I find Khloe Kardashian to be a pretty typical first-time mother in a lot of ways? Khloe was desperate to be a mom, so desperate that she jumped head-first into a shady relationship with Tristan Thompson and ignored all of the red flags just so she could become a mother. And now that she has True, that baby is Khloeâs whole world. Khloe is spoiling the hell out of True, but as I said, thatâs typical of so many first-time moms, and typical of the Kardashian-Jenners specifically. So⊠big surprise, True Thompson has a new baby-Bentley. Like, itâs literally just a toddler car with pink sparkles and a little âBentleyâ logo. So people criticized Khloe and she âclapped back,â as the kids say.
Khloé Kardashian has a right to spoil her daughter True with any way she chooses. After sharing a new video of the 14-month-old driving around in her toy Bentley car, which she received as a present last December, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star found herself on the receiving end of some criticism about her spending habits.
âAnother Kardashian in a Bentley. You guys are so oblivious to how your excessive spending looks to the outside world. I really loved your familyâs story and now just canât bare [sic] to watch as you spend all this money on worthless materialism. Itâs so sad,â one social media user commented on the video, in an interaction highlighted by Comments by Celebs. In response, Kardashian, 35, pointed out that her baby girl wasnât driving an actual luxury vehicle.
âUmmm you know this is not a real Bentley? Itâs a toy,â she wrote. âNo reason to be sad over a baby in a toy car. Either way Iâm sorry you feel that way but I hope you have a great weekend! Focus on things that make you happy! Smile.â
Thanking Kardashian for responding to their comment, the social media user replied with some less critical thoughts, pointing out that the reality star has âso much influenceâ and that there are âalways ways we can improve as people.â
âI appreciate this! I appreciate this message more than your first.. Iâm able to digest what you have to say because of how you stated it. I hear you,â the Revenge Body host replied. While the proud mom went on to say she doesnât âbelieve that all we do is spend money on worthless materialism,â itâs not her responsibility to prove anything. âWhat I can say is that Iâm able to look myself in the mirror and sleep at night. Iâm able to do that because I know Iâm a good person and life is all about balance. Yes, I do choose to spoil my daughter. I want to spoil her with love as well [as] with material items. She will be also raised with values, responsibilities, chores, respect, self love. We all work hard and we are able to spend our money in the way that we choose. I hope thatâs what comes across to âthe outside world,ââ she added, emphasizing that she wants âto lead with love above everything else.â
Do I think the Kardashian-Jenners are superficial materialism-driven a–holes? Yes. Do I think that they encapsulate everything thatâs wrong with consumer-culture? Yes. Do I wish that I believed that the NextGen K-J kids would be less materialistic than their moms? Yes, but it probably wonât happen. I just think that thereâs a way to make the argument without choosing to die on the âkids shouldnât have kid-sized Bentleysâ hill. I donât know.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
There are so many negative things you can fairly say on them -_- getting her daughter a sparkly toy car is not one of them
+1 to that!
I mean, is the world ending, or is it not? I feel no guilt flaming celebrities for being wasteful when they have every resource at their disposal. It would be awesome if someone as well known as a Kardashian would say âIâm only going to get my kids second hand toys or sustainably produced toysâ or if nothing else, âwe are being really intentional about the toys we are buyingâ rather than buying yet another huge plastic toy thatâs going to end up in a landfill. What sheâs saying is even worse. Sheâs like âIâm going to spoil my child with material thingsâ which is pretty horrible when you consider the world will be irreversibly damaged by 2030.
Or âMy kids toy car will be a Prius.âAt the very least. I have a young niece and nephew and I refuse to buy them new toys. My nephew is obesssed with cars. I bought 100 matchbox cars at a garage sale and give him a few here and there. He has no idea they arenât new. My niece is easy too. I gave her my sonâs old DS and she got a game at Easter, one for her Bday. I have enough to keep this going for a while. I garbage picked two power wheel cars and got new batteries. My nephew said âI wanted the Mercedes from Targetâ but then hopped in the used Jeep and took off. Kids are easy that way.
Love the Matchbox cars idea. I bet he loves it! My son gets one of my husband’s old Transformers from the 90’s every other month and he thinks they are best thing. We buy almost everything toy-related on Facebook from other moms trying to get rid of stuff. You can buy 200 wood blocks at Wal-Mart for $12. It’s pretty easy to do, and you are right, kids often don’t know the difference.
My SIL gets almost all of my nephews toys off the local buy and sell. She also recycles his old toys that way. And she suggested that instead of toys we do experiences with him – so Iâve taken him to Ripleyâs aquarium and when heâs a little bigger weâre going to overnight at the zoo. At first I was sad (heâs my only nephew – no nieces, either), but once I understood the environmental impact (she is frugal and hates having crappy plastic toys in her house), it made me a lot happier to comply.
@anners, I’ve gotten to the point with the grandkiddos that I don’t do toys either. I try to find things they can do or use. Got my one grandson a sun tea jar and different types of teas as he loves ice tea and he’s old enough to make his own – he loved it. Got two of them the food pass at 6 flags so they could eat whenever they went (have season passes which were a gift). Gave my one grandson pitching lessons another a cooking class. They love it!
@aang, Millenial, Anners and Swack… I love all of your ideas! You are raising the environmental awareness of those kids that theyâll live and pass on.
I raised two sons and recycled their toys to neighbors, relatives, or donation centers (also found great deals on big toys there). When they were very small, our greatest discovery were the âPlay it Again Sportsâ stores. I was able to introduce them to every sport at a fraction of the cost instead of spending money on new equipment. Whichever sport âtookâ they pursued, and their old equipment (if still usable) was donated. They did end up playing at high levels of their favorite sports, but as youngsters their favorite pastime, by far, was taking short day trips. We have journals documenting the visits made to fire and police stations (out of town visits were esp. fun), construction sites (they loved the big machines), hands-on kidsâ museums, stadium tours, concerts, plays, and our trips to the library were epic. These adventures helped their creative juices flow; they were excellent writers by elementary school. Once a child is three there are so many options than just playing with toys (and having a tv in their bedroom isnât one of them). Sorry my comment is so long.
I know it’s crzy, but I also fantasize @ the Kardashians throwing it all away and living in trees to save the forest. Sigh. Or at -least- going outside on hikes and talking about the clean fresh air. Sigh again.
I doubt that beautiful baby will be raised to know self love with a family like the Kardashianâs
That poor child is going to have body and self esteem issues at a very young age.
yea, hate to say it but not likely that these kids will grow up normal and well-adjusted
Seriously. Her mom will have had 20 faces by the time she’s 18.
she is a beautiful baby, and I shudder to think about any female raised by any of these super-shallow materialistic self-image hating grifters.
“chores”? “responsibilities”? sure, if by that you mean her responsibilities will be to show up and hawk whatever product the family is shilling at that time and her chores are to promote the hell out of it on social media platforms. like she’ll have “chores” like making her bed or setting/clearing the table? or loading the dishwasher? or taking out the garbage? PUH-LEEEEZ. you know the help will take care of all that.
I will say that I don’t care about the “luxury” baby car…you can get a fancy Escalade version at Shop Rite for under $200 so I’d bet this one wouldn’t be too much more than that. she probably spends more on her weekly make up budget than she did on this.
I would say the elaborate birthday parties for a one year old are a bigger issue than a sparkly toy car.
True doesn’t know its a Bentley or Fisher Price. It’s all about mommy showing off. Loving your kids doesn’t mean you have to spoil, post on Instagram and make money off it (as if there’s not a kick back from the maker).
I agree with you Eliza. Kids True’s age don’t need expensive toys. Sometimes just an empty box or plastic container can keep them entertained for hours. Her mother’s just showing off, as usual. Kardashian attention seeking is pathetic.
I can understand the urge. I didnât want kids but have had to be told to ease off on the stuff Iâve bought for nieces and nephews. Even when they too young to really care. I knew it wasnât entirely about them, it was also about me having fun. I wouldnât dream of putting them on social media or anywhere public though. The rule in the family has always been not until theyâre old enough to decide to be on it themselves. The eldest is now 14 and is apparently an outlier for his generation because he hates social media and is grateful there isnât 14 years of embarrassing pics online posted by his relatives.
Agree with you 100 percent. Kids don’t know labels. They could care less. I imagine True would have been just as happy playing with a cardboard box.
We have the time and leisure to comment on $1K smartphones while sipping $6 lattes. Okay then.
I have a free phone and coffee in my hand…..
So I guess I can say what a waste of money.
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Ditto. Used phone, homemade coffee.
Hi Kris!!
$100 phone and a cup of home brewed Eight O’clock coffee here…
Give yourselves a slow clap. Clearly Iâm talking about the tiered hypocrisy of Western consumer culture. The fragility and not-me-ism of these comments would make a lot of people in under-developed nations laugh their asses off. Yeah a $100 phone is a toy Bentley in Bangladesh.
Monicack has a point.
Thank you Otaku. This could have been a broader conversation. No one acknowledges privilige because not me.
To Monicakc and otaku: what youâre doing is pure whataboutism, bringin nothing to the conversation.
How do you say youâre raising your child to have values, respect, responsibilities and self- love when the entire family are vapid, materialistic, plastic surgery (that they all lie about) addicted attention whores?? Jesus- talk about being deluded.
PMK pimped our every single one of her kids starting from an early age and all of her daughters, save maybe Kourtney, are starting to do the same thing. I feel bad for those kids, particularly the girls, who are now all being raised to place their physical beauty and how they can use it to get attention and publicity, above all else.
Kourtney does the same. I remember browsing past first day of school photos and her kiddos had on Gucci loafers.
âPMK pimped our every single one of her kids starting from an early age…â And her daughters are starting them even younger.
Seems like a standard gift in that family. IIRC, North got a mini Escalade or range rover for her first birthday and on trying to find t hgv at information saw that Kourtney bought Chicago a neon green Bentley for her first birthday.
Whatâs always so fascinating to me is that people keep being let down that this family is anything other than who they show themselves to be. Like just donât watch the show or comment on the articles? Iâm not really a fan of them but I donât think I have ever been like âWELL NOW TRUE HAS A SPARKLY LUXURY BABY CAR SO HOW MATERIALISTICâ. Itâs weird to me the vitriol they inspire in people.
Crowhood – agree.
Yeah I watch the show because it is ridiculous and so staged and funny. I don’t understand why people hate them SO Much. If you really hate some celebrity so much (which I don’t understand to begin with), why not just not pay attention?
Ok, this is slightly off-topic, but Khloeâs plastic surgery is so extreme it had me thinking she looks like Lindsay Lohan in that last photo!
Not off topic at all… it’s insane.
Sure you can spend your money how you want. And we can call you tacky and classless for doing so, because youâre putting it out there for all the world to see. Be quiet, Khloe.
I mean, I’m pretty sure Khloe WANTED a reaction or why post it in the first place? I personally don’t see the big deal. All of the Kardashian/Jenner/West babies have those cars don’t they?
Listen I donât want to make everything about race, but there are times (especially with the disgusting trend of racists crawling out of the woodwork in every direction since Trump began his campaign) when all I can see is a race issue.
Are people coming for little white baby daughters of celebrities who are shown being showered with gifts and spoiled? Why do I think that the fact that itâs a black baby girl who is being shown material wealth and excess is what bothers people here? Does anyone else have this thought?
I donât even remember what it was like to not have race issues as the forefront in my mind. I have two mixed race children, one is âpassingâ for white and the second is obviously Hispanic (Iâm white my husband is Hispanic). They are little ones now but Iâm already bracing myself/fearful/nervous of seeing the differences they will encounter as they walk through life. Something about seeing people having such an issue with a beautiful little black baby girl being spoiled… it feels like race plays in.
Please donât freak out if you donât see a race issue here. Iâm just commenting my thoughts on this incident, based on the time we are living in and the extreme racism online and in society.
I think it has more to do with it being the Kardashians than it does with the baby being black, personally. People freak out about everything they do, partially because they’re mad they’re so rich for “doing nothing.”
People get fed up with how much b.s. the K-klan puts out on SM about their kids, because most of it is not in a good light, and all of it is materialism and attention-seeking. Race is definitely not a part of this.
Do you think weâd be as annoyed if they posted a clip of them sitting on the floor showing their child how to build a skyscraper with wooden blocks, then laughing as it tumbled over? Or a video of them having âteaâ while sitting on child-size furniture? Nope. It would show me that they actually DO things with their child that stimulate their brains and have fun together – you know, stuff that builds good memories.
you missed the point, it sounds like you are the only one seeing a race issue. we all just see a kardashian issue.
Most parents with money buy their kids toys like this so pretty typical. Our neighbours kids had battery powered tractors etc. No big deal to me tbh.
Such wanton materialism and conspicuous consumption…..it’s all gross
Didnât even read this. Iâm just here to say: if I want to spoil my baby and Iâm not asking you to pay for it or finance my life, STFU.
Why post on SM then? If ya canât take the heat, get outta the kitchen. Face it, the K-Klan asks for it.
BendyWindy, very well said
People with money spend frivolously on their kids. It’s not news and certainly not for this family so why the uproar?
The biggest issue will be all of the kids wondering why they don’t resemble any of their mothers.
They will soon enough. Plastic surgeon is on standby for the first “deviated sputum” excuse.
My2 cents- if course of no value to rich folks, 2 cents! Lol- I got an awesome pre owned kid racing car off Craigslist for our son when he was 4. It was half off the retail price and not a year old in excellent condition. It was still being sold at toys r us new when we got it on Craigslist. Itâs 8 years older now but still looks new and works perfectly. Our youngest is 12 now, too big for the car but weâre in a diverse neighborhood where kids often share their bikes and scooters, give others turns if they donât have a ride if their own. We keep it in the garage, take it out a few times every summer and let the neighborhood kids use it; weâve got a whomp of old helmets and biking pads and the kids play race car driver in the cul de sac. Weâre going to have a neighbor party and a mom made her 2 daughters pink racing helmets for their scooters already and Iâm way too excited to cheer on the lil Penelope Pitt-stops. Reusing stuff is actually really cool!! Cool people recycle. Maybe the K klan could get on board with like, handing down their super rich kid shit through the cousin group? Like we peasants do throughout our fams? Jk, I know thatâs out of touch!! No used toys for Americaâs royal family, lol đđ€Šââïž
Lol, have fun! (But disinfect bicycle helmets if shared. Head lice are no joke.)
And baby True is a doll. Darling girl
She is a very sweet looking little girl – she has such a cute smile!
Khloe probably drives a Bentley and thought it would be cute to buy a toy car for True so they can have mommy/daughter bentleys?
I live in a rural area and people buy toy car Jeeps or toy car Trucks for their kids cuz thats what Daddy drives and it’s funny/ironic. I don’t think that is tacky.
What I do think is tacky is Khloe’s whole look. The heavy handed / instagram make-up look is dated and dead. Her white blonde hair extension look is like 90’s Britney Spears. The long acrylic nails and club gear she wears is so so cheap and tacky – is it 2003 all over again? She must be so insecure to dress herself like this, fake everything. Khloe actually is in great shape (besides her awful plastic surgery butt) and is naturally interesting looking and is in dire need of a MAKE UNDER!! Where is Stacy London at
Loathe this family and everything about them, but I donât see an issue here. She bought her child a toy. I know plenty of my friends whose kids have toy cars too. Despite how I feel I know she really wanted a baby so I can understand her want to spoil her.
whatever happened to just giving your toddler high priced dolls.
Probably this toy was free anyhow…they get so much free stuff! I just hope they donate it all in a week’s time because there will be a new plethera of toys and clothes and so many other kids can use them!
Nothing says “I’m secure with myself” like clapping back at random strangers on the internet.
True is adorable. Unfortunately she was born into this Koven and won’t stand a chance.
And you just proved your own point.
(But you ARE correct about baby True.)
I hope at least one of PMKâs grandkids rejects this familyâs desperation for fame and fortune, and goes off to have a meaningful, non-materialistic, happy life.
meaningful and happy meaning in your standards? live and let live
I have more of a problem with poor people buying luxury brand clothing/shoes for their kids. Can’t stand the Kardashians but don’t get a vibe someone else is raising their kids.