Kim Kardashian has been incredibly open about her struggle with self-confidence since a number of ‘unflattering’ paparazzi photos were taken of her while she was in Mexico in April celebrating sister Kourtney’s 38th birthday.
And in the latest episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kim has admitted that she has a “full phobia” of people seeing her since the photos started doing the rounds on the internet.
On last night’s KUWTK, which was filmed in spring, Kim says about the photos, “When will they stop with this story? You definitely get a thick skin once you have been through it a lot, but pictures just keep coming up every day and they just won’t let it go.
“I know I can handle anything and everything, and if I can’t handle it… who can?”
Explaining how the photos made her want to stay at home, she adds: “I just am in the house so much that I get so freaked out if anyone like, looks at me.
“[It’s a] full phobia — I freak out about everything. Why do I subject myself to being seen? Why don’t I just stay at home?”
Kim’s sisters Khloe and Kourtney also spoke about how the photos had affected 36-year-old Kim.
Speaking to the camera, Khloe says: “Kim is normally not this insecure.”
She adds that she believes social media is a factor in why Kim feels so down on herself.
“If she just didn’t have access to social media or just stopped looking at the blogs, I think that she would start to feel better.”
Khloe, 33, adds: “I feel like one of the best things she did for herself after her Paris incident was she really detached herself from the internet and social media.
“I think we kind of need to step in and do something like that so she realises this does not matter, and we take that bullshit out of her life.”
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