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North West Gifts Mom Kim Kardashian an Unusual Diamond Necklace for Her 44th Birthday
Kim Kardashian is not keeping pricey heirlooms to herself.
In fact, the reality star has plans to pass down the 15-carat diamond engagement ring ex-husband Kanye West proposed with back in 2013 to their oldest daughter North West, now 11.
"Because she was with me when I got engaged," Kim who gave birth to her daughter four months before Kanye's proposal, explained on the March 13 episode of The Kardashians. "She held it after and I took a photo."
Kim also noted that the ring was the "only piece of jewelry" she didn't have with her when she was robbed at a Paris hotel in 2016. And the reason why she did not bring the ring on that fateful trip was also because of Ye, who she was married to from 2014 to 2022.
Recounting how she once wore the gem along with her second engagement ring from Kanye—a 20-carat emerald-cut worth an estimated $4.9 million—in an Instagram video, Kim said the rapper warned her, "'Don't you ever wear both of your rings at the same time. Are you looking to get robbed?'"
The 44-year-old's second ring was ultimately stolen during the gunpoint heist, with authorities believing that the diamond was broken down into smaller pieces and sold off on the black market.
But for Kim, the "original ring that I got proposed to" is what's "most important."
However, there is another piece of jewelry that Kim's brood—which includes sons Saint West, 9 and Psalm West, 5, as well as daughter Chicago West, 7—won't be getting their hands on: Her engagement ring from ex-husband Kris Humphries.
As the SKIMS founder put it, she had to surrender that ring as part of their 2013 divorce settlement.
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"I didn't keep that," Kim noted, explaining how she was still legally married to Kris—whom she split from in October 2011 after 72 days of marriage—when she became pregnant with North. "In order to divorce him, he said I had to give him the ring in the divorce."
Kim said she was the one who bought the 18-carat emerald-cut gem, while the former NBA player allegedly "contributed a fifth" of its cost.
She added, "I would've loved a collection."
New episodes of The Kardashians air every Thursday on Hulu.
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On the "No Excuses" singer's 24th birthday, Spy Kids star Daryl Sabara proposed with a round diamond set on a diamond band that the two had previously picked out together. Trainor posted a video of the surreal proposal on Instagram writing, "He proposed to me under a tunnel of beautiful Christmas lights and surprised me with my family and friends. I'm still in shock. I've never been this happy!" They tied the knot in 2018.
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