Kathie Lee Gifford, who endured a child sweatshop scandal over her clothing line at Wal-Mart in the 90s, called her very good friend, Kris Jenner, after allegations surfaced that several of the Kardashians’ products are produced in Chinese factories in horrific conditions, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

As RadarOnline.com and Star magazine previously reported, the Kardashian family is accused of endorsing and selling fashion products manufactured in foreign sweatshops, where workers, some as young as sixteen years old, are abused and virtually imprisoned.

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A prestigious human-rights watchdog organization has launched an investigation into America’s top TV family, with officials imploring the Kardashians not to profit from what amounts to “slave labor.”

The Kardashian family’s multi-million dollar empire is under investigation by human rights organizations for producing their high end goods in Chinese factories with sweatshop conditions, but a United States Congressman has slammed them for another reason, claiming: “They don’t give a damn about the American people.”

The allegations about Kardashian products in this post have nothing to do with their products sold at Sears.

“It is very sad that anybody who is already making millions of dollars thinks they have to go to China to have work done in substandard labor conditions where people are paid a pittance and have no right to organize a union,” California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher exclusively told RadarOnline.com.

“By going to China in order to make a $65 million profit instead of a $10 million profit you are effectively thumbing your nose at the American people,” Rohrabacher said. “They don’t give a damn about the American people.”

The backlash against the Kardashians is growing, with insiders close to the family slamming them for their increasingly greedy behavior.

"Kim Kardashian and her family have completely lost touch with reality," a family insider exclusively tells RadarOnline.com.

"The Chinese sweatshop scandal is just the latest example of the family doing anything for a profit.  How else could the clothes be so affordable and their profit margin so attractive?  And I'm sure they don't have a clue about how they are made, all they ask is 'How much profit will I make?'"

The boss of China's foremost human rights group that investigates sweatshops in China has lashed out at the Kardashians, after reading the reality television family's denial that the factories they used are "strictly policed" and there are no human rights violations.

The allegations about Kardashian products in this post have nothing to do with their products sold at Sears.

"If the Kardashians say they don't know how bad the situation is, they're lying," Li Qiang, the executive director of China Labor Watch, tells RadarOnline.com.

"If they [Kardashians] don't stop endorsing these products or do anything to improve the conditions in the factories, they are sending a message to the public saying, 'We will do anything to make money.'

In a world exclusive exposé Star magazine revealed that several of the brands sold and endorsed by the Kardashian family are manufactured in China under sweatshop conditions, sometimes by employees as young as 16 years old.

The allegations about Kardashian products in this post have nothing to do with their products sold at Sears.

One of the brands, ShoeDazzle, has denied all allegations, insisting they have a full time employee living in the Chinese region of Guangdong that checks on working conditions daily, and that, "Factories are routinely inspected and always pass inspection."

Furthermore, ShoeDazzle COO Deborah Benton, who has visited the region herself, says,  "This issue of child labor is of paramount importance to us. We've been very focused on this from the very beginning." Benton insists she's never received a report of "slave labor" conditions.

Kim Kardashian and her family are taking the claims that some of their high end fashion products are made in Chinese sweatshops "very seriously," RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

The allegations about Kardashian products in this post have nothing to do with their products sold at Sears.

As Star magazine revealed in a bombshell worldwide exclusive investigation, a Human Rights watch organization has launched an investigation into the working conditions of the factories where the products are made.

Kim, Kourtney and Khloe reacted swiftly to the news about the situation. 

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