Fans are concerned for North West after Kim Kardashian made light of her daughter’s paparazzi discomfort

North West was seen at Paris Fashion Week asking photographers to ‘stop’ taking her photo.

Kim Kardashian has caused an upset online after images went viral of her eldest daughter, North West, holding up a sign asking photographers to “stop” taking photos of her at Paris Fashion Week. In the viral video, nine-year-old West is filmed sitting alongside her mother on the front row at the Jean Paul Gaultier Couture show on July 5th.

In response to the video, Kardashian tweeted “​​For anyone who knows North knows how funny she finds this video! North I guess had it with the people taking pictures of her so she wrote on her invite STOP and held it up and wanted them to just focus on the show…”

The clip was one of several encounters where West confronts the paparazzi following her during Paris Fashion Week. In another viral video, she complains as she faces swarms of photographers as she leaves a building and asks them, “Why do you have to wait for us all the time?” The paparazzi continue taking pictures of West before one replies back, “because you’re so famous. We love you, North!”

The clips, which amassed millions of views, caused an intense debate on social media about the paparazzi photographing the Kardashian children. While many Twitter users criticised the celebrity photographers, many were quick to point out that it is Kardashian who drags her daughter into the limelight and has her own network of paparazzi photographers that she uses for publicity.

One twitter user explained: “Kim is in for a surprise when North has more agency and is older. She’s been having breakdowns around paparazzi since she was a baby but Kim still refuses to take the measures to shield her because that family operates on exploitation- even of their youngest.”

“Facts! Because let’s be honest plenty of celebs have kids that you barely even see pics of, like Beyoncé’s twins are rarely captured and I know they get out the house, but their parents find ways to protect them. I just pray the family takes her seriously when she’s older,” added another user in response.

Kardashian responded to her critics and tried to reassure fans that her daughter wanted to be at the public events with her. “As a mom I’m so grateful that my daughter loves coming with me on my work trips and I am able to bring her and create these memories together along with my mom,” tweeted the star.

Writer
Chris Saunders
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