News video: Kim Kardashian receives congratulations from late father

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are known for extravagant birthday parties. Now Kanye gave his wife a very special gift: a virtual visit from her father, who died in 2003.

Kim Kardashian is facing a lot of headwind from all sides: Her Instagram postings for her bombastic birthday party on a private island, in the middle of a global pandemic, are the final proof for many of her followers that she has completely lost her footing. Her reference to her birthday present will probably not dispel this suspicion: For the occasion, husband Kanye West had her father Robert Kardashian, who died in 2003, give a little speech for his daughter thanks to elaborate special effects as a hologram.

Much praise for Kanye from the "ghost father"

Kanye puts loving words for his family in the mouth of the digitally generated father – and of course a lot of praise for himself: The Kardashian hologram expressly praises Kim for marrying the "most brilliant person in the world". Kim herself doesn't seem to mind: She is deeply touched and later thanks her on Instagram for "the most attentive gift" of her life.

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Brigitte