{"id":344673,"date":"2025-12-31T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344673\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:55:14","slug":"north-west-seems-to-remove-her-controversial-finger-piercing-just-weeks-after-firing-back-at-critics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/344673\/","title":{"rendered":"North West seems to REMOVE her controversial finger piercing just weeks after firing back at critics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">North West has seemingly taken out her controversial finger piercing &#8211; only<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15372199\/kim-kardashian-daughter-north-west-finger-piercing.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> weeks after clapping back at critics.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 12-year-old daughter of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/kim_kardashian\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a7736c30-e610-11f0-8318-af89c3996f41\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kim Kardashian<\/a> and <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/kanye_west\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a76f2670-e610-11f0-8318-af89c3996f41\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kanye West<\/a> shared a series of snaps to Instagram on Tuesday &#8211; after <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15401277\/Kim-Kardashian-North-West-Instagram-debut-Kanye.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">making her debut on the social media platform<\/a> earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the photos included in the latest post, the preteen could be seen posing up a storm with two of her pals while spending time in the snow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And in a few images, North placed her right hand near her face &#8211; where she had previously showed off the piercing back in the summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In August, she <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/lifestyle\/article-15036835\/kim-kardashian-north-west-finger-piercing.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">revealed what appeared to be a dermal piercing on her right hand<\/a> during a trip to <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/italy\/index.html\" id=\"mol-a827c810-e610-11f0-8318-af89c3996f41\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Italy<\/a>\u00a0with her mother &#8211; and consisted of two small silver balls below her knuckle on her middle finger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, the piercing seems to have been removed, with her hand now bare.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2f58eb75b6d1dc93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125237-15424165-image-a-116_1767163506069.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\" alt=\"North West, 12, has seemingly taken out her controversial finger piercing - only weeks after clapping back at critics\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">North West, 12, has seemingly taken out her controversial finger piercing &#8211; only weeks after clapping back at critics<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-72ec8a70ecd2b11d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125079-15424165-image-a-117_1767163512849.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\" alt=\"In August, she revealed what appeared to be a dermal piercing on her right hand during a trip to Italy with her mother - and consisted of two small silver balls below her knuckle on her middle finger (seen above)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">In August, she revealed what appeared to be a dermal piercing on her right hand during a trip to Italy with her mother &#8211; and consisted of two small silver balls below her knuckle on her middle finger (seen above)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Earlier this month, North\u00a0jumped to the joint TikTok account she shares with her famous mom to offer a response towards the criticism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The preteen\u00a0filmed a short selfie video at the time as a soundbite played in the background saying, &#8216;Why are you crying? How old are you? Just pull it together.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She also added text over the reel which read: &#8216;this is for everyone that&#8217;s mad over a finger piercing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">North first offered a glimpse\u00a0at the jewelry on her hand during an excursion with her mom in Rome in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She had also uploaded since-deleted photos that offered a look into the process of getting the piercing, per screenshots taken by <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/entertainment\/15478813\/kim-kardashian-north-finger-piercings-slammed-bad-parenting\/\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One TikTok user by the name @mazzy_williams shared a post at the time in response to the 12-year-old&#8217;s latest bling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;north west getting a finger piercing is breaking my heart, just me?&#8217; she had written over a clip of herself throwing her hand over her mouth. The caption had read, &#8221;what is going on #northwest #kardashians.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Kardashians star came to her eldest child&#8217;s defense in the comment section of the TikTok and simply wrote, &#8216;it&#8217;s okay.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-646b96b9f3671be4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125227-15424165-image-a-120_1767163993527.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The eldest daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West shared a series of snaps to Instagram on Tuesday - after making her debut on the social media platform earlier this month\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The eldest daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West shared a series of snaps to Instagram on Tuesday &#8211; after making her debut on the social media platform earlier this month<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7ff579c56b59f3e2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125241-15424165-image-m-119_1767163925481.jpg\" height=\"835\" width=\"634\" alt=\"And in a few images, North placed her right hand near her face - where she had previously showed off the piercing back in the summer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">And in a few images, North placed her right hand near her face &#8211; where she had previously showed off the piercing back in the summer<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9b3128d41009f8a5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125229-15424165-image-m-122_1767164028885.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\" alt=\"She wore a black Balenciaga jacket as well as a black fuzzy hat on top of her head that had 'North' embroidered on the front\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She wore a black Balenciaga jacket as well as a black fuzzy hat on top of her head that had &#8216;North&#8217; embroidered on the front\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-e55cc41a6412b0a5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125231-15424165-image-a-123_1767164064942.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\" alt=\"However, the piercing seems to have been removed, with her right hand now bare\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">However, the piercing seems to have been removed, with her right hand now bare<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6687691a32d06c99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125239-15424165-image-a-124_1767164095076.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Earlier this month, North jumped to the joint TikTok account she shares with her famous mom to offer a response towards the criticism\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Earlier this month, North jumped to the joint TikTok account she shares with her famous mom to offer a response towards the criticism<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1c0e0a67f0f5c3e6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125067-15424165-image-m-126_1767164114418.jpg\" height=\"906\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The preteen filmed a short selfie video at the time as a soundbite played the background saying, 'Why are you crying? How old are you? Just pull it together'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The preteen filmed a short selfie video at the time as a soundbite played the background saying, &#8216;Why are you crying? How old are you? Just pull it together&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fans offered their mixed reaction to North getting the bling, with one saying, &#8216;It&#8217;s such a non-issue.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, another shared, &#8216;She&#8217;s literally 12 lol she&#8217;s a child and that&#8217;s a pretty permanent decision.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A couple months later in October, North took to her joint TikTok account she shares with her mom and debuted fake face tattoos as well as grillz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a series of reels, her blue locks were styled into braids as the 12-year-old sported black grillz as well as a fake nose piercing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The clips had also garnered a wave of mixed reactions from social media users and Kardashian soon clapped back after her eldest child was criticized by trolls over the look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The reality star responded to a TikTok video uploaded by<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dailymailau\/photo\/7563796296935476487?_r=1&amp;_t=ZP-90pwpGS8jwU\"> Daily Mail Australia<\/a> which covered the backlash and penned in the comment section, &#8216;This is such a non-issue.&#8217; But it was later revealed it was North herself who penned the short message.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">During an appearance on <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/3qXH10y8FBY\">Complex&#8217;s GOAT Talk YouTube series <\/a>last month, Kardashian revealed her daughter&#8217;s response to the backlash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;She was like, &#8220;I don&#8217;t get it. It&#8217;s a Halloween costume. It&#8217;s all fake,&#8221;&#8216; the TV personality said. Kardashian then explained that it had been North who actually responded with, &#8216;This is such a non-issue.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cbb86f725e130087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125075-15424165-image-m-128_1767164187652.jpg\" height=\"1052\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A couple months later in October, North took to her joint TikTok account she shares with her mom and debuted fake face tattoos as well as grillz\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A couple months later in October, North took to her joint TikTok account she shares with her mom and debuted fake face tattoos as well as grillz<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-69fe17bd0175c254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125069-15424165-image-m-130_1767164209515.jpg\" height=\"932\" width=\"634\" alt=\"During an appearance on Complex's GOAT Talk YouTube series last month, Kardashian revealed her daughter's response to the backlash\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">During an appearance on Complex&#8217;s GOAT Talk YouTube series last month, Kardashian revealed her daughter&#8217;s response to the backlash<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The All&#8217;s Fair actress then labeled that harsh criticism from trolls as both &#8216;disturbing&#8217; and &#8216;horrible.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">North&#8217;s new post comes not long after she made her official Instagram debut on December 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her first post was a slightly blurred image of herself as she flashed peace signs toward the camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Nearly two weeks after she joined the social media platform, the preteen has already garnered nearly over one million followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">North has been active on Instagram since then, and also jumped to her stories to share more snaps on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One was a blurry picture that the preteen took with a pal &#8211; with the New York City location tag placed on top.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">North also spent time with media personality Dani Levi in other pictures that she reposted to her Instagram stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The nepo baby has been keeping busy over the holidays, and recently\u00a0shared a cozy Christmas moment with her stepmom Bianca Censori.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-60ad5ed5cb7473e5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125225-15424165-image-m-132_1767164284405.jpg\" height=\"1060\" width=\"634\" alt=\"North has been active on Instagram since then, and also jumped to her stories to share more snaps on Tuesday\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">North has been active on Instagram since then, and also jumped to her stories to share more snaps on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4aab18ee9611d496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125443-15424165-image-m-134_1767164350167.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\" alt=\"North also spent time with media personality Dani Levi in other pictures that she reposted to her Instagram stories\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">North also spent time with media personality Dani Levi in other pictures that she reposted to her Instagram stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">North\u00a0reposted a screenshot to her Instagram stories last week which was originally shared by rapper Babyxsosa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In the snap, the preteen could be seen sitting closely next to Censori as they held a conversation with the music artist via FaceTime.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While it is not known when exactly when the video call took place, it appears to have occurred around the holiday due to the emoji.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Censori has spent time with North as well as her siblings since tying the knot with her father Kanye West in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Australian-born architect has also taken on stepmom duty on a number of occasions over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Most recently, both Censori and West were seen <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15418243\/Kanye-West-Bianca-Censori-Disneyland-children-Kardashian.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spending time with his other three children Saint, 10, Chicago, seven, and Psalm, six <\/a>&#8211; whom the rapper also shares with Kardashian &#8211; at Disneyland amid the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7f40b0b846130933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125063-15424165-image-a-146_1767164942659.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The nepo baby has been keeping busy over the holidays, and recently shared a cozy Christmas moment with her stepmom Bianca Censori\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The nepo baby has been keeping busy over the holidays, and recently shared a cozy Christmas moment with her stepmom Bianca Censori<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b31ec627ccf478a4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/105125477-15424165-image-m-149_1767165107803.jpg\" height=\"892\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The SKIMS founder and West also reportedly reunited over the Christmas holiday, per TMZ; former couple seen in 2020 in Paris\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The SKIMS founder and West also reportedly reunited over the Christmas holiday, per TMZ; former couple seen in 2020 in Paris\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The SKIMS founder and West also <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15419977\/Kim-Kardashian-Kanye-West-reunite-Christmas.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reportedly reunited over the Christmas holiday<\/a>, per <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/12\/29\/kim-kanye-together-holidays-for-kids\/\">TMZ<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The move comes after the music artist has taken time to reflect on his past behavior -which includes anti-Semitic posts and social media rants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sources told the outlet that the former couple are working on a positive co-parenting relationship &#8211; and were respectful and cordial with each other during the holiday reunion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While the Heartless rapper had previously voiced his disapproval of North being on social media, TMZ reported that he is also becoming more supportive of his preteen daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North West has seemingly taken out her controversial finger piercing &#8211; 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