--- title: "Photos Show Kim Kardashian Holding Hands With Tesla Robot" description: "Kim Kardashian has shared a strange series of pictures showing her hanging out with a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot sitting inside a Cybercab." date: "2024-11-21" modified: "2024-11-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/kim-kardashian-tesla-robot" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Future Society" - "Tesla" tags: - "cybercab" - "humanoid robot" - "kim kardashian" - "optimus" - "tesla" --- # Photos Show Kim Kardashian Holding Hands With Tesla Robot ![Kim Kardashian has shared a strange series of pictures showing her hanging out with a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot sitting inside a Cybercab.]() *\Image: Kim Kardashian\* International celebrity Kim Kardashian has [shared a strange series of pictures]() showing her hanging out — and engaging in just a touch of PDA — with a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot sitting inside a Cybercab. The provocative series of photos, clearly intended to market her shapewear line, didn't quite hit the mark with her audience on Instagram. "This is so weird," the top comment reads. A [short video]() shows her waving at the robot and forming the shape of a heart with her and the humanoid's hand pressed together. And a [separate clip]() shows the robot posing in a suggestive manner inside the golden two-seater prototype. A shot of Kardashian holding hands with the robot [caught the attention of netizens](), leading to discussions of women possibly [choosing to have more sex with robots]() than with men. Beyond the awkwardness of posing with a stiff humanoid robot, it didn't take long for netizens to charge that Kardashian was outing herself as a Trump supporter, given his cushy relationship with Tesla CEO Elon Musk — regardless of whether Kardashian intended to make a political statement or not. "Kim and her stupid robot is all I need to see to know she voted for Trump," one commenter [wrote]() on Musk's social media platform X-formerly-Twitter. "Women who support Kim K?" another user [wrote](). "Which is more important ya womanhood or skims? Make her feel it!... We know who she voted for now." https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1859110283148677294 Musk showed off both the EV maker's latest iteration of its Optimus humanoid robot and the Cybercab, a fully autonomous two-seater, at a [flashy event last month](). But whether either invention is anywhere near ready for a mainstream rollout remains dubious at best. Case in point, during the event, a number of Optimus robots could be seen interacting and conversing with eventgoers. But as it [quickly turned out](), they were being remotely controlled and voiced by human actors from afar. Meanwhile, Tesla still has a lot of work ahead of it before it can roll out a robotaxi service. The company has [yet to even apply for a regulatory permit to launch]() such a thing. Tesla's self-driving software is still in a less-than-ideal state, leading to [plenty of collisions and near-misses](). The Cybercab has neither a steering wheel nor pedals — a disaster waiting to happen. The EV maker also made a [number of baffling decisions]() when designing the Cybercab prototype, from an intentionally missing charging port to a cramped interior for just two people. In short, it's unclear what Kardashian's PR department was intending with its strangely tone-deaf marketing stunt. Was it meant to drum up excitement for Tesla tech — or score political points with the far right? Given her already extensive efforts to [market the carmaker's highly divisive Cybertruck]() long before the presidential election, it's likely more the former than the latter. Her fans, however, weren't buying. "Sorry Kim, you’re not gonna normalize this weird behavior for us we don’t want this!" an Instagram user commented. **More on Kim K:** *[Rumors Fly That Part of Kim Kardashian's Finger Got Cut Off by Her Cybertruck]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()