US reality TV star Kim Kardashian heaped praise on Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, calling her a “brave and amazing young woman” and said she shared her concerns about climate change.
Ms Kardashian, 38, said she would love to have dinner with Ms Thunberg, who told world leaders at the opening of a United Nations conference last month that they had stolen her childhood with “empty words.”
“She (Thunberg) is such an amazing young girl, and so brave and courageous to stand up to these grown-ups that can be very scary and for her to be so open and honest is exactly what we need,” Ms Kardashian told Reuters in an exclusive interview during a visit to Armenia.
Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist joins other climate activists during the global climate strike in September in Canada. Source: Getty Images North America
“Climate change is a serious problem,” said Ms Kardashian, who was attending the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in the Armenian capital Yerevan.
She said she also wanted to talk to Ms Thunberg’s parents and to share her thoughts as a social media entrepreneur.
“Speaking on a big platform invites a lot of different opinions and personalities and how they (parents) manage that,” Ms Kardashian said.
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Ms Kardashian’s ancestors came from Armenia and her visit also included seeing three of her four children baptised on Monday in the country’s main cathedral Echmiadzin.
Her elder daughter, North, was baptized in 2015 in the Armenian church in Jerusalem.
Kim Kardashian is seen with her children North, Saint and Chicago in SoHo. Source: GC Images
Ms Kardashian said that all members of her family were very cautious about the environment and she defended other famous people like Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, who have been criticised for using private jets.
They were “very passionate about decisions that change the world,” Ms Kardashian said of the royal couple.
“I still love and value the fact that they bring such attention to such important movements that need to happen and they are really passionate about, because they are still changing the world,” she said.
