Karoline Leavitt’s ‘unflattering’ photo removed after White House allegedly raises issue

An unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt would have disappeared from professional photo libraries after the agencies understood loud and clear that the White House was not a fan.

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The photo in question was taken at a press briefing before the president’s annual turkey amnesty last year, and according to Statuswas tilted upward toward the White House press secretary, holding her son on her hip — giving an unfavorable view of her neck.

The outlet reports that the AFP agency was “informed” that the White House was unhappy with the snapshot… and quickly removed the image from its library.

Director of brand and communications at AFP Grégoire Lemarchand confirmed to Status that the photo is no longer available…but claimed the White House didn’t force them to remove it from their library.

He reportedly explained: “…Our editor-in-chief determined that this specific image did not meet our editorial standards. The angle was poor and, more importantly, we already had a selection of higher quality images from the same event available on the feed. »

As history shows, the current administration has expressed displeasure over images. Remember, President Trump criticized the photo of him Time used for his cover story last fall… calling it a “super bad image.”

Additionally, earlier this month, the Department of Defense reportedly banned press photographers from participating in some briefings after March 2 shots of the Secretary of Defense. Pete Hegseth have been published according to which he I didn’t like.

TMZ has reached out to the White House for comment regarding the Leavitt photo in question…so far, no response.