's, like, a weird thing? We have a lot of love for each other."
In June, Kardashian even admitted that she "loves" being compared to her baby sister. "She is the best, you know?" she said. "She's my little twin soul. She's such a free spirit, and I love that. She's the sweetest."
A photo posted by King Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Jan 27, 2016 at 7:38pm PST
