Kim Kardashian is getting candid about the challenges of being a single mother. On this week’s episode of The Kardashians, the reality star opens up about the chaos of balancing her hectic life and caring for her four children.
In a candid moment, Kim shares the difficulties she faces as a single mom to daughters North, 10, and Chicago, 6, and sons Saint, 8, and Psalm, 4, whom she co-parents with her ex-husband, Kanye West.
“I am a single mom of four, and it is wild,” she confesses. “I almost feel like my kids have this radar where they know that I’m doing something really important. I thought I was going to end up on an episode of Snapped yesterday.”
The reality star recounts a particularly stressful incident when her kids interrupted an important virtual interview, banging on her door until she had to lock herself in the bathroom. She describes it as her “biggest nightmare.”
“Oh my God. No, what I wanted to say was that I had a Zoom interview at the house with all my kids there banging on the door, just screaming,” the mom recalls to a friend. “And I was literally hiding in a bathroom with the door locked. And I was just like, ‘I can’t believe this.’ I mean, I can believe it.'”
“I’m open to anything at this point because I can’t live like this. I ran out of patience and that’s what my superpower was, being calm and patient.”
Kim also reveals her struggles with discipline, admitting that her younger sister, Khloé Kardashian, is much better at setting boundaries.
“I want to be more strict like Khloe, but I don’t know why I have a hard time just saying, ‘No is no.’ I think I also don’t want to deal with the whining and the tears of not getting their way,” Kim admits. “They know when to con me and when to start with the tears so I’m like, ‘Stop, stop, sure, take an iPad, just stop!'”
Despite her love for her kids, Kim acknowledges the emotional toll of raising them. “Managing four kids in a household when they’re like, not getting along and they all want different things. And I’m only one person,” Kim shares.
You can catch new episodes of the Kardashians on Thursdays on Hulu.
