SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the “Deeper Than Dolce” episode of “The Kardashians,” which is now streaming on Hulu.
In the latest episode of Hulu’s “The Kardashians,” filmed in the fall, Kim Kardashian cries as she speaks about her ex-husband Kanye West’s anti-Semitic comments.
“It’s really confusing to me that it’s so different from the person I married because that’s who I loved and that’s who I remember,” Kardashian tells the camera. “I will do everything I can to get that person back.”
She continues, “The whole situation is sad and I don’t know how to deal with it emotionally. I am conflicted because I never want to jump in and be part of a downfall for my children’s father.
“It’s really damn hard,” she adds. “And I don’t wish that on anyone.”
In the episode, Kardashian talks to her sister, Khloé Kardashian, distraught about how to handle her emotions and the public backlash against her ex-husband’s hate speech while continuing to support her children and their father. “I’m just not okay. I’m just having such a rough day today,” Kardashian says through tears to her sister. “I literally haven’t changed my outfit in two days. I just need to get it together. I just can not.”
“You don’t have to get it done. You don’t always have to be strong,” Khloé tells Kim. “You are allowed to go through this and have your feelings. What you’ve been dealing with is not okay.
“I feel so sorry for him,” Kim responds. “I don’t even think he feels bad for himself because I don’t even know if he knows how… I just feel so bad.”
Kim tells Khloé that she hasn’t spoken to West during his anti-Semitic tirades because “he’s probably going to get mad at me,” but says she struggles with how to handle herself.
“I feel guilty that I posted something in support of the Jewish community, but people dropped it today,” Kim tells Khloé. “Is that my fault? That I posted that? And did that push them? And I should have just shut up? But I’m vocal about everything else… I never know what to do.
Last year, West began spouting a number of anti-Semitic diatribes, tweeting disparaging and dangerous remarks about Jews and sampling music with lies about Jews. He was dropped from several major partnerships, including Adidas, Balenciaga, his agency CAA and MRC, which halted distribution of a completed documentary about West.
In 2023, the FBI released an updated report on hate crimes in the US, which found that more than 51% of religion-related incidents targeted Jews, making Jews the most targeted religious group in America. Anti-Semitism has been on the rise around the world and on American soil in recent years, with hate crimes against Jewish people taking place in broad daylight in Los Angeles and New York. While West repeatedly made anti-Semitic remarks, it was feared his dangerous rhetoric could have repercussions. Amid his continued public commentary, a group of protesters raised their arms in a Nazi salute and held a banner over Los Angeles Highway 405 that read, “Kanye is right about the Jews.”
Kardashian never directly mentioned West, but she condemned hate speech in the wake of his problematic comment, writing on Twitter in October 2022, “Hate speech is never okay or excusable. I stand with the Jewish community and call for an immediate end to the appalling violence and hateful rhetoric directed at them.”
On the new episode of Hulu, Khloé tells Kim “it’s not your fault” that West was dropped by partnerships for posting in support of Jewish people. “He had so many chances to retract what he said and he would double all the time,” says Khloé. “Sometimes our silence speaks louder, and what you did was not wrong. What you did had nothing to do with what is happening now.”
“I’m so angry, but I’m also so sad,” Kim adds. “Your instinct wants to be like, ‘Wow, I can never talk to this person again,’ but then you think about your babies. I’m having a hard time figuring it out.”
Khloé comforts her sister and tells her that her tears and emotions are to be expected. “You’re such a good person and that’s why you feel that way and that’s why your heart breaks for him,” says Khloé. “People probably wanted to cancel him for a while and he always said, ‘I’m not cancelable.’ … And now this is probably the last.
Kardashian and West were married from 2014 to 2022. They have four young children together.
In the episode, Kardashian says she is the parent who is with the kids every day. “I’m just in my kids’ protection mode and just trying to hide everything,” she says.
“It’s just hard for me to figure out — if they don’t know anything, why wouldn’t Dad come over for dinner? Why isn’t Daddy with my things? That kills me. It’s the only thing that gives me anxiety,” Kardashian explains. “Because then I feel ashamed when people say something at a competition or an event. Is it safe? Is it dangerous? I just don’t know what to do. I managed it in the best way because I want my children to see a healthy father.
Khloé says she is “heartbroken” to see Kim in so much pain and under so much pressure, and expresses her family’s support for the Jewish community.
“It is such a helpless feeling, because when I look at Ye, it is like watching a car accident in slow motion. I feel terrible about everything,” Khloé says.
“None of us share these anti-Semitic views,” she adds. “We think it is seriously irresponsible. We are all very aware of what follows Kanye has, and how his words can be used to stir people up.”