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North West at the Hollywood bowl

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Nigellasstickytoffeepudding · 27/05/2024 08:51

What are Kim and Kanye doing to this poor kid?

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3peassuit · 27/05/2024 15:36

Im Sure she will have a lot of opportunities come her way that other kids will only dream about. It would be better for North if her parents encouraged her to only take the ones that played to her strengths. This performance does her no favours.

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 15:23

Sillystrumpet · 27/05/2024 15:17

What’s wrong with you. Saying a child is good is not the only other option ro shouting a child is dire and awful as you did. You can say she isn’t capable in a polite way without attacking a child.

I didn't mean she was 'dire' as a person, I was talking about her ability to sing and dance. I make no apology for telling the truth. How do you think you get great and talented dancers and singers? By telling them 'there there, honey, you did great'?! No, it is by tough love. I know, I was a ballerina in my late teens and early twenties. I dropped out because while I was good, I was not good enough to get to the top. I was told things about my performance that would make this softly softly generation's ears bleed, and I was many, many times more talented than North.

Peclet · 27/05/2024 15:22

its such a shame for her to be forced into the show by her parents telling her how wonderful she is.

unsurprising really.

Sillystrumpet · 27/05/2024 15:17

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 15:14

Don't be silly. She's a child, yes, but does that mean she should be told that she is good when she isn't? To be clear, I'm not blaming her. I'm blaming the Kardashians and their relentless publicity machine. That doesn't alter the fact that talented kids don't get a look in.

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What’s wrong with you. Saying a child is good is not the only other option ro shouting a child is dire and awful as you did. You can say she isn’t capable in a polite way without attacking a child.

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 15:15

AlwaysGrateful · 27/05/2024 14:34

She doesn't have talent for singing and I fear she's been pushed into this position because she is North West. The child has a very entitled attitude and that's the parents fault. You can certainly tell that her father is Kanye 🤭

It's not just Kanye. The Kardashians are as delusional and entitled as they make them, plus they have zero talent. At least Kanye once had some talent, although I agree that he's a nightmare of a person.

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 15:14

Sillystrumpet · 27/05/2024 12:28

Cmon now, reign it in , that’s a child

Don't be silly. She's a child, yes, but does that mean she should be told that she is good when she isn't? To be clear, I'm not blaming her. I'm blaming the Kardashians and their relentless publicity machine. That doesn't alter the fact that talented kids don't get a look in.

Mrburnshound · 27/05/2024 14:48

Hugely unfair of her parents. They've pushed her into a position where people are expected to say how fabulous she is when she is in fact just a standard excited, little girl. I think they push her too much on camera (i havent seen any of their shows yet have still be shown by instagram clips of her all the time). We have decades of people pointing out from their own experiences that this is harmful, they're not doing her any favours. She needs the chance to grow up away from the spotlight and she can easily step into it once she's grown if she wants.

Fwiw if this was a school play i would think she was great and very cute.

ridingfreely · 27/05/2024 14:36

@KreedKafer Thankyou for replying to my comment - I 100% agree with you - really such a shame for those deserving of and denied the opportunity. Also no good for North in the long run. Pretty dreadful parenting and production decisions from whoever let this happen

AlwaysGrateful · 27/05/2024 14:34

She doesn't have talent for singing and I fear she's been pushed into this position because she is North West. The child has a very entitled attitude and that's the parents fault. You can certainly tell that her father is Kanye 🤭

EmmaGrundyForPM · 27/05/2024 14:11

That is so painful on the ears.

As others have said, it's not a school production, but a ticketed event. I would be furious if I'd paid money for that. Its not her fault, the producers and director should have said no.

Nigellasstickytoffeepudding · 27/05/2024 14:07

ssd · 27/05/2024 12:50

It looks fun for her and she's a kid, leave her alone!

It's not in the long run though, that's the problem.

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ssd · 27/05/2024 12:50

It looks fun for her and she's a kid, leave her alone!

MaidOfBondStreet · 27/05/2024 12:48

Some poor talented child has been overlooked to let Nepo North have a go. Awful

KK42S · 27/05/2024 12:29

The whole thing was like the drama school kid with very little talent with the PTA parent who cosies up to the teachers, so HAS to be the main person in the school play - the parents smiling beatifically throughout the performance thinking how lucky everyone is to be there 😂

SpringShower · 27/05/2024 12:28

I find it awful that her parents are pushing her into the limelight at such a young age, when she hasn’t mastered any art or cultivated any talent, and is basically an average kid.

If she wants to be a performer, they could afford the best dance schools, voice coaches etc. why not help her actually get good at this stuff over the next 10 years, rather than throwing her into a full scale professional production when she can’t actually perform well?

Sillystrumpet · 27/05/2024 12:28

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 12:24

I went to watch the clip. OMG she was DIRE. Just awful. I actually am sorry for her, although not as sorry as I am for actually talented people who will be denied opportunities because talentless nepobabies have hogged them all.

Cmon now, reign it in , that’s a child

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 12:24

I went to watch the clip. OMG she was DIRE. Just awful. I actually am sorry for her, although not as sorry as I am for actually talented people who will be denied opportunities because talentless nepobabies have hogged them all.

vacay · 27/05/2024 11:01

I agree Kendall is the less fake one but she is also known as the most up her own ass one !

North is only a kid, don't matter if she can't sing so no1 should be going on like 'that was ridiculous etc' but I agree she is only getting these opportunities because of her parents and it isn't fair to a kid who has more talent that could've (should've) got the part

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 10:57

CormorantStrikesBack · 27/05/2024 10:52

Yes and while it’s not something I’d choose for myself or want for my kids (hence my superficial comment) they’re not fucked up in a way they could have been. They don’t appear to be on drugs, having mental breakdowns, etc. I’m sure they’re happy with their lives. 🤷‍♀️. Plastic surgery or no plastic surgery.

I'm not sure they're happy with their lives at all. I think that Kylie probably is on drugs, she seems completely dead behind the eyes. Money aside, I would really hate their life. To be famous for absolutely nothing must be pretty ghastly.

CormorantStrikesBack · 27/05/2024 10:52

AngeloMysterioso · 27/05/2024 10:45

Are you kidding? Kylie started getting plastic surgery when she was what, 16? Now she’s got a totally different face and body (well, they all do) and looks more like a woman in her 40’s than 20 something.

Yes and while it’s not something I’d choose for myself or want for my kids (hence my superficial comment) they’re not fucked up in a way they could have been. They don’t appear to be on drugs, having mental breakdowns, etc. I’m sure they’re happy with their lives. 🤷‍♀️. Plastic surgery or no plastic surgery.

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 10:51

CormorantStrikesBack · 27/05/2024 10:39

I just hope she doesn’t get fucked up by her upbringing. In fairness kylie and Kendal seem ok and they were teenagers when the family became famous. One works hard as a model and the other is the richest out of all of them with her makeup business. It all seems a bit superficial but hey they seem happy.

Kendall is the least weird and obnoxious of them all, I'll give you that (except for Rob, who one tends to forget about) But Kartoon Kylie looks 50 in her mid twenties, and seems really messed up.

KreedKafer · 27/05/2024 10:46

ridingfreely · 27/05/2024 08:57

Just watched the performance. Unfortunately her singing and stage presence are poor - she barely moves and other actors have to prompt her for staging

Is this is true nepotism at its finest and was another talented deserving kid denied the opportunity or was it a night of 'celebs' singing the songs and celebrating the musical - my thoughts on this will change based on the above

I think it was a ‘celebrating the musical’ type of event, but all the others who took part were professionals - genuine Broadway stars. It wasn’t like a celeb karaoke type thing. They were all proper musical theatre performers. So it was definitely taking an opportunity from a child with genuine talent - they could have chosen any one of the many talented child performers who worked really hard to get parts in Broadway musicals and actually perform in roles like this night after night.

It’s also really insulting to the other performers on stage, who are hardworking talented cast members having to perform with and sing backing vocals for a spoilt child who can’t sing or dance and who, by the looks of it, hasn’t rehearsed properly.

North is clearly not to blame for all this, because she’s ten and is doing her best. But everyone else involved in this decision is insane.

AngeloMysterioso · 27/05/2024 10:45

CormorantStrikesBack · 27/05/2024 10:39

I just hope she doesn’t get fucked up by her upbringing. In fairness kylie and Kendal seem ok and they were teenagers when the family became famous. One works hard as a model and the other is the richest out of all of them with her makeup business. It all seems a bit superficial but hey they seem happy.

Are you kidding? Kylie started getting plastic surgery when she was what, 16? Now she’s got a totally different face and body (well, they all do) and looks more like a woman in her 40’s than 20 something.

CormorantStrikesBack · 27/05/2024 10:39

I just hope she doesn’t get fucked up by her upbringing. In fairness kylie and Kendal seem ok and they were teenagers when the family became famous. One works hard as a model and the other is the richest out of all of them with her makeup business. It all seems a bit superficial but hey they seem happy.

MsLuxLisbon · 27/05/2024 10:39

Mrsjayy · 27/05/2024 10:35

It won't matter to them if she can sing though they will keep pushing her centre stage.

I think they are trying to make her like Beyonces daughter who tours with her mum and seems to have talent, and poor North just has over confidence and zero self awareness which isn't the best qualities to instil into a child.

It won't matter to them, but it will to the public. The Kardashians are absolutely despised and even if North was talented, she'd still get eye rolls. As it is, she will be ridiculed. I actually feel as sorry for the children in that family as it is possible to feel sorry for children who will want for nothing materially. The klownshow only cares about fame, fame, fame. It's awful.