Since professional wresting wonât be back up and running for a while, might we suggest âKeeping Up with the Kardashiansâ in this time of need?
The long-running reality TV series documenting the highs and lows of Americaâs thirstiest family reached a new low on Thursday night when sisters Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian got into a physical altercation during Season 18âs premiere episode.
The siblings have been at odds for years, warring over filming schedules, shifting family dynamics and whoâs the âleast exciting to look atâ â Kim thinks itâs Kourtney, in case you forgot their epic blowout from last season.
Now, the KKW Beauty founder is breaking down the fallout from their latest clash and revealing the current status of their relationship.
âI think everyone was really, like, shook for a minute and just was like, âThis isnât our type of show. Whatâs happening?ââ Kim told Jimmy Fallon during a virtual interview on âThe Tonight Showâ Monday. âI donât really ever resort to violence like that, but she scratched me so hard, which you guys didnât see.â
âI was bleeding, so you didnât really get to see that detail,â she continued, âbut when I looked down at my arm and I saw that she had really scratched me and I felt it all on my back. I just went over and slapped her back.â
Kim admitted that the on-air brawl wasnât her âproudest moment,â but that she and Kourtney are âobviously fine now.â
Still, the altercation sent ripples through the familyâs personal and professional lives. When the footage of them fighting made its way to Kris Jenner, the momager âcriedâ and expressed major disappointment over their behavior.
Production on the season was also halted for a full week to give both parties some space.
Kourtney has since intimated that sheâs done filming âKeeping Up with the Kardashiansâ for the time being after revealing she often feels ganged up on by sisters Kim and Khloe.
âI feel like itâs been a lot of built-up resentment from Kourtney, or just feeling like she doesnât really want to film anymore,â Kim told Fallon. âSheâs not the type of person to make a decision and say, âOK, guys, Iâm not gonna film,â but she would come to work with an attitude every day and kind of take it out on everyone, from crew to us, and wouldnât really make that decision. We would kind of, like, just keep on pushing her and try to figure out why she was so unhappy.â
Kim agreed that Kourtney taking a step back from the cameras will be âso much better for herâ in the long run.
But the show goes on for the rest of KarJenners, as the family continued to film the rest of the season â that is until, of course, the coronavirus outbreak.
âWe were in filming, so now that weâve shut down production, itâll be all of us in quarantine, filmed separately by ourselves,â Kim said of how the pandemic impacted filming. âSo we have iPads set up and our iPhones â and the whole last episode will be what we do in quarantine. I literally have no idea whatever everyone else has been doing.â
And, hey, maybe some social distancing will do these sisters some good.