Overview

• Ariana, now 23, disclosed in an Oct. 7 Instagram/TikTok video that her freckles were removed when she was 14 after being sent for a “facial.”
• She says the esthetician told her the procedure was done because her mother said Ariana disliked her freckles and wanted them gone.
• Ariana says she reminded Kim about the incident during a recent phone call and that Kim laughed, later commenting with multiple laughing emojis on the post.
• She explains she now applies faux freckles in her makeup routine and notes only a few natural freckles remain.
• Coverage notes no legal complaint or independent corroboration beyond Ariana’s account, and follows earlier disputes in which she said her parents spent her earnings while Kim has said she borrowed the money to pay bills.