Kim Kardashian’s Daughter North Thanks Her Mom For ‘Being There For Her’ After Showing Off Disturbing New Look
Kim Kardashian shared a birthday tribute from her eldest daughter North West on Tuesday.
The reality TV star posted the message alongside a photo of the two just before midnight as she turned 45 years old.
The 12-year-old wrote: ‘Happy birthday to my mom, I love you so much and I hope you have the best birthday ever. Thank you for always being there for me and supporting me!’
Kim added a smiling-crying emoji alongside the Instagram Story.
It comes after the Keeping Up With The Kardashians veteran shared that her ex-husband and North’s father Kanye West has not seen his children in several months.
Last week the Skims founder sat down with Alex Cooper on the Call Her Daddy podcast, where she detailed her troubled nine-year relationship with the rapper, 48.
She explained that she was first drawn to Kanye because of his intellect, branding him ‘larger than life’ and saying they had ‘such a fun time’ together. But then it turned toxic.
The model then said: ‘I raise the kids full time. They live with me and 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.
Asked when Kanye last saw his children, Kim replied: ‘Whenever he’ll call for them and ask. It’s probably been a couple months since we’ve heard from him.’
Also on her Insta Stories was a note from Ivanka Trump who called the TV star a ‘queen.’ The daughter of Donald Trump wrote over a photo of her with Kim: ‘Love you birthday queen.’
And some of her A-list friends already sent her sweet notes first thing in the morning that the reality TV star, who is set to star in Hulu legal drama All’s Fair, shared to her Insta Stories.
She received messages from Victoria Beckham, Amy Schumer, Donatella Versace, Jonathan ‘Foodgod’ Cheban and Naomi Watts.
Others who said happy birthday were Kylie Jenner’s makeup artist Ariel, hair wizard Chris Stapleton and Kourtney’s good pal Simon Huck.
And her sister Khloe Kardashian shared a heartfelt note for her ‘best friend.’
Mom Kris Jenner posted a long note about how ‘strong’ her daughter is.
Kim was in Paris for the All’s Fair premiere with Watts and Sarah Paulson on her birthday.
Cheban said, ‘Happy birthday to the most beautiful woman in the world, I love you,’ as he shared a throwback photo of them.
Khloe posted several images as she wrote, ‘Happy Birthday to my sister, my best friend, my forever twin flame in chaos and greatness, where you go, I go.
‘Every year, I’m in awe of how you continue to evolve. Somehow, you keep leveling up in strength, grace, wisdom, and heart.
‘You’ve always been powerful, but lately it feels like you’ve tapped into an even deeper layer of yourself, calmer yet more unstoppable, grounded yet still dreaming bigger than ever.
‘You give so much of yourself to everyone around you.
‘You show up for your family, your friends, your work, your dreams and you do it all with that signature Kimberly magic that makes everything seem effortless (even though I know it’s not) You’re the definition of showing up fully for life.
‘And yes, you’re still the baddest of them all. Thank you for being my safe place, my biggest inspiration, my constant laugh, my gossip aficionado and my ride-or-die. You already know, I’ve got you in every lifetime. No matter where life takes us, I’ll always be right there cheering, protecting, and loving you through it all. You and me forever, kiddo Happy birthday, my spectacular stunning sister.’
Over the weekend the Skims founder posed with her ‘real’ best friends, whom she calls ‘lifers’, while in the US.
She took to her Instagram page to post the image with the ladies at an after-party for her private screening of her new show All’s Fair.
They are her longtime friends Simone Harouche and Alison Slatter whom she grew up with in the Beverly Hills area before the Kardashian-Jenner clan moved to Calabasas.
They were all partying at the famed Chateau Marmont Hotel in West Hollywood as Kim wore a very low cut dress with her hair back.
‘Afters at the Chateau,’ Kim wrote in her Instagram caption. Her almost 400 million followers loved the photo as sister Khloe called her a ‘queen’ and Statter shared: ‘I love love love you!!! So excited for everyone to see you shine!’
Also seen in the carousel of photos were two of her newer friends: Olivia Pierson and Natalie Halcro who both said, ‘We love you!’
There were also several glam photos of the reality TV star taken by Adrian Martin as she posed inside the legendary hotel where Drew Barrymore and Led Zeppelin used to party.
Not all of Kim’s ‘lifers’ are still around.
Lindsay May Palevsky, a longtime friend from Kim’s childhood, died after a long battle with a rare form of cancer.
In July 2025, Kim shared she had an empty feeling in her ‘lifers’ chat’ after Palevsky passed.
This comes a week after Kardashian said she ‘cannot believe’ she knew her late father for the same number of years as he’s been gone.
The businesswoman took to social media to pay tribute to her dad, Robert Kardashian – who died aged 59 on September 30, 2003, just two months being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer – 22 years to the day since his passing.
She wrote on her Instagram Stories: ‘Thank you for always protecting the family from heaven.
‘Can’t believe I was 22 years old when you passed away and it’s been 22 years today since you went to heaven.
‘I’ve known you just as long as you’ve been gone.
‘I hope you’re so proud of all of us. We love you dad and miss you soooooooooo much (sic)’
Kim’s sister Kourtney Kardashian, 46, also paid tribute to her father.
She re-shared a post from her Instagram, and she added the new caption: ‘My dad [heart emoji]’
The pair’s younger sibling Khloe, 41, remembered their dad by re-sharing a Reel on her Instagram Story.
The caption read: ‘I will forever hold space for you. Happy birthday daddy [white heart emoji] I love you.
‘Thank you for everything [white heart emoji] Every memory. Every lesson. Every laugh. Every ounce of love. Thank you!’
Earlier this year, Khloe told how she felt ‘incredibly angry’ after the death of her father, and she hated being forced to talk about her loss on camera.
During an episode of her podcast Khloe in Wonderland with grief expert David Kessler, she explained: ‘For about three years, I was incredibly angry.
‘I was filming my show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and in season one, I remember one of my producers was making me do an interview about my dad ’cause I wouldn’t talk about my dad.
‘At that time, if I spoke about him, I would just break down.
‘It was as if a house got lifted off of me after that conversation. was kicking and screaming while doing it, but as soon as I had that conversation, that was the last time that I cried when talking about my dad, in a bad way …’I let go of all of this guilt and anger. Now I can talk about my dad with smiles and happiness and admiration and understanding.’
