Kylie Jenner is facing backlash after seemingly ignoring social distancing rules by inviting her friend Stassie over to her mansion

• Kylie Jenner appeared to break social distancing orders by having her friend Stassie Karanikolaou over to her mansion on Monday.
• The 22-year-old makeup mogul previously asked her 172 million Instagram followers to stay home, social distance, and take the novel coronavirus seriously.
• After seeing her spending time with Karanikolaou, who hasn't appeared in Jenner's previous Instagram content while self-isolating, people called Jenner out for thinking she's "above the rules."
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Kylie Jenner is receiving criticism for seemingly breaking social distancing orders by having her friend Stassie Karanikolaou over to her house on Monday.

The 22-year-old Kylie Cosmetics founder, who recently bought a $36.5 million mansion, posted a series of videos of her and Karanikolaou laying out by the pool and doing TikTok dances — less than six feet apart — on her Instagram story.

Jenner and Karanikolaou, both California residents, seemingly ignored the Director of the California Department of Public Health's stay-at-home order, which asks Californians to remain in their place of residence "except as needed to maintain continuity of operation of the federal critical infrastructure sectors." The order was announced on March 19 and remains in place.

The reality star previously told fans that she's staying home during the pandemic and said that her pregnancy with her daughter Stormi Webster, which she kept a secret, prepared her for quarantine as she "didn't leave the house for months."

And after US Surgeon General Jerome Adams pleaded with Jenner to use her platform to communicate the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic to her followers, she begged her fans to "stay inside" and "practice social-distancing, self-quarantine" on her Instagram story.

After people saw Jenner hanging out with Karanikolaou, who hasn't appeared to self-isolate with Jenner before Monday, they criticized the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star for not following her own advice.

In a time when many celebrities become increasingly unrelatable, people also asserted that Jenner thinks she's above the rules.

Her decision to have her friend over isn't the first time she's appeared to ignore social distancing efforts. On April 21, multiple outlets reported that Jenner visited Karanikolaou's house in California.

A representative for Jenner didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.