Kim Kardashian is just looking for “a little bit of grace” as she navigates parenting her eldest, North West.
During an appearance on Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast, the reality star was asked about the online chatter surrounding North recently, as the 12-year-old made headlines for wearing a corseted top and for sporting a dermal piercing on her finger.
“I think like, any mom of a teenager or a preteen, unless you’ve been here, like, please ― we just need a little bit of grace,” the Skims founder said in the interview, released Wednesday.
“It’s interesting because all the kids are like wearing the same things, but then my daughter tries to wear it, and then I’m like, ‘OK, we’re never wearing that again,’” Kardashian explained. “Unfortunately, we made that mistake in front of the whole world.”
Kim Kardashian and North West regularly pose for the cameras together.
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“And she’s, you know, usually a girl that dresses like a tomboy most of the time,” the reality star added of the unique position her daughter is in.
“And she wanted to try something that her friends were wearing and went to the same place that they went to, and they all got these outfits, and then she wears them, and it’s just like, ‘OK, wait, maybe you can’t wear that,’ you know? And so as a mom, you’re kind of learning at the same time.”
“But what I do know is that my baby’s such a good girl, and such a sweet girl,” the “All’s Fair” actor said.
“I just think anyone that’s raising kids, especially four kids by myself, I’m doing the best that I can and my babies are good babies,” she said. “I just urge everyone to like, not be judgmental and to have grace on single moms trying to figure it all out with like, you know, a preteen.”
“It’s a lot ― if you know, you know,” the 44-year-old added with a laugh.
Kim and North in coordinating outfits.
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In the candid interview, Kardashian also shed light on what it’s like to co-parent with her ex-husband Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. The two share four children: daughters North, 12, and Chicago, 7; and sons Saint, 9, and Psalm, 6.
“It’s not easy. But, I mean, I raise the kids, you know, full-time,” Kardashian told Cooper. “They live with me. I welcome a great, healthy relationship with my kids and their dad, and I think he knows that.”
“I push for it all the time, but I also protect them when, you know, it’s time for that. And it goes in waves and phases and it’s a lot of work,” she added.
When Cooper asked how long it had been since Ye saw his kids, Kardashian answered honestly.
“It’s probably been a couple months since we’ve heard from him,” she shared.
Kardashian and West were married from 2014 to 2021. Their divorce was finalized in 2022.