Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

North West at the Hollywood bowl

113 replies

Nigellasstickytoffeepudding · 27/05/2024 08:51

What are Kim and Kanye doing to this poor kid?

OP posts:
iAmBarbara · 29/05/2024 17:02

Think letting her do that was unfair on her, her parents (if they had any sense at all!) should encourage her in areas where she has talent, or if she loves acting/singing etc then they have the connections to get her fantastic training. Problem is no one says no to people that powerful, and she just isn’t talented

MsLuxLisbon · 29/05/2024 16:57

Pokske · 29/05/2024 16:47

Watched it without the sound (since you had all warned me[.
What I find strange is that all people on stage had nice elaborate costumes, yet North is there in what looks like a cut off pajama.
It's clearly Kanye's idea. As if the "song and dance" is not enough to humiliate his daughter - he had to "dress" her as well.
I think Kanye hates women, all of them, including his female children.

I don't like Kanye at all, but what makes you so sure it's all on him? The Kardashians are desperately attention seeking even though they have zero talent (except for putting themselves in the spotlight) If Kim had really been against the idea, she could have vetoed it, but I am sure she wasn't.

TinySmol · 29/05/2024 16:55

Dear, oh dear.
Tragic.
Can't hold a tune at all.
Underrehearsed and appears not to be able to dance.

She looks absolutely delighted with herself.
The star of the show, all eyes on her.
Nepotism at its finest.

Pokske · 29/05/2024 16:47

Watched it without the sound (since you had all warned me[.
What I find strange is that all people on stage had nice elaborate costumes, yet North is there in what looks like a cut off pajama.
It's clearly Kanye's idea. As if the "song and dance" is not enough to humiliate his daughter - he had to "dress" her as well.
I think Kanye hates women, all of them, including his female children.

LizzieBennett73 · 29/05/2024 16:06

The kid lives in a family circus full of clowns and freaks. There is no "normal" for any of them, and frankly none of those kids stand a prayer of having much of a life unless they run like hell the moment they hit 18. It was unspeakably cruel to put her in the spotlight like that when she can't sing. But I bet she's watching it over and over on repeat thinking how great she was. I don't think we need to worry about her.

Mitsky · 29/05/2024 16:00

I never thought I’d have anything in common with North West but as a child I was desperate to be on stage despite lacking any singing or dancing ability (I could just about act).

Unlike North West, luckily my parents steered me away from pursuing my musical ambitions rather than using their contacts to put me front and centre of a performance that was bound to capture media attention.

MsLuxLisbon · 29/05/2024 15:58

ManilowBarry · 29/05/2024 15:48

If Lila Moss can be a model then North can be a singer and dancer! 😬

Awful nepotism!

You're so correct. Lila is incredibly plain. If Kate wanted a model child, she should have fallen pregnant by Johnny Depp, not Jefferson Hack. Lily Rose Depp, while also a product of nepotism, is absolutely beautiful.

Mrsjayy · 29/05/2024 15:53

interestingfailure · 29/05/2024 15:44

Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington!

My Grandad used to sing that to me when I was little 😁

I feel sorry for North, it's not her fault her parents are who they are. She'll look back on this when she's older and be mortified no doubt. I also feel sorry for the people who would have paid for expensive tickets to see that! Apparently Jeremy Irons came to do Be Prepared as Scar though which I bet was AMAZING.

Apparently Jeremy irons didn't sing it all in the film it was the man who .voices winnie the pooh!

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 29/05/2024 15:49

Oh dear. No issue with nepo babies, if they have talent, as I'd do all I could to help me and mine, but.... you need to be able to pull off whatever you are doing and do it well!

ManilowBarry · 29/05/2024 15:48

If Lila Moss can be a model then North can be a singer and dancer! 😬

Awful nepotism!

interestingfailure · 29/05/2024 15:44

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 29/05/2024 15:28

Feel sorry for the kid having those two as parents. But I now have an earworm of a song by Noel Coward.

Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Worthington!

My Grandad used to sing that to me when I was little 😁

I feel sorry for North, it's not her fault her parents are who they are. She'll look back on this when she's older and be mortified no doubt. I also feel sorry for the people who would have paid for expensive tickets to see that! Apparently Jeremy Irons came to do Be Prepared as Scar though which I bet was AMAZING.

Mrsjayy · 29/05/2024 15:44

MsLuxLisbon · 29/05/2024 15:40

Lol, that's rich! I still remember Bette Midler saying that the only way to see a part of Kim that we'd never seen was for her to swallow the camera! That was gold.

😂

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 29/05/2024 15:43

Haha 😂 I love Bette Midler!

MsLuxLisbon · 29/05/2024 15:40

Mrsjayy · 29/05/2024 15:35

I saw a thing on FB this morning North.shared online that she had Adhd and Dyslexia Kim told her off for ... oversharing .

Lol, that's rich! I still remember Bette Midler saying that the only way to see a part of Kim that we'd never seen was for her to swallow the camera! That was gold.

Mrsjayy · 29/05/2024 15:35

I saw a thing on FB this morning North.shared online that she had Adhd and Dyslexia Kim told her off for ... oversharing .

Naunet · 29/05/2024 15:30

Poor kid has a mum who got famous from making a sex tape and a father who is currently setting up a porn site. I feel for her, she hasn’t got a chance.

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 29/05/2024 15:28

Feel sorry for the kid having those two as parents. But I now have an earworm of a song by Noel Coward.

MsLuxLisbon · 29/05/2024 15:21

AngeloMysterioso · 29/05/2024 10:28

Apparently Beyoncé’s equally untalented spawn has got a part in the live action film sequel so I guess Kim felt like they had to compete somehow…

Blue isn't as untalented as North, which is unsurprising as she has two talented parents to North's one.

Mrsjayy · 29/05/2024 10:36

Nigellasstickytoffeepudding · 28/05/2024 23:21

The lion king doesn't t need names to sell out. Even after all this time.

Also the original film cast performed so definitely "names"

Mrsjayy · 29/05/2024 10:34

AngeloMysterioso · 29/05/2024 10:28

Apparently Beyoncé’s equally untalented spawn has got a part in the live action film sequel so I guess Kim felt like they had to compete somehow…

I think they are voices tbf blue ivy does sing and dance well I don't think it's fair calling children "spawn" it isn't their fault they are nepobabies.

AngeloMysterioso · 29/05/2024 10:28

Apparently Beyoncé’s equally untalented spawn has got a part in the live action film sequel so I guess Kim felt like they had to compete somehow…

Nigellasstickytoffeepudding · 28/05/2024 23:21

insidenumber9 · 28/05/2024 21:35

I guess maybe they wanted a “name” and she was chosen to bring publicity to the event and sell out the venue

The lion king doesn't t need names to sell out. Even after all this time.

OP posts:
insidenumber9 · 28/05/2024 21:36

They got lots of attention but the wrong kind!

insidenumber9 · 28/05/2024 21:35

I guess maybe they wanted a “name” and she was chosen to bring publicity to the event and sell out the venue

muggart · 27/05/2024 15:40

Genuine question for people who actually know about stage performing (which I do not)...

Am I wrong in thinking that even when someone has natural talent it can be hard to sing in tune on the big stage because they can't necessarily hear themselves sing?

I've definitely seen videos of big stars singing out of tune, like Katy Perry, but I didn't take it to mean they aren't talented. I thought this was just something that happens when the audio in the theatre isn't perfect.

I'm not suggesting that she wasn't chosen largely because of her parents, Im sure that she was. But I'm wondering if the online comments saying that she's talentless might be too harsh.

Also, I think this is all more the fault of whoever caste her more than her parents. They were the ones being unmeritocratic and setting her up to fail for their own gain. Not cool.