Kanye West is facing allegations that he has suggested Kim Kardashian fabricated the 2016 robbery in Paris.
In a recent episode of Hulu’s “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” Kardashian, 45, travels to Paris to give testimony nearly a decade after the armed robbery where she was threatened by a masked assailant.
While recalling the distressing event, Kardashian made a pointed remark about West, 48.
“My ex-husband said, ‘I made up a robbery for a TV show,’ and he said that in front of a lot of people,” she shared emotionally. “That really struck me hard.”
“It upset me that someone so close to you, who was supposed to understand you and the true impact of that experience, could not believe you,” she added, seemingly hurt. “You just don’t understand me.”
Kardashian also took a jab at Howard Stern for doubting the robbery’s credibility.
“Howard Stern always joked about it, saying I was faking it, but that was just a joke, right?” she recalled through tears. “I remember how adamant he was. It made me think, how can he be so sure? People look up to him, and that stayed with me.”
At the time of the robbery, Kardashian was married to West, who was performing in New York City when he learned about the incident and abruptly left the stage to address what he called a “family emergency.”
They eventually divorced over four years later.
Throughout the episode, Kardashian voiced relief about having the chance to testify.
“Finally going to court to confront these individuals, to seek an explanation and an apology—it just felt real,” she expressed. “I’m relieved it’s finally over,” she concluded, visibly emotional.
On October 2, 2016, during Paris Fashion Week, a group of ten older criminals purportedly held Kardashian at gunpoint in her hotel room, making off with approximately $10 million in jewelry, which included her engagement ring from West.
In May, she testified for about six hours in a Paris court.
Reflecting on that day, Kim noted, “This was less than 10 minutes of my life. I’ve had a wonderful life. It gives me a bit of peace knowing that those moments of sheer fear and panic weren’t going to define me.”
Out of the ten robbers, eight were convicted; another was found guilty of gun charges but was not part of the robbery, and one was acquitted entirely.
