Kim Kardashian riles the internet with 'disturbing' 'Santa Baby' video
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Kim Kardashian is putting some people into a Grinch-like mood after releasing a new video for Santa Baby.
The reality star released the track on Monday with help from her brother-in-law, Travis Barker, in which the visuals see her cavorting around on her hands and knees inside a chaotic party house during Christmastime.
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“Santa baby, just slip a Sable under the tree for me,” Kim, 44, sings, belting out one of the lyrics from Eartha Kitt’s 1953 holiday classic. According to PEOPLE, the SKIMS founder recorded the song during season three of The Kardashians and released it through Barker’s DTA Records and her Kimsaprincess, Inc.
The video features a donkey appearing a businessman making phone calls, a person dressed as Jesus making a run to the fridge, Kim in a blonde wig and sneering Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin dressed as Santa.
Family Ties star Justine Bateman called the clip “truly revolting” in a post shared to X.
“This Kardashian video is completely repulsive with no redeeming qualities whatsoever,” she wrote. “What was the goal except to show the grown baby from TRAINSPOTTING crawling through some nightmare. What is she contributing to society except degradation of the human spirit?”
“What passes for taste and entertainment for some people astonishes me. I never got the whole ‘Kardashian thing as it is, but they somehow manage to keep pushing the envelope. They passed ‘dignity’ long ago,” one person wrote, responding to Bateman’s post.
“Horrible. I regret even watching it,” a second person added.
YouTubers called the video, directed by Nadia Lee Cohen and Charlie Denis, “pointless.”
“I don’t generally like anything the Kardashians do,” one person wrote. “This is (definitely) one of those things where I will be ignoring it full throttle.”
“This is repulsive,” another added.
On Instagram, where her video has notched more than 17,5 million views, one follower said Kardashian’s Santa Baby interpretation was giving them “demonic vibes.”
“Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should,” a second person swiped, with another dubbing the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star “The Cringe That Stole Christmas.”
“Satan made this,” a fourth person warned.
But Kim’s sister, Khloé Kardashian, gave the video her stamp of approval, adding “Come on Santa!!” to the comments.
The release came days after Kim threw her annual Christmas bash in which she wore a revealing, figure-hugging red leather gown that boasted side slits and a plunging neckline.
In one of the snaps, the mother of four balances a wine glass on her backside, cheekily recreating a picture from her 2014 cover shoot for Paper Magazine.
Other pictures in Kim’s Christmas party roundup included one of her posing between her sister, Khloé, and mother, Kris Jenner, and several more of her smiling in front of a booth decked out in holiday decorations.
Two Christmases ago, Kim found herself trending when she showed up at Paris Hilton’s Christmas party in a cropped throwback Dr. Dre Up in Smoke concert T-shirt and flared black leather pants.
“Everyone understood the assignment except for Kim,” one critic swiped, as another deemed the outfit as proof the American Horror Story star was going through a “mid-life crisis.”
“Everyone dressed all nice and Kim looks like a 15-year-old teen that was forced to her parents party,” another person jabbed, while a third added, “Kim’s outfit is for a rock concert, not a Christmas party.”
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