Kim Kardashian was left in shock upon discovering that one of her SKIMS bodysuits had saved a fan’s life in a new TikTok video she reposted to her Instagram stories on Friday.
The TV personality, 42, who recently donned skintight sportswear to take daughter North, 10, to basketball practice, shared the clip that was initially posted by the user @honeygxd earlier in May.
At the beginning of the video, which has currently garnered 1.4 million views, the shooting victim named Angelina Wiley stated, ‘Kim Kardashian saved my life.’
She explained, ‘This New Year’s I got shot four times. The night I got shot, under my dress, I was wearing a SKIMS shaping bodysuit. It was so tight on me that it literally kept me from bleeding out.’
The fan then threw her hands up into the air and expressed, ‘I recommend it. I’m definitely gonna buy some more. I mean, I should wear it every day. It’s like body armor for women.’
‘Saved my life’: Kim Kardashian, 42, was left in shock upon discovering that one of her SKIMS bodysuits had saved a fan’s life in a new TikTok video she reposted to her Instagram stories on Friday
Wearing SKIMS: At the beginning of the video, which has currently garnered 1.4 million views, the shooting victim named Angelina Wiley stated, ‘Kim Kardashian saved my life’; seen in May
Towards the end of the reel, Angelina looked off into the distance and added, ‘Call it fate or Jesus, but, Imma call it Kim. Imma call it Kim for sure,’ she expressed to conclude the nearly 30-second video.
The SKIMS founder herself simply added the word, ‘wowww,’ in text towards the bottom of the reposted TikTok, followed by a praying hands emoji.
Social media users jumped to the comment section on Angelina’s post, with one penning, ‘Your sense of humor about it is so amazing, I’m glad you’re safe! @Kim Kardashian help a girl out!’
Another wrote, ‘Okay but you should instantly be a skims sponsor @Skims,’ with Wiley responding with, ‘I’m praying.’
In the early hours of January 1, 2023, Angelina was out with friends in Kansas City, Missouri celebrating the New Year when the tragic shooting took place, per KCTV. Along with Wiley, another man had been shot during the incident and sustained ‘life-threatening injuries.’
In a TikTok series shared in March, she recalled the events that had taken place and explained that her group was waiting for a Lyft around 1:30 in the morning, and decided to grab a bite from a nearby food truck.
Both Angelina ‘Nina’ and another friend of hers crossed the street to the food truck to check on their order. She remembered that ‘people were fighting in the road’ and soon saw ‘a guy in a ski mask’ come up and begin shooting.
She admitted that she ‘got shot immediately’ but ‘didn’t know’ right away as both she and her friend tried to quickly get to safety. Once they had gotten to the food truck, she collapsed to the ground and came to the realization she had been shot.
Recalling events: She explained, ‘This New Year’s I got shot four times. The night I got shot, under my dress, I was wearing a SKIMS shaping bodysuit’
Recommending: The fan then threw her hands up into the air and expressed, ‘I recommend it. I’m definitely gonna buy some more. I mean, I should wear it every day. It’s like body armor for women’
Once at the hospital, Angelina had been told that she had been shot a total of four times, and seven months later, still has a bullet in her stomach.
In a recent GoFundMe post shared earlier last week, she gave an update on her condition and typed, ‘I’ve gone through ups and downs as I hopped, scooted, and rolled around everywhere when I couldn’t walk.’
‘I continue to have a lot of struggles with my hip ever since the fracture as well as many other pains. The bullet still in me causes random pains and honestly I struggle with severe ptsd ever since the shooting,’ and added, ‘It has made returning to work full time difficult.’
According to a separate TikTok also shared by Angelina, she revealed that the night of the shooting, she was wearing the Seamless Sculpt Thong bodysuit, which can purchased for $68.
The piece is made from 78% nylon and 22% spandex, and gives ‘extra compression at the core and waist.’
SKIMS offers a variety of bodysuits on its website, with collections such as the Seamless Sculpt, the Essential Line, the Summer Mesh Lace, and also Fits Everybody.
According to an article published by the New York Post earlier this week, the brand is reportedly worth an estimated $4 billion. The Kardashians star officially launched SKIMS four years earlier in September 2019.
Successful brand: According to an article published by the New York Post earlier this week, the brand is reportedly worth an estimated $4 billion
Opening up: During an interview with Time last month in June, Kim opened up about the success of the company over the span of just four years; seen in February at SKIMS pop-up in LA
During an interview with Time last month in June, Kim opened up about the success of the company over the span of just four years.
‘Obviously you dream big and you have big hopes but this definitely exceeded everything that I ever imagined especially starting as primarily a shapewear brand,’ the reality star explained.
‘I’m also the kind of person where I never get too excited, but there are those moments,’ she added and recalled a moment of being recognized for SKIMS by individuals in the entertainment industry. ‘I never dreamed that this would be my life.’
As the brand continues to grow, Kim recently held a pop-up shop for SKIMS in New York City at Rockefeller Center in May, and the shapewear and lounge pieces have also become available in U.K. stores such as Harrods.
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