North West and Kim Kardashian.Photo:Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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Kim Kardashianmay enjoy making TikTok videos with her daughterNorth West, but that doesn’t mean she forgets that she’s a parent first and foremost.
The reality star, 42, is addressing why she deleted one of 10-year-old North’s TikToks in an interview.
“As soon as I saw the words, I was like, ‘Oh no, we’re taking this down,’ “The Kardashiansstar toldTIMEmagazine in a cover story published on Tuesday. “I saw on the internet [people saying], ‘Kanye [West] was right,’ and maybe he was in that instance.”
Back in March, North — who is a big fan ofIce Spice— dressed up as the rapper, 23, and lip-synced a few of the lyrics to her and PinkPantheress' song “Boy’s a Liar, Pt. 2.” But people were quick to criticize the clip, questioning the age-appropriateness of the words that North was singing along to.
Some even pointed to a 2022 podcast interview in which the tween’s dad,Kanye West,expressed his disapprovalof his daughter posting on the popular video platform. “My children ain’t going to be on TikTok without my permission,” the rapper, 46, toldHollywood Unlocked’sJason Lee.
Ice Spice.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
While Kardashian and her ex-husband publically disagreed when it came to their kids' social media use, the SKIMS mogul still continues to defend her choice to allow North to use TikTok as an outlet to express her creativity. “She loves making slime videos and doing her little hair tutorials, and I will fight for her to be creative,” she toldTIME.
She still continues to defend her choice to allow North to use TikTok as an outlet to express her creativity. “She loves making slime videos and doing her little hair tutorials, and I will fight for her to be creative,” she toldTIME.
In December, while appearing onGwyneth Paltrow’sThe gooppodcast, Kardashian spoke at length about how much North loves making videos and showing off her artistic skills.
“The way that she is so creative, the way that she loves to do TikTok and do these videos, and she’ll take my phone and do skincare stuff,” she said. “She loves special effects makeup, so she’ll be doing scars and faces and bullet wounds. She takes classes on it, and that’s what she loves to do so she loves to show it.”
North West and Kim Kardashian.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
As her daughter’s TikTok following continues to increase, the mom of four has a fewfirm rulesthat her daughter must follow.
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While TikTok has worked for the family, Kardashian said that they didn’t have the same experience with Instagram when North wanted to make an account for the family’s dogs.
“It was just too much access,” the SKKN BY KIM founder explained. “That only lasted like two days.”
“I found a groove with her TikTok, as long as it’s me and her together and I’m there,” she added. “That works for now. But it’s a crazy world, I don’t deny that.”
source: people.com
