Kim Kardashian has faced her fair share of criticism for both her parenting choices and her business decisions, and the latest backlash is regarding earrings.
The beauty mogul is no stranger to controversial fashion choices, but now she's been criticised for what her daughter, North West wears.
Kim shared a photo of the pair yesterday to her Instagram followers, showing the six-year-old wearing a pair of big hoop earrings.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star added the caption "Pinky swear we’re besties for life!!!"
While her friends and family were quick to comment heartwarming sentences and emojis on the image, other social media users quickly pointed out that North is 'too young' for earrings of this size;
@kdollsnowwhite, wrote; "Cute but those giant hoops for a little girl? She’s not even eleven yet."
"Ok I never say anything bad regarding anyone’s kids, but, North has no business wearing hoops that big at what, six? They’re gonna pull on her little holes," wrote another Instagram follower.
"Why is she wearing hoop earrings??? She doesn't look like a little girl," said a third fan. @memo_abdullah05 commented; "Kim dress your kid according to her age. This is so not ok. Hoops seriously?"
The size of the earrings was the main point of contention, with many of Kim's defenders saying that the mum had most likely only put them on for the photo rather than for everyday wear;
"Kim isn’t wearing earrings, so I assume she took hers off to let North wear them for fun. She (North) probably asked. Her ear will be fine bc she probably didn’t have them on long."
What do you think, is it strange for a six-year-old to wear big hoop earrings or was it just for the photo?
Kim Kardashian has opened up about her previous 'obsession' with fame in the September issue of Vogue Australia, interviewed by none other than her husband; Kanye West.
Dressed by Thierry Mugler, Kim looks beyond breathtaking in the latest Vogue cover, but fans were surprised at her honesty in conversation with Kanye;
"I do agree that fame can be addictive and it took me a long time to recognise how lost you can become when you put too much focus on it. Before, I was obsessed with fame, like, embarrassingly obsessed, but my focus has shifted."
Vogue Arabia Editor-in-Chief Manuel Arnaut says that the shoot and interview both "reveal a side to Kim Kardashian that many have never seen before":
“Her interview with Kanye West is both real and raw, as she talks personally about her career and family life. It was inspiring to assemble this unique level of talent," he adds.
Her cover was shot in the Los Angeles desert by photographer Txema Yeste, and her one-on-one interview with her Grammy award-winning husband dispels many of the misconceptions she has faced.
The reality star was previously underestimated, but is currently studying law and successfully working US government on criminal justice issues;
“There is a misconception that I don’t actually have to study and that I’ve bought my way into getting a law degree – that’s absolutely not true… Being underestimated and over-delivering is my vibe.”
On lessons she wishes to share with her fans; “I try to be a good person and to take my mistakes and make them into a better experience — to learn and grow from them and move on.”
When speaking about her first real date with Kanye, she says; “I was like, ‘Damn, why did I waste so much time and energy? Why didn’t I do this sooner?"
She also gets candid about the idea of herself as an inspiration, and the pressure she's under to be a decent role model to young people as one of the most followed people on social media;
“I never felt the responsibility of being a role model until I had kids,” she said. "Even in my darkest of times I don’t regret putting myself out there for the world to see.
"People have shared with me over the years how much it has helped them to feel less alone when dealing with their own adversity. I love having a voice and I appreciate the platform that I have been given, even though I do wish I could have more privacy at times.”
West later asks Kim to choose her favourite sister, controversially: “It changes, just like friends or relationships go in and out. I think this year has been a really strong Kim and Khloé year,” she reveals.
“I’m obviously so close with Kendall and Kylie too but I’ve spent so much more time on this earth with Kourtney and Khloé – 16 and 17 years longer with them. We have more history, have been through so much together, and we have more friends in common. Kourtney and I will always be really close, but this year, Khloé and I really bonded.”
This might have been as a result of Khloé's drama with baby daddy and cheating ex Tristan Thompson, who kissed Kylie Jenner's long-time 21-year-old best friend Jordyn Woods.
We all remember the pain and turmoil surrounding the annual family photo taking.
Usually it's the Irish granny who forces all the grandchildren to stand in a group together and sit still long enough for someone to get the shot, but somebody always blinked or looked the wrong way.
Kim Kardashian has finally managed to get her four children to sit still for a family portrait photoshoot, three months after baby Psalm arrived. The result? It's pretty damn cute.
She captioned the gorgeous image; "Bahamas pictures coming up! I thought taking a picture with three kids was hard. OMG this is almost impossible! "
Celebrity mums are just like our own, it seems. The famous family are holidaying in the Bahamas, which means proof has to be captured via camera of the experience.
The 38-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star struggled to get her children to pose; six-year-old North, three-year-old Saint, 19-month-old Chicago and three-month-old Psalm.
Kim and her daughters, Chicago and North, are matching in metallic swimsuits in the photo, while Saint and Psalm are wearing dark green swimming trunks.
Khloe Kardashian commented on the image of her nieces; “Honestly you’re perfect!!!! Your beautiful family!! You are everything.” Matriarch and momager Kris wrote; “This is so beautiful!!”
Kim and Kanye’s youngest child, Psalm, was born via a surrogate earlier this year. We wonder will a fifth come along soon?
Kim Kardashian has had to deny that her eldest daughter North West has a BOYFRIEND. We put that in capital letters, because the child is just five-years-old.
Rapper Consequence's son Caiden Mills referred to North as his "boo", and many people jumped to the conclusion that they were dating.
Kim has now made it totally clear that her five-year-old daughter does NOT have a boyfriend, according to The Daily Mail.
The reality TV star was leaving the Hollywood Beauty Awards with Chris Appleton last night, and the 38-year-old was asked whether or not it was "too soon for North West to have a boyfriend" by a paparazzi.
The query was referring to seven-year-old Caiden Mills, son of Consequence. Kardashian replied, "She doesn't have a boyfriend. Like, is that for real? She's five."
Consequence was part of Good Music, the music label created by North's famous dad, Kanye West. Mills himself has over 52,000 Instagram followers, and has been pictured with both Kanye and Kim.
Caiden celebrated Kanye West's album College Dropout achieving its 15th anniversary, describing it as the "First album that North’s dad and my dad worked on together."
"North, Saint and I had the BEST time on our play date at @exploratorium. It was so much FUN," he captioned yet another image of himself and North, with her brother Saint.
On Valentine's Day, he posted a snap of himself brandishing a heart-shaped box of sweets captioned, "Love is in the air." Realistically, he probably isn't writing the captions himself, but still.
Kanye is well-known around the world for his….controversial… and often not actually requested opinions. Scratch that, they're rarely requested, if ever.
However, he gives them anyway, even to his wife Kim Kardashian; queen of social media and reality TV.
We've already seen him controlling her closet, essentially throwing out her entire wardrobe so he could re-do the whole thing on Keeping Up With The Kardashians in 2012. He EVISCERATES her clothes choice.
As if that wasn't cringe-worthy enough, Kim's make-up artist Mario Dedivanovic has revealed that Kanye doesn't hold back his thoughts on his wife's beauty and cosmetic routine.
During Dedivanovic’s The Master Class last weekend, Kim's long-time MUA let it slip that Kanye West has plenty of opinions about the choice of products.
He allegedly even offered to pay Mario to move to L.A. from New York so he could be with Kim legit 24 hours a day, according to People.
“Kanye is actually really opinionated sometimes,” Kim said. “He will come in and be like, ‘You know your blush is a little heavy.’ Or say, ‘What are you doing? That’s not the shape of your lip.'”
Essentially, Kanye has moved on from her wardrobe to her makeup, and is obsessed with Mario being around for Kim's glamour;
“Kanye actually called me and said, ‘Alright how much will it cost for you to move back to L.A.? I want you here for her,'” Mario said.
Kanye also allegedly calls Mario on a regular basis to assist in maintaining Kim's face.
She commented; “He will call Mario without telling me! And Mario shows up without me knowing and he is like, ‘Oh Kanye called me and said it was a makeup emergency.'”
Eh, what? What are your thoughts on the matter; is this just incredibly rude and controlling or does Kanye just want the best for his wifey?
Stop the world, it's officially Stormi Webster's first birthday. The glamorous baby Kardashian is Kylie's precious bundle of joy, with boyfriend Travis Scott. She's given us some memorable moments, so we just HAD to make a list.
The precious lil baby has a pretty extravagant lifestyle, if we do say so ourselves. The tot is flown all around the world, decked in the finest designer gear you can buy.
Who can forget the Scott and Jenner's YouTube announcement of Kylie's pregnancy, titled To Our Daughter. The video racked up 80 MILLION views, and shows flashback shots to Kris Jenner's own pregnancy and the labour of Stormi.
The baby's arrival meant that she was born into an army of Kardashian kids, such as Khloé's adorable True Thompson and Kim and Kanye's bunch; Chicago, North and Saint West.
Here are some of our favourite Stormi moments;
1. The Announcement
On February 4 2018, Kylie made the ultimate pregnancy announcement with a beautiful mini-documentary of her pregnancy and family memories.
The reality TV star managed to stay off social media for the entire nine months, and never confirmed the baby's existence until the stunning announcement video. Suddenly, the couple introduced the world to Stormi Webster, after months of speculation.
We were HOOKED:
2. Her Fendy pram experience
Other babies are probably pretty jealous right now.
Stormi is no ordinary infant though, she rides in designer style.
The time Kylie took her tot for a stroll entirely covered head-to-toe in Fendy had everything gasping for monetary air.
How can we forget the time Stormi got a coveted Louis Vuitton handbag, after Travis dropped off a new chair for her.
The designer bag is a vintage black and rainbow monogrammed LV purse valued at over €2270. Oh, and that chair she's sitting on? It's a limited edition piece by Brazilian designer Campana and American artist KAWS.
Kylie captioned the snap; "Daddy dropped off a new chair for Stormi and omg this girl threw the bag over her shoulder, I can’t."
We wish someone could hand us a bag like this one… but we think we'll be waiting a long time.
Kylie shared a sneak peek at Stormi's Christmas presents, and our souls exited our bodies. It's a MINI-LAMBORGHINI covered in the Louis Vuitton logo… and she got two of them. We can't.
Kylie’s picture was captioned, “Like mother, like daughter,” most likely because of her extensive car collection.
Cast your minds back to the $1.4 million Ferrari LaFerrari she got from Travis Scott after Stormi's arrival, it was madness.
Image: @kyliejenner/Instagram
6. Stormi learning how to walk
Stormi is officially on the move; the little girl was recently learning how to take her first steps and it was as cute as you'd imagine.
kylie's baby was 11-month-old at this stage, and made a cameo in her mom’s Instagram story while her mum was promoting her Kylie Cosmetics range: the Valentine Collection.
“Sorry, guys, we had a little intermission- my baby woke up so I was getting her ready for the day,” the 21-year-old told her followers.
“We’re learning how to walk, huh?” Kylie said after Stormi took a few wobbly steps while holding on to her mum's hand.
Kim Kardashian isn't one to hold back her opinion, not even to her sister Khloé.
The reality TV star inadvertently branded Khloé an 'idiot' on live television yesterday while discussing her sister's choice to remain in a relationship with Tristan Thompson.
Kourtney, Kim and Khloé joined Andy Cohen for a game of 'Plead The Fifth' on Watch What Happens Live, and the sisters were asked what they would have done had they found themselves in Khloé's position
Thompson famously was caught cheating on Khloé multiple times during her pregnancy, with video and photographic evidence causing an explosive controversy,.
Kourtney answered that she would most likely would have tried to keep her family together, but her reply wasn't the one which caused a stir online.
"From seeing everything that happened, it's so easy and quick to be like, 'oh my God, leave him, leave him,'" Kim chimed in.
"It's so much harder to stay and have the whole public think you're an idiot for staying," she added, choosing a word which didn't impress Khloé, understandably.
Khloé tried to laugh the comment off, sarcastically replying "thanks!" which caused Kim to backpedal, saying she "didn't mean it like that".
Tristan's cheating scandal made headlines worldwide when videos of him kissing multiple women surfaced just before Khloé was due to give birth to the their first child, True Thompson.
News hit recently that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are expecting their fourth child via surrogate, and already the parenting qualms are emerging.
A source has revealed to People that the rapper and reality star are already on the hunt for the best possible clothing for baby number four, and are officially "in nesting mode."
Despite having three other children, five-year-old North, three-year-old Saint and 11-month-old Chicago, apparently the famous couple want BRAND NEW clothes for their newest family edition.
“They don’t really do hand-me-downs, so each baby is like their first,” according to the source, who added that the reality star and rapper husband donate the used clothes to charity.
“They’re buying everything they need for him, and Kanye insists they go top-of-the-line for everything. So they’ve been shopping," the source added.
Apparently the Yeezy designer is a major online shopper; “When he can’t sleep, he gets online and buys whatever he wants. A lot of what they’re getting, they order online.”
“They’re going to have everything the baby needs pretty soon. And the rest of the family is big on getting gifts, too,” the source claims. “This baby is going to have everything he needs.”
People also claimed last week that Kim is planning a huge upcoming baby shower; "Family and friends will be able to honour the couple with gifts soon enough."
“Kim plans on having a baby shower for No. 4 too. They are looking forward to another baby.” Their son is due in the spring, which means excitement is building for the baby.
In November 2017 the Kardashian-West clan had an extravagant party in honour of Chicago.
Fans of Kardashian West may recall the extravagant party thrown in honor of Chicago in November 2017, which was filled with cherry blossoms and her famous family members.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star formerly commented during an interview with Elle that “my home and my heart feel really full right now,” she said she was open to having another child, but it would be her last.
“I don’t think I could handle more than that. My time is spread really thin,” she admitted. “And I think it’s important that in all couples, the mom gives the husband as much attention as the kids.”
The couple appear to be going all out for their latest, and possible last, feature to their fabulous family.
The news has recently hit that rapper Kanye West is expecting his fourth child with Kim Kardashian West via surrogate, and now it appears that the 40-year-old has confirmed the news.
When photographers congratulated West on the baby news and wished him well on his future arrival, Kanye responded; "Thanks, bro."
One year on from welcoming their daughter, Chicago West, though this time they are opting to use a different surrogate.
Allegedly the famous pair will be having a baby boy, but this may not be the final addition to the Kardashian clan, as Kanye apparently wants SEVEN children.
In an October episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kim revealed to Larsa Pippen in that her husband was stuck at that number.
However, reality television star spoke to ELLE in 2018 about her torn emotions over baby number four;
"I dunno," she commented. "My home and my heart feel really full right now, in the best way." She then made it absolutely clear that four kids would be more than enough for her, with her lack of time.
She added; "Seven kids is crazy. I could never, especially in like the world we live in."
"I've been kinda hesitant about having more kids because it literally keeps me up at night, thinking about how my kids will survive in a crazy world like this," she continued.
The famous couple have two other children; North West and Saint West.
Kim Kardashian was allegedly advised not to have any more natural pregnancies by doctors after two complicated births.
Another birth could prove life-threatening for Kim, after she suffered from placenta accreta during her first two baby deliveries.
The 38-year-old said of her surrogate for Chicago: ‘Having a gestational carrier is definitely different, but anyone who says or thinks it’s the easy way out is completely wrong."
"People assume it’s better because you don’t have to deal with the physical changes, pain or complications with delivery, but for me it was so hard to not carry my own child, especially after I carried North and Saint."
The famous couple have two other children; North West and Saint West. Kim Kardashian was allegedly advised not to have any more natural pregnancies by doctors after two complicated births.
Another birth could prove life-threatening for Kim, after she suffered from placenta accreta during her first two baby deliveries.
In August, Kardashian rejected tabloid claims that Kimye were planning their fourth child, telling Harper's Bazaar:
"I don't know, I don't know, I read that, I read something…none of that was true," she said, coyly.
"But I've been really open about it and talked about it on our show, so…I don't know. We start filming season 16 next week, so if I think about it more and it's gonna happen, you'll definitely see it on the show. But as of now, no."
The reality television star and member of the most famous family in America spoke to ELLE in 2018 about her torn emotions over baby number four.
"I dunno," she commented. "My home and my heart feel really full right now, in the best way." She then made it absolutely clear that four kids would be more than enough for her, with her lack of time.
It's safe to say that the Kardashians were blessed in the genetics department so it's no surprise that all the children of the clan are seriously cute.
Kim Kardashian West may be fond of a selfie (or 10!) but her Instagram is also littered with adorable pictures of her kids. She's mum to five-year-old daughter North, 9-month-old Chicago and two-year-old son Saint, and though it only feels like yesterday that Kim announced the birth of her only son, time really is flying as her latest photo proves. Saint West is growing up so fast!
The mum-of-three shared a picture with her 116 million Instagram followers showing Saint playing on the beach. And how adorable does he look?! In the snap, the little boy is seen smiling and wearing dark swimming shorts.
Kardashian admitted that even though Saint is 'big brother' to his two sisters, that North found it easier to bond with her new sister than her brother.
"[North] does not share with Saint, she does not hardly talk to Saint,” Kim revealed in an interview on Ellen earlier this year, but added that her son wasn't phased and also doted on 'baby Chi.'
He’s nicer than North, I will say that, ” she added. “He loves his little sister, he’s so sweet with her."
While Kim Kardashian might be used to having her every move scrutinised by the media, there are some things that even she can't stand to hear rumours about.
Following the news that her 2-year-old son Saint was admitted to hospital with pneumonia last week, the reality star took to Twitter with a very clear message to anyone attempting to criticise her parenting skills.
Some fans claimed that Kim and husband, Kanye West, had been “out partying” while their son recovered in hospital because she documented her New Year's Eve celebrations on Snapchat.
The 37-year-old mother-of-two was unaware of the comments until one fan took to Twitter to call out people that “love to hate Kim.”
It read: “Why do people continuously think KimYe were “partying” New years Eve while saint was at the hospital? Kim & Kanye love their kids so much, so to even THINK they weren't around when Saint was sick is really stupid af. Yal love to hate Kim, just to hate her, its dumb at this point!”
why do people continuously think KimYe were “partying” New years Eve while saint was at the hospital? Kim & Kanye love their kids so much, so to even THINK they werent around when Saint was sick is really stupid af. Yal love to hate Kim, just to hate her, its dumb at this point!
Clearly taken aback by the comment, Kim wasted no time in formulating her response.
“I haven't heard this BUT lets get this straight. I did not leave my son for one minute during his hospital stay. We were there Wednesday night to Saturday. NYE WAS SUNDAY NIGHT. People came over when he was already asleep for the night!”
“Don't even try me when it comes to my kids,” she added.
I haven't heard this BUT lets get this straight. I did not leave my son for one minute during his hospital stay. We were there Wednesday night to Saturday. NYE WAS SUNDAY NIGHT. People came over when he was already asleep for the night! Don't even try me when it comes to my kids https://t.co/wrl47awaUr
The rumours come at a time when the Kardashian spotlight shines brighter than ever.
With Kim expected her third child vis surrogate, Khloe sharing the news that she is pregnant for the first time, and a yet-to-be-confirmed Kylie baby on the way, it's safe to say that this isn't the last time the Kardashian sisters will be the subjects of such rumours.
