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Daily Mirror
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Khloe Kardashian criticised for claiming her kids planned lavish birthday bash
Reality star Khloe Kardashian enjoyed an early birthday surprise when, she claims, her seven-year-old daughter and two-year-old son planned a party for her 'on their own' Khloe Kardashian was left in a birthday daze when her young children threw her a Care Bear themed early birthday party. The 40-year-old reality star will become one year older on Friday - but already has significant plans this weekend. The Kardashians star is one of many guests that have flown to Italy ahead of the wedding of Amazon billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos, 61, and journalist Lauren Sánchez, 55. The happy couple will swap vows at a lavish ceremony in Venice - and Khloe is just one of the famous stars expected to be in the pews. Before flying out to Europe for the celebrations, Khloe enjoyed some festivities of her own courtesy of daughter True, seven, and son Tatum, two. The kids have been credited with throwing a party for their mother which was Care Bear themed - taking Khloe completely by surprise. Sharing details of the event, the mum-of-two wrote on social media: "True and Tatum threw me an early birthday pool Party today! True and Tatum Planned it all On their own with my incredible team. We love @carebears." And the message was backed up by her social media influencer pal Olivia Pierson, who shared a video clip of people in Care Bear costumes dancing. She captioned the short clip: "Care Bear early birthday for @KhloeKardashian planned by True & Tatum." But fans have refused to believe that a toddler and a child could organise such a lavish party without their millionaire mother knowing. Ridiculing the star, one fan wrote online: "Does she think people are dumb enough and believe that her young children did this 'by themselves'?" On Thursday, Khloe was papped in Venice along with her sister, Kim Kardashian - who was deep in animated conversation with a newly single Orlando Bloom. Stars have descended on the Italian city in preparation for Jeff and Lauren's upcoming wedding. The wedding is set to take place over the weekend of June 27 - with a string of celebrations around and leading up to the big day as famous friends arrive in the Italian city to celebrate. But not everyone in the area is happy about the nuptials. Furious locals have targeted the wedding to accuse Jeff of not paying enough taxes considering he is one of the richest men in the world. Demonstrations against the businessman have even led to a last minute change in wedding venue after it was previously cited to take place in Cannaregio - a popular and central nightlife area. Reuters reports: "For weeks some local residents and pressure groups have been complaining that the event will turn the scenic city of gondolas and palazzi into a private amusement park for the rich, and threatened peaceful blockades. "After the wedding ceremony, whose location and exact date remain secret, although it is expected to be between Thursday and Saturday, some 200-250 VIP guests from show business, politics and finance will now head to a hall of the Arsenale, a vast 14th-century complex in the eastern Castello district." Khloe is believed to be attending the wedding single as she has remained single following her disastrous romance with Tristan Thompson who she shared her children with - and who famously cheated on her during her first pregnancy. Discussing her single status in December last year, the fame hungry star told Bustle: "Dating has not been a focus for me, and I've been single for about three years and love it. But I'm not single and dating. I'm just single. I have such power and strength in that. I'm not lonely."
BBC News
01-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Four years on, Yorkshire children reflect on the impact of Covid
The Covid pandemic hit the UK hard, but it was particularly challenging for young people whose childhoods were clouded by lockdowns, social distancing and 2021, a year after the UK's first pandemic lockdown, the BBC spoke to young people about how the experience had affected years on, they reflect on the impact of Covid on their lives. Ruari, 13 Ruari, from York - who was nine when he first spoke to the BBC - said the experience of the first lockdown being called was "really frightening".He said: "I was just a naïve little kid...I didn't really understand what was going on."While he struggled with not being able to see family and friends, Ruari said he had some fond memories of the time - including when he camped with his older brother in his family's back garden for 50 nights, raising around £1,500 for the RSPCA. "That was as a thank you because we got cats in lockdown, which was a really big highlight," he a Manchester United fan, said another highlight was watching a match with a friend in person the day after lockdowns were added: "It was the first person I'd seen other than my family for ages and ages, it was mental to see them."But a really good mental."Four years on, he said he believed the pandemic and everything that came with it had had an "irreversible" impact on society. "That's not something you just skip past," he added. Marnie, 10 Marnie, from Tollerton, used her time at home during the first lockdown to draw rainbows and post them through her neighbours' doors to help "make people happy". Four years on, she said she remembered the time as being "quite hard". "We did every lesson online, " she said. "It got quite lonely at times because I didn't see my friends, but we did go and post each other letters like once a month," she added. Being only six when she first spoke to the BBC, Marnie said that the time during lockdown "didn't feel real"."But I did realise there was this horrible disease going around," she said. Her favourite memory of the pandemic was when restrictions were lifted and she was first allowed to meet up with other people said: "When we first got back together it was my seventh birthday."She added: "I got a blue Care Bear, which I absolutely love, and we met up with some family friends and had a picnic at the park." Billy, 20 Billy, from Harrogate, was 16 during the first lockdown, meaning he experienced the added challenge of completing his GCSEs from home. "[By the third lockdown] it felt like we were going to be in and out of them forever," he said."I was terrified I'd never go back to school properly."But he said he enjoyed the freedom that studying remotely allowed him, taking up cycling in his extra spare time. "I could get all my work done a couple of weeks in advance and had a load of time," he said. "Then, of course, I got a really nice expensive road bike right as the lockdown ended and almost never used it."He went on to achieve top marks in his A levels before taking a gap year, and is now in the process of applying to join the Army. Billy said of the pandemic: "I definitely came out of it a lot different to how I got in.""We came out of it lucky because we didn't know anyone who passed from it or anything like that [so] I try to look on the bright side," he added. Emily, 13 During the first lockdown, Emily - from Norton-on-Derwent - helped her mum make about100 scrubs bags to donate to hospitals. She said of that time: "I think it helped me and other people to distract them and me from what was going on outside."Aged nine at the time, she said she struggled most during lockdowns with not being able to go to school where her friends were, and with "being out of the normal routine".About finally seeing her friends again she said: "I remember us all just running towards each other and then stopping because we were all in bubbles.""We were very glad to see each other anyway," she schooling was further affected after the pandemic when she got glandular fever, meaning she missed most of Year 7. Now back at school, she said she was enjoying being back into activities like swimming, and said she was looking forward to going back to doing said: "Me and my friends are spending a lot more time together, especially after lockdown."I don't think we actually realised how much we needed each other." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
