Kendall Jenner‘s 818 Tequila model is having extra hassle after being accused of “cultural appropriation,” as a Texas company claims the drink is uncomfortably close to its personal product.
Tequila 512 CEO Nick Matzorkis posted to Instagram this week, highlighting the similarities between his model and the mannequin’s new providing, alongside what he stated was an image from a buyer highlighting an 818 Tequila bottle and asking, “Is that you simply or did somebody copy you?”
“Word the similarities together with the colour, the identify and it’s made in the identical distillery in Tequila Mexico as ours,” he wrote within the publish, which seems to have since been eliminated however was captured by The US Solar.
He notes Jenner prices twice as a lot for alcohol which is distilled solely twice, whereas his drink is distilled thrice.
“And right here we’re getting messages like this one on this publish picture. Doesn’t appear very cool,” he wrote.
He later informed native TV station KXAN he wasn’t accusing Jenner of wrongdoing.
“To be clear the publish doesn’t accuse them of ‘stealing our thought,’ however does level out apparent plain similarities that of their entirety makes a worthy level on the face of it,” Matzorkis informed the station.
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