Last weekend, Kim Kardashian had a baby shower for her third child, which she and Kanye West are expecting via surrogate. The surrogate was not invited—but only because she had just met Kardashian's family earlier that day, Kardashian said on The Real Thursday (via E!).
'It was like a weird decision to have to make,' Kardashian explained. 'Of course, I would've wanted her to be there and be a part of it, but I hadn't really gone that far in explaining it to my kids yet. So I have to figure that out first before they really see and then if we're celebrating, you know, her, I just want to celebrate the baby. I think I have to explain it to my kids first and figure out how I'm going to explain it to them.'
Kardashian and her surrogate are close though, Kardashian added. 'I love her. I have the best relationship with my surrogate. She's so nice. She is the perfect person to do this for my family. She's great. She's been amazing.'
But the entire process—including determining how many of the traditional pregnancy rituals to do—has been difficult for Kardashian. 'I really didn't have a choice [about using a surrogate to have another biological child]. I, at this point, couldn't get pregnant and we wanted to expand our family,' she said. 'So the fact that that is something that you can do, and it's really taboo to talk about and people don't really understand it, I mean, even throwing my baby shower, do I a baby shower? What do I do? I thought I wanted to because I wanted North to experience a party, like, 'Something's coming, someone's coming. We're going to welcome our little sister coming.' So I think that...that really like got everyone in the mood.'
'But there are no rules,' she continued. 'I saw online people were saying today, like, 'Did you invite your surrogate to the shower? Is she invited?' What are the rules? There are no rules and I'm trying to figure it out. But I thought I'd want to be open about my experience because it's what I'm going through.'
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she's not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
