{"id":2506078,"date":"2026-07-17T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506078"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:58:00","slug":"kim-kardashian-clarifies-timing-of-vacation-photos-after-grandma-mary-jo-mj-campbells-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kim-kardashian-clarifies-timing-of-vacation-photos-after-grandma-mary-jo-mj-campbells-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Kardashian clarifies timing of vacation photos after grandma Mary Jo &#8216;MJ&#8217; Campbell&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kim Kardashian was forced to clarify why she shared an Instagram post about her vacation photos just moments after news of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/16\/celebrity-news\/kris-jenners-mom-mary-jo-mj-campbell-dead-at-91\/\">her grandmother\u2019s passing<\/a> broke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis post was scheduled a few days ago before we lost MJ, so its timing came right alongside her passing,\u201d she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da3PMEnmPUQ\/?img_index=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explained in the comments section<\/a> of her Thursday post, responding to confused fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been by my mom and grandma\u2019s side this past week, and my heart is completely with my family right now. We love and miss her so deeply, and in the days ahead, we\u2019ll be focusing on celebrating her beautiful life \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\ud83e\udd0d.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kim Kardashian clarified that her ill-timed vacation photos were schedule to be posted prior to her grandma Mary Jo \u201cMJ\u201d Campbell\u2019s death. (Pictured here: Kim and Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian on vacation.) <span class=\"credit\">kimkardashian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThis post was scheduled a few days ago before we lost MJ, so its timing came right alongside her passing,\u201d she explained in the comments section. (One of the vacation snaps seen above.) <span class=\"credit\">kimkardashian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>On Thursday, Kris Jenner announced her mom, Mary Jo \u201cMJ,\u201d had died. She was 91.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we said goodbye to my beautiful Mommy MJ. \ud83d\ude1e\ud83d\udc94,\u201d the \u201cKardashians\u201d star\u00a0said in part in a lengthy tribute via Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>However, just minutes after Jenner\u2019s post, the Skims co-founder shared a carousel of photos from her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/07\/14\/celebrity-news\/kim-kardashians-boyfriend-lewis-hamilton-hangs-with-her-kids-in-sweet-new-selfies\/\">recent lakeside vacation<\/a> with her children, sister Khlo\u00e9 and boyfriend Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>Fans immediately took to the comments section to call out the reality star for her \u201cunfortunate\u201d timed upload.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019ve been by my mom and grandma\u2019s side this past week, and my heart is completely with my family right now,\u201d Kim (pictured with her sister on vacation) further explained. <span class=\"credit\">kimkardashian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe love and miss her so deeply, and in the days ahead, we\u2019ll be focusing on celebrating her beautiful life \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\ud83e\udd0d,\u201d the Skims co-founder (seen with one of her sons) concluded. <span class=\"credit\">kimkardashian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t MJ just die and you posting this? WOW,\u201d one wrote. \u201cGirl, what about your grandma!?\u201d another questioned.<\/p>\n<p>A third added, \u201cDidn\u2019t your grandmama just pass? This couldn\u2019t wait to the weekend \ud83d\ude15\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But other fans defended Kardashian, noting that she must have a scheduled content calendar planned for weeks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Minutes before Kim\u2019s post was uploaded, Kris Jenner (pictured far left alongside MJ) announced that her mom died. <span class=\"credit\">krisjenner\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Because of that, fans were quick to call out Kim\u2019s poorly timed post, seen above. <span class=\"credit\">kimkardashian\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDo you guys really think she would post this intentionally at the same time as the news of her grandma passing? It\u2019s clearly a scheduled post. Get a grip,\u201d one defender said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy can\u2019t she post? Scheduled or unscheduled? You people are so strange,\u201d another penned.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAmerican Horror Story\u201d actress ultimately <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Da3aBw-kkWG\/?img_index=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted her own tribute<\/a> to her grandma on Thursday after her vacation snaps went up. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>However, the actress ultimately posted her own tribute to MJ after her vacation post went up. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cYou will always be a part of me, I love you soooooo much and I will miss you forever and ever,\u201d she wrote.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kimkardashian<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy sweet Grandma MJ, my best friend, my gossip buddy, my forever twin\u2026 You taught all of us the importance of family, and those values are something we\u2019ll carry with us forever!!!!!\u201d she wrote alongside a carousel of snaps of them together through the years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were the woman who showed me what it meant to be a hardworking businesswoman. You gave me my very first job at your store in San Diego and taught me lessons about work ethic, strength, and confidence that I\u2019ve carried with me ever since,\u201d the 45-year-old continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always believed in me, championed me, and were my safe place. You truly were the matriarch of our family, and your love is woven into all of us. I know you\u2019re at peace now. Give Papa Harry, Aunt Karen, and my dad a hug for me. You will always be a part of me, I love you soooooo much and I will miss you forever and ever. \ud83e\udd0d YOU ARE THE BEST OF US!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Kardashian was forced to clarify why she shared an Instagram post about her vacation photos just moments after news of her grandmother\u2019s passing broke. \u201cThis post was scheduled a few days ago before we lost MJ, so its timing came right alongside her passing,\u201d she explained in the comments section of her Thursday post, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2506080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22062,70626,24003,21787,24159],"class_list":["post-2506078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-kim-kardashian"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Kim-Kardashian-clarifies-timing-of-vacation-photos-after-grandma-Mary.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2506082,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506078\/revisions\/2506082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2506080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}