{"id":252284,"date":"2026-07-17T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/kim-kardashian-addresses-backlash-over-instagram-post-following-grandmothers-death\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T06:00:26","slug":"kim-kardashian-addresses-backlash-over-instagram-post-following-grandmothers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/kim-kardashian-addresses-backlash-over-instagram-post-following-grandmothers-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian addresses backlash over Instagram post following grandmother&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-07-17\" datetime=\"1784268026\" pubdate=\"\">17 July 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kim-kardashian\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kim-kardashian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kim Kardashian<\/a> has addressed confusion after she shared vacation photos shortly after it was revealed her grandmother had passed away.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Kim Kardashian&#8217;s grandmother has died<\/p>\n<p>The Skims founder came under fire after sharing an Instagram carousel of her family&#8217;s getaway captioned &#8220;Lake life&#8221; on Thursday (16.07.26), around the same time as her mother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/kris-jenner\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,kris-jenner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kris Jenner<\/a> announced Mary Jo Shannon, aka MJ, had died at the age of 91.<\/p>\n<p>Returning to her post to respond to the criticism and confusion, Kim confirmed it had been scheduled for some time and she had spent the previous few days with Kris and MJ.<\/p>\n<p>She commented: \u201cThis post was scheduled a few days ago before we lost MJ, so its timing came right alongside her passing.<\/p>\n<p>                      \t\t\t<!-- Dailymotion player (contact: Kutay.vardar@dailymotion.com) --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been by my mom and grandma\u2019s side this past week, and my heart is completely with my family right now. We love and miss her so deeply, and in the days ahead, we\u2019ll be focusing on celebrating her beautiful life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nShortly afterwards, the 45-year-old star &#8211; who has North, 13, Saint, 10, Chicago, eight, and seven-year-old Psalm with ex-husband Kanye West &#8211; shared a new post which featured a heartfelt tribute to her grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>\nAlongside a series of photos of herself and her kids with MJ, Kim began: \u201cMy sweet Grandma MJ, my best friend, my gossip buddy, my forever twin&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cYou taught all of us the importance of family, and those values are something we\u2019ll carry with us forever!!!!! You were the woman who showed me what it meant to be a hardworking businesswoman. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;You gave me my very first job at your store in San Diego and taught me lessons about work ethic, strength, and confidence that I\u2019ve carried with me ever since. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;You always believed in me, championed me, and were my safe place. You truly were the matriarch of our family, and your love is woven into all of us. I know you\u2019re at peace now.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Give Papa Harry, Aunt Karen, and my dad a hug for me. You will always be a part of me, I love you soooooo much and I will miss you forever and ever. <\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;YOU ARE THE BEST OF US!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I know you are up in heaven, looking at all of our Instagram posts of you from your sneaky finsta account you would always use lol (sic)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/kim-kardashian-addresses-backlash-instagram-post-following-grandmothers-death-1447630.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17 July 2026 Kim Kardashian has addressed confusion after she shared vacation photos shortly after it was revealed her grandmother had passed away. Kim Kardashian&#8217;s grandmother has died The Skims founder came under fire after sharing an Instagram carousel of her family&#8217;s getaway captioned &#8220;Lake life&#8221; on Thursday (16.07.26), around the same time as her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[276,74,7081],"class_list":{"0":"post-252284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-kim-kardashian","9":"tag-kris-jenner","10":"tag-mary-jo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}