Keeping Up with the Kardashians returned last night, and on this first new installment in months, the reality stars returned to their ancestral homeland.
No, not Ray J’s bed. Although we would pay to see that.
Armenia was the destination for Kim and Khloe, who set off to fulfill their late father’s dream of visiting that nation and getting back to their roots.
The Kardashians’ Armenian cousins, Kourtni and Kara (seriously), joined them for the journey and summed it up thusly: “You guys are so famous.”
If you watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians online or read gossip sites with any regularity, that is obvious. But still, this took it to another level.
The attention and excitement the Kardashians, along with Kanye and North West, received throughout Armenia was unlike anything they’ve seen.
“We’re used to big crowds, but it’s like complete pandemonium outside our hotel room. They’re all chanting Kim’s name,” Khloe said of the bedlam.
Just imagine if the crowds of admirers knew the bombshell Khloe was about to have dropped on her: Kim Kardashian is pregnant with baby #2!
Give the sisters credit for doing all they could to immerse themselves in the Armenian culture and its people, even though they’re larger than life.
We’re not being smart-asses, they actually did.
Hard to believe this family founded Gyumri’s first cheese factory, or that they are still remembered by the residents, and not for reality TV fame.
Keeping Up also got serious as Khloe and Kim talked about wanting to bring visibility to the 1915 Armenian genocide, in which 1.5 million died.
“It is unbelievable to think it’s been 100 years of people denying [that this happened],” Kim said. “And I’m proud to bring awareness to this issue.”
What else went down on Keeping Up with the Kardashians Season 10 Episode 14? A whole lot else. There are like 30 Kardashians/Jenners, after all.
Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Kylie and Kendall Jenner were home working on their own issues … chief among them, Caitlyn Jenner.
Caitlyn’s transition and the fallout, that is. Not necessarily in a negative way, but in very significant ways just the same. Case in point: Kylie Jenner.
She’s been distant from her mom and sisters, but only because she’s been spending a lot of time bonding with Cait, and didn’t want to hurt Kris.
That led to her being evasive and keeping things under wraps, in typical teenage fashion. She meant well, but Kris didn’t take it well. It’s complicated.
Luckily, Kim told Kris she’s pregnant via FaceTime, instantly lifting the matriarch’s spirits as the thought of another grandchild sank in.
“That’s the best thing I’ve heard in so long,” Kris gushed.
That kind of genuine emotion can’t be scripted, even by the woman who gave new meaning to the term Momager or the gurus over at E!
Still to come this season in Kardashian Land on Keeping Up: North West getting baptized, Scott Disick melting down and a much more.