Kanye West’s advice to Kim Kardashian: ‘Don’t listen if someone’s going to say that’s too sexy for a mom’

In her new photo spread for GQ magazine, Kim Kardashian brings the hot-mama concept to a new level.

“I did work like this [in the past],� she said Tuesday night on the penthouse balcony at Chateau Marmont, “but maybe not with the confidence I have now.�

Mrs. Kanye West set the 10th anniversary of the mag’s “Sex, Love & Madness� issue — which has her on the cover and includes moody, sexy, flesh-baring photos by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott inside — as her post-baby goal, and in doing so, busted some expectations about what a mom-bod looks like. Think moody lingerie, bedroom eyes, voluptuous NSFW breasts and, of course, that backside.

“Once I got the call, I was like, ‘OK, I can’t go and embarrass myself.’ I don’t want to have all these angles I don’t feel good about myself in. I want to go there and feel confident and feel good, and I was a few weeks shy of goal weight, but close enough, to where I was like, ‘I did it; I lost 60 pounds,’ � she said.

Training, more training and following the Atkins diet “to a T� got her to where she wanted to be after the December birth of son Saint.

“There’s something that when you go through all the body changes — I’m not a pretty pregnant person. I gain a lot of weight, and when you get there on the other side and you see a beautiful baby and you have lost all the weight, you feel so good about yourself. At least I did,� she said.

Guests from a relatively small list joined Kardashian at the GQ bash for a balmy evening overlooking Los Angeles, surrounded by sexy framed photos from the magazine shoot.

Kris Jenner was on hand, of course, welcoming Chrissy Teigen with a hug like she was a fifth Kardashian-Jenner daughter. John Legend was full of affection for his new-mom wife, and Kourtney Kardashian rocked a white micro-mini that set off her tiny frame well.

Among the others on hand for drinks, music and hors d’oeuvres: Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Russell Westbrook, DeMarco Murray, Jordan Clarkson, Karrueche Tran, Christina Milian, Omarion, Kelly Rohrbach, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Diplo and Russell Simmons.

“My husband gives me so much confidence,� Kardashian said. “He’s like, ‘Do you. Be you. ... Don’t listen if someone’s going to say, ‘Oh, that’s too sexy for a mom.’ Just do what makes you feel happy and confident.’ �

There’s a throwback vibe to the photos, shot over 15 hours in New York, including one distinctly non-mommy image in which the famous nondrinker and nonsmoker wears lingerie under a leather jacked with a cigarette dangling from her pouty lips.

“It was Marcus’ [cigarette],� Kardashian explained. “I’ve never smoked. I had to hold a cigarette for one other shoot, one time in Paris, and they said take a puff and have the smoke blow in your face, and I was like, ‘I don’t even know how to do that.’

“So I held it for two seconds and it started catching up to my fingers, and I was like, ‘You guys, I can’t.’ It’s a role you play.�

The reality TV mogul was chosen for the magazine’s July cover, editor Jim Nelson said, because she “has just persevered and elevated and showed her grit. ... I respect that. She’s got a great strong will. She’s fierce.�

Kardashian and West, he said, embody the new American Dream. Nelson chose a female writer because he thought she’d consider Kardashian from a fresh perspective and take the star seriously.

“I think people underrate her as a businesswoman, as an entrepreneur, as a brand, even as a beauty,� he said.

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