Kylie Jenner blasted by fans for Astroworld-themed birthday for Stormi
Written by on April 24, 2023
Social media users were up in arms after threw a joint birthday party for her two young children while seemingly making light of the deadly tragedy that left 10 people dead.
Kylie celebrated Stormi’s fifth birthday first on Wednesday, with Aire’s first birthday bash following on Thursday, with both seemingly using the same massive decorations.
But the celebration took on a dark tone when the 25-year-old cosmetics mogul and her famous sisters shared photos and video from the event, revealing that she had put up what appeared to be decorations inspired by the cover of her ex ‘s hit album Astroworld.
The designs, which included eerie inflatable heads with gaping mouths modeled after Stormi, were modeled after a similar large head modeled after Travis own visage on the cover of his LP.
Social media users described the display as tasteless because of the association with the deadly crowd surge at Travis’ Astroworld festival, though the large head designs predated the tragedy.
‘Tasteless’: Kylie Jenner, 25, came under fire from social media users after she celebrated her children’s birthday with back-to-back parties featuring decorations referencing her ex Travis Scott’s Astroworld album
Creepy: The party featured large inflatable heads that appeared to be modeled after Stormi’s own visage
Life imitating art: The heads were inspired by the inflatable head modeled after Travis Scott on the cover of his hit Astroworld album
The large dead-eyed heads weren’t new for Kylie and her family, as she had used them for Stormi’s first birthday.
For her second birthday, she went all out, keeping the Astroworld heads but designing an entire indoor carnival celebrating Stormi and featuring even more disembodied Stormi heads.
Kylie took a break from the Stormi World decorations for her daughter’s first birthday following the deaths in November 2021, when she would have turned four in February 2022.
Presumably it was because of the disturbing associations with the deadly event, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped the massively wealthy Kardashians star from bringing them back for Stormi’s fifth birthday bash.
The latest party had one silver Stormi head with rainbow-colored slides coming out of its mouth, while another design that may have also been modeled on Stormi featured a walkway through its mouth for guests to enter.
One Twitter user described the setting as ‘demonic.’
‘The f*** is up with this messed up theme?Demonic much.. I hated what happened in #AstroWorld,’ they wrote.
Another person thought she was spitting in the face of the victims of the Astroworld tragedy, as well as their families.
Enormous: The latest party had one silver Stormi head with rainbow-colored slides coming out of its mouth, while another design that may have also been modeled on Stormi featured a walkway through its mouth for guests to enter
A year off: Kylie took a break from the Stormi World decorations for her daughter’s first birthday following the deaths in November 2021, when she would have turned four in February 2022, but she was ready to bring them back this year
Over the top: One Twitter user described the setting as ‘demonic’
Thinking of the victims: Another person thought she was spitting in the face of the victims of the Astroworld tragedy, as well as their families
‘Kylie Jenner MOCKS Astroworld victims (including a 10-year-old that was trampled) with her ex Travis-Scott themed birthday party for her daughter, Stormi,’ they wrote, while including photos of one of the large heads and pictures of the 10 people killed at the music festival.
‘kylie using astroworld branding for her children’s birthday party is a bit scary to me,’ wrote another person on Twitter.
‘Isn’t this tasteless after the Astroworld tragedy … where children died,’ another person tweeted.
One user even complained that the Astroworld tragedy had tarnished the name of the Six Flags park that Travis named his album after.
Another person joked that Kylie was ‘probably the least eco friendly woman’ because of the massive decorations.
Collateral damage: One user even complained that the Astroworld tragedy had tarnished the name of the Six Flags park that Travis named his album after
Polluter: Another person joked that Kylie was ‘probably the least eco friendly woman’ because of the massive decorations
Personalized: Aire’s birthday party was a day later on Thursday.The Stormi World decorations appeared to stay up, but he had car-themed decorations as well
Although Kylie seemed to have kept up the decorations for Aire’s birthday, he had special details suited just for him.
One of the inflatable heads had a road laid out heading into its mouth, with balloons reading ‘Route 1’ surrounding it.
Kylie shared a photo of his birthday cake, which was shaped like a race car and seemingly inspired by Disney’s Cars.
Unlike Stormi’s opulent second birthday party, this seemed to be a relatively low-key affair, at least compared to that massive carnival.
Despite splitting from Travis, Kylie didn’t seem to mind reusing the Stormi World decorations, even with their connection to him and his work.
The former couple welcomed their first child on February 1, 2018.Aire was born just a day after his sister’s birthday on February 2, 2022.
In early January, it was reported that Kylie and Travis Scott decided to call it quits for the second time after the two stars rekindled their romance in 2020.
Kylie appeared to have jetted about on Thursday, and she was seen touching down at the Van Nuys airport with her children that day, despite celebrating Aire’s birthday party the same day.
She and her family have been previously criticized for the opulent private jet travel, which creates pollution and releases enormous levels of greenhouse gases.
Sticking with them: Despite splitting from Travis, Kylie didn’t seem to mind reusing the Stormi World decorations, even with their connection to him and his work
Parents: The former couple welcomed their first child on February 1, 2018.Aire was born just a day after his sister’s birthday on February 2, 2022
Short trip?Kylie appeared to have jetted about on Thursday, and she was seen touching down at the Van Nuys airport with her children that day, despite celebrating Aire’s birthday party the same day
Over the top: Kylie and her family have been previously criticized for the opulent private jet travel, which creates pollution and releases enormous levels of greenhouse gases
