Kim Kardashian‘s simmering anger toward her sister Khloé Kardashian has turned up a notch on the latest episode of The Kardashians.
The 43-year-old reality star couldn’t hold back her snide comments about the absent Khloé, 39 after she opted to skip an all-star Balenciaga fashion show happening on the streets of Beverly Hills.
However, Khloé was revealed to be skipping the show due to what Kim thought was worsening agoraphobia, rather than recent scandals that had dogged the fashion house.
In late 2022, Balenciaga came under fire for a risqué campaign in which 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren posed with teddy bears that were dressed in leather BDSM gear.
Although the photos didn’t feature any explicitly 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual images, some critics found the outfits the teddy bears wore to be offensively 𝓈ℯ𝓍ualized, and the most vociferous critics accused Balenciaga and its creative director Demna of pedophilia.
Kim Kardashian was featured at a Balenciaga show in Beverly Hills in the latest episode of The Kardashians, but her annoyance with sister Khloé simmered after she skipped it despite being invited
However, Khloé was revealed to be skipping the show due to what Kim thought was worsening agoraphobia, rather than the right-wing conspiracy theories about pedophilia that trailed the fashion house
Then the luxury brand was swept up in a second overlapping wave of controversy due to another unrelated ad campaign for its collaboration with Adidas.
The accessories were photographed atop a pile of legal documents, which eagle-eyed social media users realized were filings from the Supreme Court Case United States v. Williams.
The case upheld the PROTECT Act, which involved penalties for 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 pornography.
The controversies were widely discussed in right-wing and conspiracy-theorist circles, and both Balenciaga and Demna apologized for the campaigns. The fashion house even launched a $25 million lawsuit against the set designer of the campaign with the court documents, though her attorney claimed she was being scapegoated by Balenciaga, as the papers had been supplied to her by the prop department.
At the time, Kim said she was reassessing her relationship with Balenciaga, though she eventually decided to continue the association, which has only strengthened since then.
At the show, Kim was joined by her model sister Kendall Jenner, and the two walked along a closed-down street while navigating through crowds of models and crew preparing the show.
‘Every Balenciaga show is such a moment, so it’s really fun to see it all come to life,’ Kim gushed later in her confessional interview.
She noted that Khloé didn’t join them despite being invited, and she added with some venom in her voice that her younger sister didn’t come because the fashion show was ‘outdoors’ and in the ‘daylight’
‘I get it, but it’s time to break out of it,’ Kim added with audible annoyance
She noted that Khloé didn’t join them despite being invited, and she added with some venom in her voice that her younger sister didn’t come because the fashion show was ‘outdoors’ and in the ‘daylight.’
Kim then explained that she thinks Khloé may be suffering from agoraphobia, though it’s not clear if she thought it might be a clinical case, or just that her sister is turning into a homebody.
‘I get it, but it’s time to break out of it,’ she added with audible annoyance.
Kim noted that she is officially a brand ambassador for Balenciaga, even though people had assumed she was long before that after she began wearing numerous outfits from the Spanish fashion house.
Kim’s ex-husband Kanye West had previously collaborated with Balenciaga, but the luxury fashion line severed their ties in 2022 in the wake of antisemitic comments the rapper made.
Kim also noted that she was getting ready to pitch a new comedy film, which she will presumably star in, so she was branching out and even busier than usual.
While she was at the fashion show, it cuts away to reveal other stars walking with the models, including Brigitte Nielsen and Cardi B.
Then the action cuts to Khloé ahead of a brief exit from her mansion, proving that she does leave her home sometimes, although this trip was again focused on her 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren.
Then the action cut to Khloé Kardashian ahead of a brief exit from her mansion. ‘Breaking news, guys! I am leaving Hidden Hills!’ she gushed
The Revenge Body star was taking a trip to see some 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 goats at a petting zoo with her BFF Malika Haqq, who joined her in the passenger seat of her Rolls-Royce
The two got to talking about Malika’s recent dating attempts after she paused her plans to use a sperm bank to help her have a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥
‘Breaking news, guys! I am leaving Hidden Hills!’ she gushed, but she wasn’t willing to go any farther from home, with her excuse being that Kourtney might go into labor at any moment — even though she wasn’t invited to the 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡.
The Revenge Body star was taking a trip to see some 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 goats at a petting zoo with her BFF Malika Haqq, who joined her in the passenger seat of her Rolls-Royce.
The two got to talking about Malika’s recent dating attempts after she paused her plans to use a sperm bank to help her have a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥.
‘I am not open for business — you are!’ Khloé said as she emphasized that she wanted to be single for a while.
But she was happy for her friend and approved of her trying to find a real partner before resulting in an anonymous sperm donor.
While they talked about a date that didn’t end well with an insistent suitor who wouldn’t stop texting Malika, Khloe admitted that she had been turned on when her ex-husband Lamar Odom found out they had the same business manager and sought out her contact info after she wouldn’t give him her number. She found his persistence 𝓈ℯ𝓍y.
While driving, Khloé also complained that they couldn’t have as much fun in public anymore because there are phones everywhere now.
In a confessional, Khloe admitted she didn’t want to start dating again because it might ‘f*** up’ her kids, and she had been disappointed by her recent romantic interests.
While Malika had a suitor she found too persistent, Khloé said she found her ex-husband Lamar Odom’s persistence 𝓈ℯ𝓍y
Khloé thought the 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 goats were adorable, but she didn’t think they would make good pets since they weren’t housetrained and they wanted to eat her jacket and bite Malika
She FaceTimes her daughter true to see the goats, and she was delighted
Back at the goat farm, Khloé gushed over how ‘cute’ the little animals were.
‘True would die,’ Khloé said, before FaceTiming her daughter, who clearly loved the animals, even as they tried to eat Khloé’s jacket and bite Malika.
Khloé admitted she ‘didn’t think everything through,’ such as how the goats ‘poop little pellets’ and ‘pee everywhere’ and have a tendency to hump each other.
‘Classic Carl,’ an employee said of one particularly 𝓈ℯ𝓍ed-up goat.
‘Pets and men are two different things,’ Khloé said because pets only require food and petting.
While at the farm, visiting school 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren saw Khloé and shouted her name.
She said ‘hi’ back to them and hugged a group of young girls.
Khloé had a ‘hard time’ believing eight- or nine-year-old girls would know who she was, but she still spent a few minutes with them and gave them high fives.
Back in the confessional, she told her producer that she ‘100 percent’ expects to be married again.