Kris Jenner demanded that Kim Kardashian’s biographer remove references to childhood trauma during a recent episode of The Kardashians.
The matriarch expressed offense at suggestions made in the new biography, Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future, which was released October 27, Yahoo Lifestyle Canada reported.
Jenner rejects biographer’s observations
The conflict arose after Kim Kardashian shared a passage from Jonathan Van Meter’s book. The author suggested that while Kardashian believes she had an amazing upbringing, she might simply not recognize any underlying trauma, Page Six reported.
“He says, kind of in quotes, ‘LOL. No childhood trauma?”
Jenner, 71, reacted strongly to the speculation, telling her daughter that the author should be instructed to omit the claims. “You should tell him to take the trauma part out. I’m insulted. You can tell him, for me, that he can f*** off. That is very offensive to me,” Jenner said.
Jenner, who declared on Thursday’s episode that Van Meter was “putting things in a book that are dramatic and will sell books,” also told Kardashian, “You should just tell him, no childhood trauma conversation.”
Family members weigh in on biography access
Jenner also criticized Kardashian’s decision to grant an outside author access to the family’s personal history. She described the move as “insane,” arguing that Kardashian had effectively given away the rights to their lives to a stranger, TMZ reported. That, you know, is ridiculous. Why give someone that access?” Jenner said.
Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian supported their mother’s stance. Khloé questioned why Van Meter could not accept Kardashian’s account at face value, while Kourtney agreed that the suggestion of “deep, dark trauma” was unfair, Yahoo Lifestyle Canada reported. “I don’t think we had some deep, dark trauma, so I would be p– too if someone tried to say we did,” Kourtney Kardashian said.
“My legacy is my children, so I don’t want anybody interrupting what my truth is. And my truth is: I worked really hard raising you guys, and there was no trauma,” Jenner said. Jenner maintained that the “biggest trauma that we had was the day that Toys ‘R Us closed.”
Van Meter addresses the tension
Jonathan Van Meter, who spent six years researching the book, previously spoke about the friction caused by his writing.
“She was yelling, ‘Why did Kim drag us all into this? Why is my affair from 30 years ago in the book?’” Van Meter said. Despite the initial confrontation, Van Meter said that the disagreement subsided within two days.
Kardashian defended the project, stating she stood behind the decision to work with Van Meter, Page Six reported. She said she authorized the biography because “there is so much misinformation out there and so much bad information, why wouldn’t we want someone that’s so smart and so genuine and so great to write a great book that’s super interesting and factual and great?”
Questions about Kim Kardashian's new biography
What is the name of Kim Kardashian’s new biography?
The biography is titled Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future, and it was released on October 27, Yahoo Lifestyle Canada reported.
Why is Kris Jenner upset with the book?
Jenner is offended by the author’s suggestion that Kardashian may have experienced childhood trauma that she is unaware of, Page Six reported. The controversy follows a period in Kardashian’s life when her mother’s best friend, Nicole Brown Simpson, was murdered when Kardashian was 14.