Kim Kardashian is seemingly trying to play 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 addition to including photos from a recent All’s Fair promotional event in her post, she also included social media posts 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 five 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.”
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.”
All’s Fair stars Glenn Close and Niecy Nash-Betts also responded to harsh critics with their own posts. They both shared an illustration of the show’s leading ladies around a boiling pot, which featured 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.
