Kylie Jenner has been branded a 'climate criminal' after revealing she took a last‑minute private jet flight to New York City for a 24‑hour date with boyfriend Timothée Chalamet, prompting a fresh wave of criticism over her carbon footprint.
The backlash erupted after the 28‑year‑old beauty mogul uploaded a TikTok video on Saturday, 9 May, telling fans she was flying to New York for a whirlwind visit.
In the short clip, Jenner sat in a leather seat on her private plane, casually doing her make‑up and chatting to the camera about the impromptu trip to see theDunestar, 30. The post might have been intended as a glossy slice of her life. Instead, it reopened an argument that has followed her for years.
'Get ready with me for date night in New York. This trip was very last minute, I'm literally going for like 24 hours,' Jenner said in the video, sounding pleased with the spontaneity.
'We're in New York for a day. I can't believe I did this. I'm so excited!' The clip, which she captioned simply 'drafts :),' did not say when exactly the flight took place, or whether it coincided with her recent stay in the city for theMet Gala.
That ambiguity did nothing to soften the reaction. Commenters quickly turned the focus from romance to emissions.
In the hours after the TikTok went live, the comments section filled up with incredulity. Some fans admitted they enjoyed the peek into her relationship with Timothée Chalamet. Many more questioned what it signalled at a time of mounting alarm over the climate crisis.
'I thought we cared about the climate, but yet everyone is cheering in the comments... So out of touch,' one user wrote, accusing Jenner of making 'choices only caring about themselves not the environment or other people living in the same planet.'
Another asked bluntly, 'Does anyone else feel like this is too much? Taking a private plane to visit a city for less than 24 hours to go on a date?'
One viewer contrasted the cost and consequence of the flight with their own life, saying: 'This 24 hour trip to NYC cost as much as 5 years of income for me. I can't even imagine being rich enough to take a flight just for date night. The carbon footprint is mad.'
Source: International Business Times UK
