Meghan McCain and Megyn Kelly are raising questions and concerns about North West appearing on the cover of Dazed magazine at just 13 years old.
“This poor baby. My heart just breaks for this child,” McCain, 41, wrote in a since-deleted X post on Tuesday, August 25.
McCain later clarified her remarks about Kim Kardashian and ex-husband Kanye West’s eldest child gracing the cover of the British publication at such a young age.
“I was not mocking,” the former View cohost tweeted on Tuesday. “I feel terrible for her and believe that kind of magazine cover is no place for a child. Don’t twist it.”
Kelly, 55, took a similar stance after seeing North with bright turquoise hair, multiple facial piercings and teal-colored grills covering her teeth while modeling for Dazed.
“Does North West have good parents?” Kelly questioned during Tuesday’s episode of her “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast, calling out Kardashian, 45, and West, 49. “Because she is on the cover of this British quarterly magazine right now with false teeth — like, a grill situation — blue hair, all these facial piercings.”
The journalist held up the cover in disbelief, saying, “Look at this. She is almost exactly the same age as my [son] Thatcher, who was born in July in 2013. [North] was born June of 2013.”
Kelly explained, “I know this age very, very well. He is a sweet little boy. This girl — I mean, would you look at this?”
She continued, “My son is riding his bike, playing tennis and playing something called bucket golf with his buddies in the backyard. This is bizarre. This is a strange choice.”
The political commentator pointed out that North had recently released an album and had already been performing at concerts.
“They are rushing to try to make her a star without, it doesn’t appear, any reflection, especially by the Kardashians, of the significant downside of putting your child on camera for her childhood,” Kelly further claimed of North’s parents.
Kelly’s podcast guest, Dr. Drew Pinsky, concurred, “It makes you worry.”
Us has reached to Kardashian and West’s reps for comment.
North is the eldest of Kardashian and West’s four children. The exes, who divorced in 2022, also share sons Saint, 10, and Psalm, 7, and daughter Chicago, 8.
As the oldest of the kids, North has had all eyes on her as she’s grown up in the spotlight.
In addition to following in her dad’s footsteps with music — she released her first EP, N0rth4Evr, in May and played at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2026 music festival the following month — she has captivated audiences with her unique style.
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While Kardashian has been a style star for years, she admitted in October 2025 that North beats to her own drum.
“She does listen to me, but in other areas, I’m like, ‘Babe, if you want blue hair, it is what it is.’ You know, it makes her so happy,” the Skims cofounder said on an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I would never take that creativity away from her … I just think anyone that’s raising kids, especially four kids by myself, I’m doing the best that I can.”
When it comes to her Dazed cover, Kardashian showed support for her daughter by reposting the images on her Instagram page. “Northie for @dazed 🩵,” she captioned the upload.
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