Kim Kardashian West has opened up about life in the spotlight in a new interview for Rolling Stone magazine, discussing everything from her husband Kanye West to finding out about Caitlyn Jenner’s true identity over a decade ago.
Of the infamous sex tape that first rocketed her to stardom, Kim simply says she’s “over it”.
“I thought about it for a long time. But when I get over something, I get over it,” she told the magazine, adding that she also knew who leaked it.
Kim also revealed the details of her previous relationships, from dating Michael Jackson’s nephew TJ to her first marriage to music producer Damon Thomas at just 20 years of age.
Now, of course, the star is married to rapper Kanye West, who she says has given her an “amazing” makeover and helped introduce her to runway fashion. While she was worried about how he would react to Caitlyn Jenner’s secret, she says Kanye calmed her fears on that subject immediately.
For her part, Kim says she found out about Caitlyn when she was just 22, after walking in on her stepfather wearing women’s clothing in the garage.
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“I was shaking. I didn’t know if I’d just found out his deepest, darkest secret, and he was going to come after me,” she said.
Kim says Bruce called her half an hour after the incident asking her not to tell anyone, and promised to talk to her about it one day. Of course, now that Caitlyn has made her glamorous debut ahead of an upcoming docu-series on E!, the whole world has watched the former Olympian’s brave transformation.
While Kim and her family have a polarising public image, there’s no denying the star’s initial 15 minutes of fame have extended far longer than most would have thought.
Caitlyn on the cover of Vanity Fair.
In 20 years time, Kim told Rolling Stone she hopes to be seen as both a savvy businesswoman and a sex symbol.
“I think you can be both. You can have it all,” she said.
