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KIM KARDASHIAN IS back at it again garnering more social media chatter over the comings and goings of her 40th birthday.
Earlier this week, a mixed response emerged online after the reality TV star announced she brought her family to a private island to celebrate her birthday away from Covid-19 restrictions.
This time around, the focus was on a birthday present from Kardashian’s husband, rap artist Kanye West.
West skipped past the candles and books, instead gifting a hologram of Kardashian’s late father Robert Kardashian.
“Kanye got me the most thoughtful gift of a lifetime. A special surprise from heaven. A hologram of my dad,” Kardashian said on Twitter.
It is so lifelike! We watched it over and over, filled with emotion.
Kardashian shared a two minute 20 second long video of the hologram.
Robert Kardashian was a lawyer, well-known as the defence attorney for OJ Simpson during Simpson’s murder trial in 1995.
He was played by Friends star David Schwimmer in the TV show about the trial, The People v O.J Simpson: American Crime Story.
He died in 2003 aged 59.
In hologram form, Robert Kardashian says his daughter look beautiful “just like when you were a little girl” and says he watches over the family every day.
“I am so proud of the woman that you have become Kimberly, and all that you have accomplished.
The most beautiful thing that I have witnessed is watching you grow your family. You married the most, most, most, most, most genius man in the whole world, Kanye West.
“And you are the most, most, most, most amazing mother to your four beautiful children, and they are perfect.”
The video sparked a meme online, with people sharing the text of Kim Kardashian’s tweet with other images and videos.
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Tacky is as tacky does.
@silentbob2012: almost seems like a tackiest gift you might find at a cultural meeting bass. Along with the fake Coco Chanel bags
Don’t get me wrong, I loved my mother dearly, but If someone made a hologram like that with her saying she’s watching over me etc it would scare the life out of me! I watched the clip and just found it creepy to be honest? Each to their own and all that!
@Trina Murphy: money can’t buy good taste.
@Dave Thomas: evidently not!
I love that neither Ye or Kim have lost touch with the common man or woman.
He bought her an iGhost.
Just in time for Halloween
His ego is staggering
@David Murphy: For sure. The funniest thing to me is that he got the hologram of her dead father to tell her that she had married the most, most, most, most genius man in the whole world.
I’m 50 tomorrow. Wonder what he get me.
@James Fox:
Happy birthday for tomorrow Mr James.
@Kenneth Hayden: thanks Kenneth
@James Fox: a hologram of a talking fox, maybe.
@Earth Traveller: what did the fox say.
I think the grossest part of it all was saying that Kanye west, a man he never met when he was alive, was a genius.
How did they select a guy to voice him? Bit morbid, but shur if she liked i guess no harm.
@Evan: I’m guessing they didn’t. You can train AI to mimic it based on samples. I’m pretty sure Adobe demoed software for this a couple of years ago. There also was/is a web service where you could do it with your own voice for free. The intonation and rhythm were way off for me, but the resemblance to my voice was definitely there.
For a paid service where they can have someone manual tweak those issues, it’s not really an issue.
After Kayne’s first album it was all downhill, and he’s still going.
@Mark Walsh: made me laugh
@Mark Walsh: climbing down the ladder of success
Oh Lord the most most most most genius in the world….what an enormous EGO
Their PR team working over time.
@Spbeak: Totally, this comes out 2 days after the back lash she got over her party.
Why would anyone other than them care about this?
What a waste of digital media this story is. :o
Was he spinning in his grave in it
How, is this, news?
@Joe Bergin: I dunno but it and the memes surrounding it are hilarious.
@Joe Bergin: well money talks …..that’s how it’s news I think
Absolute waste of humanity who have lost all contact with reality. Partying on a private island with thousands suffering. Do something with your fame not act like the spoilt air head you are….
Oh so weird it really is having more money than sense or taste!!
Wonder was the scene from the OJ Simpson trial?
@Gerard Anthony McBride: is everyone gathered around? including my ex wife that cheated on me, and made my cancer treatment harder as she turned my kids against me – i just want to say I’m so proud of the daughter that didn’t stick by me (winks at kourtney). oh, and OJ was innocent!
Bunchaw ankers.
Don’t you just love pictures of videos
She’s some dirt bird
Brilliant news :-;
Jesus walks
@Paddy O Rourke: Jesus wept
If any sane persons significant other pulled a stunt like that at their birthday with their whole family in attendance how quickly would you begin either a) kicking them the hell out of your house or b) filing the divorce papers
Sick
Slow news day ? Nobody gives a tom tit….
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