Rapper Skepta on X expressed his outrage at a clip of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s 13-year-old daughter North West being hugged by a man at a Paris Fashion Week event Friday.
Skepta, 43, posted a clip Saturday which showed North’s run-in with the man at Friday’s Vetements Menswear Spring/Summer 2027 show, where it appeared she went for a handshake, then hugged the man, before posing for a photo with him.
The UK musician rattled off a series of tweets saying it was inappropriate for the 13-year-old to be mingling with adults in the clip.
‘A blind man could see she wanted a handshake,’ the musical artist, whose full name is Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr., said on X Sunday.
He added the abbreviation KMT, which is short for the phrase ‘kiss my teeth,’ indicating frustration and disapproval.
He added, ‘My fans know I try to stay out of [people’s] business but damn the way grown men, complete strangers, try to use North makes me sick.’
What people think
The incident has sparked a massive online debate about the boundaries and safety of children growing up in the spotlight.
Skepta replied to an X user who asked, ‘Is hugging a social offense now?’ by saying North’s body language made it clear she wasn’t looking to hug anyone.
‘What are you talking about?!’ the rapper said. ‘She is 13 years old and she put her hand out for a handshake, you don’t ignore that.
‘I can’t believe some [of] these replies to my tweet.’
After a commenter noted that the eldest daughter of the A-list celebs ‘basically skipped being a teenager’ due to her fame, Skepta said, ‘WOW!! Protect your kids people. Protect your kids!’
He continued, ‘Schools teaching French, German & English when really the language most people need to f***ing learn is “Body Language.”‘
One replied, ‘When a completely unrelated and uninvolved person has more common sense, care and protective instinct for a child than that child’s parents, there’s something really wrong.’
Another said, ‘Shame on these grown men for crossing very obvious boundaries. That’s a 13-year-old (!), no matter how famous her parents may be.’
