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North West, 12, Goes Viral With Faux Tattoos and Piercings, Prompting Fresh Parenting Debate

Kim Kardashian says the look was temporary and supervised as she defends allowing her daughter creative expression.

Overview

  • Videos on the joint @kimandnorth TikTok showed blue braids, colored contacts, a black grill, faux septum ring and temporary face tattoos, captioned “Fake piercings and fake tatts 4 life.”
  • Clips included scenes on a private jet and backstage at a concert, with TikTok comments disabled as reposts on other platforms drew age-appropriateness criticism.
  • The posts followed Kardashian’s Call Her Daddy interview, where she acknowledged a past “mistake” over a corset in Rome but said she would not limit North’s creativity.
  • Kanye West’s earlier objections to North’s social‑media presence resurfaced in coverage as people revisited the co‑parenting dispute over online exposure.
  • Experts quoted in recent reports said reactions often sexualize and racialize Black girls, urging that minors be allowed safe, supervised style experimentation.