Kardashian’s life has long played out in the spotlight, but the book pulls back the curtain on the drama behind the headlines.
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book → play → headlines
Kris Jenner’s ‘extraordinarily sloppy’ affair with a man in his 20s
Van Meter writes that Kardashian’s mother, Kris Jenner, had an “extraordinarily sloppy” affair with a soccer player in his 20s in 1989, which ultimately ended her marriage to Kardashian’s father, Robert Sr.
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which → write → father
The affair, which Jenner, now 70, detailed in a chapter titled “Unfulfilled” in her own memoir, was no secret to her daughters, according to Van Meter.
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Jenner → detail → Meter
“We knew my mom was dating, because we would see it,” Kardashian told Van Meter.
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Kardashian → know → Meter
“She introduced us to her boyfriend.
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She → introduce → boyfriend
Van Meter said in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter that Jenner allegedly “flipped out on camera” after learning the affair was included in the book.
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affair → say → book
“Why did Kim drag us all into this?
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Kim → drag → this
Why is my affair from 30 years ago in the book?” he recalled Jenner asking, according to Kardashian.
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Jenner → recall → Kardashian
Although the soccer player Jenner allegedly had a fling with is not named in the book, she has previously revealed an affair with Todd Waterman, which she called “my life’s biggest regret.”
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she → have → which
West gave Kardashian an engagement ring with ‘Adidas’ inscribed inside
West, who married Kardashian in 2014 before finalizing their divorce in 2022, gifted her a second engagement ring in 2016 with “Adidas” engraved on the inside of the band.
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who → give → band
According to Van Meter, West bought his then-wife the ring with his first paycheck from Yeezy sneaker sales.
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West → accord → sales
Kardashian told Van Meter it was “a really big 20-something-carat ring” with “Adidas” inscribed inside the band, a detail Van Meter called “the least romantic gesture imaginable.”
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Meter → tell → band
Kardashian recalled wearing both engagement rings to one of her then-husband’s concerts in New York City before reposting a video someone had taken of her wearing “two huge diamond rings.”
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her → recall → rings
Van Meter writes that when West saw the post, he told Kardashian, “Don’t ever do that again — you’re just looking to get robbed. …
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you → write → that
I’m flashy, but that’s crazy even for me,” warning her months before she was robbed at gunpoint in Paris that October.
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she → ’m → Paris
West turned a visit to a Malibu house now owned by another A-lister into a 4-day stay
Van Meter writes that West showed up unannounced at a multimillion-dollar house in Malibu, and ended up staying for four days.
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West → turn → days
He claims West “pulled up to the gate, rang the buzzer,” and announced, “Hi, it’s Kanye,” but the homeowner “hesitated.”
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homeowner → claim → buzzer
West then said, “If Elvis Presley came to your door and rang your buzzer, would you let him in?
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you → say → him
West subsequently “set up his ‘office’ by the pool” for four days and “took meetings because he wanted to feel the vibe of working in an Ando,” according to Van Meter, who notes that the mansion, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, was later purchased by Beyoncé and Jay-Z for $200 million in 2023.
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mansion → set → 2023
Kardashian bought a Monet for a surprisingly superficial reason
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Kardashian → buy → reason
According to Van Meter, Kardashian’s decision to buy a painting by Claude Monet stemmed from her love of “Clueless,” her favorite movie — though the reasoning behind the purchase was rather superficial.
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reasoning → accord → purchase
“The first real piece of art that I bought — myself — was a Monet.
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I → buy → that
Because in the movie they called the girls ‘a Monet’ if they look good from afar, but up close they’re just a mess,” Kardashian told Van Meter, who says the explanation sounded “extravagantly implausible.”
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explanation → call → Meter
Van Meter writes that Kardashian bought the painting “not because she had visited the famous “Water Lilies” at l’Orangerie in Paris or was under the art world tutelage of Kanye West,” but instead “as a piece of high school nostalgia.”
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she → write → nostalgia
Kardashian’s first husband, Damon Thomas, showed her father, Robert Sr., nude photos of her sister
Kardashian’s first husband, Damon Thomas — whom she eloped with at age 19 in 2000 — allegedly showed her father, Robert Sr., nude photos of one of her sisters, though Van Meter does not identify which sister in the book.
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Meter → show → book
During her 2003 divorce proceedings, Kardashian claimed, “My father called outraged to tell me that Damon had brought nude pictures of my sister to his office,” a revelation Van Meter describes as “one of the most shocking details” in the filings.
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Meter → claim → filings
Kardashian further alleged that Thomas, now 55, showed her father the photos and told him, “Your daughters are whores, and I have the pictures to prove it.”
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I → allege → it
“He then made packages and sent the pictures gift-wrapped to my best friend’s place of employment in Encino to scare us,” Kardashian claimed in the court documents.
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Kardashian → make → documents
Kardashian reveals her father’s last words to her before his death
“The last thing my dad ever said to me was, ‘I know you’re going to be good — I can see it.
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I → reveal → it
It’s as if I can see what your whole life is going to be like,'” Kardashian told Van Meter.
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Kardashian → ’ → Meter
She said her father “didn’t go into detail” as they sat on the couch watching a movie, but placed his hand on her leg in a moment she said she would “never forget.”
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she → say → moment
“And he said, ‘You’ll be fine.
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You → say → ?
And make sure your brother’s good,'” Kardashian told Van Meter, referring to her sisters Kourtney, now 47, and Khloé, now 42, and her younger brother, Robert Jr., now 39.
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Kardashian → make → sisters
Kardashian also recalled her final words to Robert Sr. as he lay bedridden and “couldn’t communicate” because “his vitals were almost gone.”
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vitals → recall → .
She told Van Meter, “The last thing I said to him was, ‘Dad, thank you so much for everything that you’ve taught me, from how to be a good person to how you did my homework with me, everything I’m going to do with my kids one day.
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I → tell → kids
And I’m going to take the lesson of you being in my life and carry that forward.'”
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you → go → that
Kardashian’s 2018 trip to Uganda ended with a gun to her head
Van Meter explains that Farnaz Farjam, an executive producer of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” told him the couple was filming at a remote location in Uganda when West became “paranoid and agitated.”
“He basically got the local police to believe that there were people trying to drug him, and so they came and they had guns out.
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they → end → guns
He had them raid everybody’s rooms,” Farjam told Van Meter, according to the book.
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Farjam → have → book
“At one point, one of the policemen had a gun to Kim’s head,” Van Meter writes, while Farjam described the ordeal as “intense” and recalled having to arrange a private jet to get her crew out of Uganda before ultimately forgiving West, understanding that he was in a manic state due to his bipolar disorder.
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he → write → disorder
Kardashian calls co-parenting with West a ‘big burden’
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Kardashian → call → West
…and 15 more, not listed.
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