Kim Kardashian is seemingly playing off the scathing reviews that her new Hulu show, All’s Fair, has been slammed with.
In an Instagram post, which she initially deleted after posting it Thursday evening, but then reposted shortly after, the reality star and business mogul wrote, “Have you tuned in to the most critically acclaimed show of the year!?!?!? All’s Fair streaming now on @hulu and @disneyplus.”
In the new post, it appeared Kardashian added more memes to her photo carousel, including comments from fans who highlighted the show debuting at No. 1 on Hulu, despite the less-than-favorable reviews.
One person wrote in response to a post saying the series opened to a zero percent on Rotten Tomatoes (as of Thursday, it had a 5 percent critics score and 65 percent audience score), “Immediately pressed play.” Another fan wrote, “Critics realizing their reviews of all’s fair ended up making people watch and love the show.”
In another meme, a fan added, “Some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen in my life alongside the most predictable storylines and the most ridiculous styling. I’m obsessed I need 14 seasons.”
Once the show was released, critics did not hold back on their thoughts. The Hollywood Reporter‘s TV critic Angie Han called the series “brain dead” in her review, adding, “Kardashian’s performance, stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, is exactly what the writing, also stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, merits. Her very presence, which succeeds at generating buzz and not much else, feels fitting for a show that seems to want not to be watched so much as mined for viral bits and pieces.”
In Kardashian’s new post, she also appeared to delete an illustration she included in her initial post, which her All’s Fair co-stars Glenn Close and Niecy Nash-Betts have also shared in response to harsh critics. The hand-drawn illustration features the show’s leading ladies around a boiling pot, which includes the words, “Critic-bunny stew.”
Nash-Betts added in her Instagram caption, “Thank you to all the fans of @allsfaironhulu for making us number 1. The GOAT!”
The new legal drama, created by Ryan Murphy, Joe Baken and Jon Robin Baitz, follows an all-female law firm in Los Angeles that specializes in high-profile divorces. The cast also includes Teyana Taylor, Naomi Watts and Sarah Paulson.
Speaking to THR after the three-episode premiere released, director and executive producer Anthony Hemingway said the creative team stands by the series, and encouraged viewers to approach the show with a less “critical or literal frame of mind” amid the poor reviews. “It strikes a different tone, and it will evolve over time,” he said. “Something that was important to Ryan [Murphy] was fulfilling fantasies. [He was] wanting people to see what they may not be able to obtain, but can escape into and live out through an entertainment space. [He wanted to] give some wish fulfillment and light to this world.”
