Kanye vowed that he and Kim aren’t “getting extorted” ever once more after Kim known as him in tears when their 6-year-old noticed an advert for her alleged second intercourse tape on-line.
The newest episode of The Kardashians has lastly given us some much-needed closure on Kim Kardashian’s alleged second intercourse tape.
For many who aren’t conscious, Kim has repeatedly denied the allegations that she and ex-boyfriend Ray J have a second “unreleased and extra graphic” intercourse tape, which started circulating final September, when his former supervisor, Wack100, claimed he was in possession of it.
“Kanye [West], holla at me, bro,” he stated on an episode of Bootleg Kev’s podcast when requested if he’d seen Kim and Ray J’s notorious 2007 tape. “We received half two on the laptop computer. Ain’t by no means been seen. We would love so that you can have it.”
On the time that Wack100’s claims had been made public, Kim and her household occurred to be filming their new actuality present The Kardashians, which is now accessible to stream on Hulu. And, unsurprisingly, the plot has largely been centered across the alleged intercourse tape up to now.
Within the very first episode, which aired a few weeks in the past, Kim’s 6-year-old son Saint got here throughout an commercial for the tape whereas he was taking part in Roblox on-line.
“It was clickbait insinuating that in the event you click on on it, there was gonna be a brand new intercourse tape popping out,” Kim defined in a confessional. “Had my son been a bit of bit older and been in a position to learn, I might’ve been mortified. However I died inside.”
Throughout the remainder of that episode and the following, Kim — who stated she was “99 % positive” there was no such tape, and rapidly urged her crew to take up authorized motion — freaked out over the mysterious footage. She even started to query if she’d unknowingly been filmed by Ray J, disturbingly saying: “The truth that these individuals maintain saying they’ve a tape — what if I used to be fucking sleeping and he caught a dildo up my ass? I don’t know, I don’t bear in mind something.”
At one level, Kim phoned her ex-husband Kanye West and broke down into tears whereas telling him in regards to the predicament she was in. “Over my lifeless physique is that this shit gonna occur to me once more,” she stated. “I simply need it gone.”
She later defined that it was solely Kanye who managed to calm her down, as he advised her to “cease worrying in regards to the public notion” whereas reminding her of her “energy.”
Now, within the newest episode — which aired final evening — Kanye takes issues a step additional and provides Kim an unmatched sense of reduction, as he actually retrieves the footage for her forward of her Saturday Night time Stay internet hosting debut.
For some context, Kim and Kanye — who share 4 kids — had been on good phrases as coparents on the time that the episode was being filmed, so it’s not stunning to her family and friends when he stops by with the grand shock whereas she’s prepping for SNL.
“I simply got here from the airport,” he tells her mother Kris Jenner. “I needed to go to L.A. and are available again ‘trigger I simply traveled to get one thing for Kim.”
“You went all the best way to L.A. to get one thing for Kim? You might be one thing else,” Kris says, earlier than asking Kanye what it’s that he’s received. He tells her, “Effectively that’s what [Kim] needs to point out you.”
In a separate room, Kim has gathered her innermost circle to unveil the thriller merchandise that Kanye has introduced her. “I needed to point out you guys… ” she says earlier than chopping off as she turns into visibly emotional. “I used to be simply gonna cry, and I don’t wanna cry.”
However Kim’s voice instantly breaks as she fights to carry again tears. “Kanye flew house final evening and he got here again this morning, and I wanna present you guys what he received me,” she says.
Opening a big suitcase on the ground, Kim says: “He received me all the intercourse tape again. He flew house and received the pc it was on [and] the laborious drive.”
“[He] met up with Ray J on the airport and received all of it again for me,” she says in tears.
In a confessional, Kim continues: “I do know Kanye did this for me, however he additionally did this for my children. I wanna defend them from as a lot as I can, and if I had the facility to — or if Kanye has the facility to — that’s simply an important factor to me, and I’m simply so emotional due to it.”
“It simply means so much to me,” she provides, whereas the digicam movies her family members embracing her in an enormous hug.
Kris then says, “Thanks for Kanye and for his unbelievable manner he does issues and the flexibility to get one thing executed — and doubtless a giant fats large test so we’re all very grateful.”
Kanye says, “Oh, positively not no test. We not getting extorted ever once more.”
“No manner,” Kris agrees. “Effectively you additionally knew how a lot it meant to her, and the way laborious she’s been making an attempt to try this for years and years.”
Kim then reveals that she watched the tape to see if there was any express content material. “It was simply footage of us at a restaurant, at a nightclub — nothing sexual, nothing bizarre. And so now I can take a deep breath and never fear about this.”
Whereas this marks the primary we’ve seen of Kim’s response to the retrieved footage, Kanye publicly spoke about it again in January throughout a wide-ranging interview with Hollywood Unlocked.
“I went and received the laptop computer from Ray J myself that evening,” Kanye stated of the footage. “I met this man on the airport, then received on a red-eye [flight], got here again [and] delivered it to her at 8 a.m. within the morning.”
“I gave it to [Kim], and she or he cried when she noticed it,” he added. “ why she cried when she seen it on the laptop computer? As a result of it represents how a lot she’s been used. It represents how a lot individuals didn’t love her and so they simply noticed her as a commodity.”
Kanye additionally stated that he was aggravated at seeing Kim kiss Pete Davidson that very evening on SNL throughout a skit. “The way you gonna deliver me to SNL and kiss the dude you courting proper in entrance of me, and all people’s like, ‘Aw, that’s cool,’” he questioned.
His harsh feedback about Kim and Pete — who, after all, at the moment are courting — appeared to spark an enormous public feud between the exes, which solely escalated over the following couple of months as Kanye concurrently slammed the mogul and expressed his wishes to win her again.
Kanye quickly turned his consideration to Pete instantly, coining the tough nickname “Skete” and inspiring followers to “scream” at him in public. He additionally launched an animated music video depicting a cartoon determine of the comedian being kidnapped, decapitated, and buried alive, and bragged about working him off Instagram when the comedian deleted his account.
Extra lately, Kanye has remained absent from social media since having his Instagram account quickly suspended for violating its hate speech and bullying insurance policies, after calling Every day Present host Trevor Noah a racial slur in a caption.
You may watch the following episode of The Kardashians on Might 5 on Hulu, or Disney+ internationally.