North West is unfazed by online negativity, and her mother, Kim Kardashian, is standing proudly by her side as she addresses social media critics over her daughter’s viral faux tattoos and piercings.

Kim recently shared how her 12-year-old daughter responded calmly to criticism following a TikTok video that featured North with fake tattoos and piercings. In a “GOAT Talk” segment with her All’s Fair co-star Niecy Nash-Betts, the 45-year-old mother expressed her admiration for North’s mature handling of the situation.

“She replied to a comment saying, ‘This is such a non-issue,’” Kim recounted, describing her daughter’s response as a “great clapback.”

The incident erupted after an October social media post generated buzz, leading to headlines such as, “Kim defends North to the end on this look.”

Instead of offering lengthy explanations, Kim elucidated the playful context of her daughter’s actions. “North and her friends love to experiment with costumes and different looks,” she explained. “It’s Halloween season, so they adorned themselves with fake tattoos and piercings. They all had colorful hair and transformed into what they envisioned as opium-themed Powerpuff Girls.”

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Rather than defend or explain too much, Kim simply shared the context behind her daughter’s playful experiment. “Her and her girlfriends, they love doing costumes, they love doing looks,” she said. “It’s Halloween season, so they put on fake tattoos on their face, fake piercings. They all had their colored hair. They looked like an opium Powerpuff Girls. [That’s] what they were going for.”

This isn’t the first time Kim has addressed conversations about her daughter’s style. During an October 15 Call Her Daddy podcast appearance, she admitted it’s “really hard and really interesting” when North goes viral for fashion choices, like the corset and miniskirt she wore back in August of this year.

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“All the kids are wearing the same things,” she said. “But then my daughter tries to wear it and then I’m like, ‘OK, we’re never wearing that again.’ Unfortunately, we made that mistake in front of the whole world.”

“As a mom, you’re kind of learning at the same time,” she continued. “But what I do know is my baby’s such a good girl and such a sweet girl.”

Kim added that she hopes people will show her “a little bit of grace” as she navigates raising her four children, North, Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 6.

The SKIMS founder shares her kids with ex-husband Kanye West and revealed on the podcast that the rapper, 48, hadn’t called their children “in a couple months.”

Photo Credit: Kim Kardashian TikTok; BCKOnline