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Kim Kardashian: Sexy Selfie Was ‘My Big Middle Finger to the World’

Kim Kardashian’s instantly notorious swimsuit selfie, posted to Instagram this month, was a rebuke to everyone who made fun of her weight during her pregnancy, she revealed Wednesday on The Tonight Show.

“I was trying on a bathing suit, and I actually just sent that to my boyfriend, my fiancé, and I was like, ‘Babe, can I post this up? This is my big, like, middle finger to the world on everyone that called me fat,’ ” Kardashian, 33, told Jay Leno.

The criticism of her weight was excruciating, she adds, and drove her to seek happiness out of the spotlight for a while.

“It really hurt my soul,” she said. “I was gaining weight because I was pregnant, and it was just really hard to read all these stories and hear all these nasty things … Why would I subject myself to so much negativity, especially now that I have a daughter? … I’ve definitely tried to live more of a private life because of that.”

Getting her body back after the birth of baby North was the “hardest challenge of my life,” she said, but she has managed to lose 50 lbs. thanks to exercise and the Atkins diet.

On the topic of their wedding, Kardashian said she and Kanye West are “hoping for next summer” and will probably pick “somewhere destinational” – perhaps Paris or Italy. “Maybe I’ll pick the place and then he can plan it,” she said.

One thing that’s not up for debate: Stepdad Bruce Jenner, who is separated from Kardashian’s mom Kris Jenner, will walk her down the aisle. “Of course,” Kardashian said.

And it sounds like she will take West’s name.

“I’m probably going to have Kardashian as my middle name and then West,” she said. “My daughter has the last name West, and we’re a family, so I want to definitely be West.”

People Magazine

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