After more than five months of silence following the notorious Paris heist, Kim Kardashian West held nothing back on last night’s episode of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” Last October, Kardashian West was involved in a shocking multi-million dollar heist in Paris while she stayed in her hotel room alone. The heist resulted in $4 million worth of jewelry being stolen and ultimately traumatized the reality star, who then took a long-deserved hiatus from social media. Now, Kardashian West is back on social media, seemingly better than ever, posting belfies (butt selfies) and glam pictures. Unfortunately, the social media heist caused her to lose millions of dollars. But of course, if you’re Kim Kardashian West, could you care less? Probably not.
So what happened on Sunday night’s much-anticipated episode of “KUWTK” (Yes, of course I tuned in)? This was by far the rarest and most emotional episode ever – probably more emotional than Caitlyn Jenner’s transition. Kardashian West definitely opened up and became more vulnerable than ever before.
The episode started off with amateur footage of a traumatized Kim entering her New York condo with numerous security guards and husband, Kanye West, by her side. The episode also incorporated actual footage of Kanye stopping a show mid-concert after receiving the horrifying news his wife had been held up abroad. Soon after, we learn he flew to Paris to be by her side.
As the show continues, Kardashian West sits with her sisters Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian and revealed what everyone had been waiting to know: What really happened that night? Kardashian West speculated during her shocking revelation, “What I think happened now after thinking about it so much is that there was probably a group of guys that were following us the entire trip.” She continued, saying, “I was Snapchatting that I was home and everyone was going to go out, so I think they knew Pascal [Duvier, her bodyguard] was out with Kourtney and that I was there by myself.” As Kardashian told her story, it immediately gave me chills to think someone could do such a thing.
Kardashian West said she heard footsteps, which frightened her, so she called out but received no response. She then recalled, “[…At] that moment, when there wasn’t an answer, my heart started to get really tense,” she said. “I knew something wasn’t quite right.”
Imagining this scenario ever happening, to Kardashian West or even someone I love, truly breaks my heart. According to Kim, suddenly, the burglars, dressed in police uniforms, bombarded her while holding a man who was later identified as the hotel concierge. The concierge was forced to act as Kardashian West’s translator during the robbery. Kardashian West reported that the robbers knew she was the wife of Kanye West and that they were looking for her. The concierge relayed to Kardashian West as the robbers shouted, “Let us in!”
Once inside, the robbers demanded Kardashian West’s “second” engagement ring from Kanye West, estimated to be worth around $4 million, which Kardashian gave up without hesitation. They then grabbed her in the hallway of the stairs. Kardashian explained how she – in panic mode – tried to think of a plan. “I have a split second in my mind to make this quick decision. Am I going to run down the stairs and be shot in the back?” Kardashian said. Overwhelmed, she struggled to continue her story, “But either they’re going to shoot me in the back, or if I make it and they don’t, if the elevator doesn’t open in time or the stairs are locked, then … There’s no way out.”
Kardashian, who was afraid she would be sexually assaulted, or worse, said she pleaded with the robbers to let her go because she is a mother to two young children. Aggravated, the robbers tied Kardashian with plastic cables, taped her hands and duct taped her mouth and legs. The thieves stole a jewelry box with approximately $6.7 million worth of jewels, before leaving Kardashian bonded and terrified in her hotel bathtub.
Immediately after the airing of last night’s episode, Kardashian West posted on Instagram a family photo including mother, Kris Jenner, and sisters Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian. The caption read, “I took a tragic horrific experience and did not let it diminish me, rather grew and evolved and allowed the experience to teach me, I can say I’ve become so much better because of it…thank you for allowing me to share my story tonight #KUWTK.” Well said, Kim.
This robbery truly could happen to anyone, that’s what makes it so surreal knowing it happened to the social media queen herself, Kim Kardashian West. I am so thankful nothing happened to her physically. What would her fans and I do with our lives without her breaking the internet with her infamous selfies on Instagram?
