Kim Kardashian, Kanye West reveal newborn baby’s name
Kim Kardashian and rapper husband Kanye West have named their third child Chicago West, opening the floodgates to hefty doses of mockery and consternation on social media.
Little Chicago was born via a surrogate on Monday weighing 7.6 pounds (3.3 kilograms).
Kim Kardashian announced the name on her app, later suggesting the little girl already has a nickname.
“North, Saint and Chi,” she tweeted to her 58.4 million followers — to be pronounced “Shy” the 37-year-old later clarified.
North, Saint & Chi
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) January 19, 2018
The couple already have daughter North West, 4, and son, Saint, 2.
Kardashian and West, who married in a lavish ceremony in Italy in May 2014, have been dogged by rumours of trouble in paradise recently amid gossip-press speculation that their marriage is on the rocks.
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Kardashian West ranks 47 on Forbes’ celebrity 100 ranking of highest-paid entertainers with pre-tax earnings of Sh4.5 billion ($45.5 million).
According to celebrity website TMZ the couple chose a surrogate after Kardashian suffered from a serious condition in which the placenta becomes too deeply attached to the wall of the uterus during her second pregnancy, making a third pregnancy too risky.
TMZ said the couple paid the surrogate Sh4.5 million ($45,000), banning her from smoking, taking drugs, hot baths, dying her hair and eating raw fish during the pregnancy.