KIM Kardashian has snapped at street photographers on Friday in a moment that fans called “heartbreaking”.
Press pried about her ex-husband Kanye West’s alleged battery incident at the very same event – she clapped back and one of her children yelled “please leave.”
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“Hey Kim, what do you think of Kanye hitting someone … with a paparazzi’s phone?” a photographer asked Kim, 42, in video obtained by Page Six.
The Kardashians star wore her blonde hair in a braided ponytail with large sunglasses and a basketball jersey for North’s basketball game – she turned to them.
“Do not talk to me about that in front of my kids,” she stared them down and responded.
“Sorry Kim,” the photographer meekly said back.
During this exchange, a child can be heard shouting, “Please leave!”
Fans on Reddit thought it was her eldest daughter North West, 10, as she as well as another of Kim’s children, Saint, entered the SUV with her.
‘THE ANGUISH’
“North yelling to please leave” one fan wrote in a thread with a frown emoji resharing the clip.
“oh my god she sounded so distressed.. heartbreaking honestly,” wrote another.
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“The anguish and anger in North’s voice” claimed a third.
“This is why i don’t understand how she confidently says her kids know nothing about all of the drama and everything that happens with Kanye/the family, there’s no way they see and hear all of this and don’t pick up on anything” accused a fourth.
Kim had been attending North’s basketball game, as was Kanye – as well as sister Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson.
SHOCKING ATTACK
According to TMZ, Kanye, 45, was named a suspect in a battery investigation after getting into it with a photographer at the game.
He saw the woman with her phone out and accused her of following him.
The Chicago native got angry and grabbed her phone before throwing it.
The entire exchange was captured on video.
In the clip, the woman could be heard shouting: “You’re a celebrity!” before things got heated.
Ye then got out of his car and confronted her, while she recorded him with her dog on her lap.
“You didn’t have to run up on me like that,” Kanye told the woman, as she held her cell phone in his face. “If I say stop, stop with your cameras!”
After tossing the phone, the raper hopped into a nearby SUV, where his new wife Bianca Censori was waiting for him.
Deputies from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department were called to the scene around 4:30pm local time.
They were given video evidence to aid in their investigation.
It’s not clear at this time whether the woman is a professional photographer or just a regular person taking videos of Kanye.
A friend close to the Yeezy designer spoke with The U.S. Sun exclusively about the incident, defending Kanye.
They said: “He was followed which is illegal in California– look it up. He was taunted by this woman paparazzi… [a publication] ran a fake story on Ye posting pictures of his kids without any adult present saying it was at his wedding when it was really just him spending time with the kids at church.”
“Kanye was followed by this photographer… he asked her to stop and he felt harassed disrespected, and defenseless…” the pal added.
Kanye’s ex, Kim Kardashian, hasn’t spoken out about the incident.
The Hulu star was earlier seen making her way into her daughter’s game and sitting courtside before all this occurred.
She kept it casual, wearing a red and orange jersey with white text on it and black biker shorts.
Kim was not with Kanye when the incident occurred.
Aside from North, 9, and Saint, 7, the former couple also shares Chicago, 5, and Psalm, 3.
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