Addressing her health. While cameras were rolling during season 2 of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Kris Jenner used the platform to candidly discuss a painful health issue.
“I am finally biting the bullet. I am here to see the doctor because I have this excruciating hip pain. I got an extensive set of X-rays, an MRI and a CAT scan and everything else,” the matriarch, 66, explained during a new episode of the reality series on Thursday, October 13. “I really want to find out what is going on with my hip and hopefully he will have good news.”
According to Kris, the pain continued to get worse over time. “Last week, I literally couldn’t walk. I couldn’t walk from here to there without the cane and I went, ‘This is not good,’” she recalled while talking to the doctor about her condition.
At the time, Kris noted that she wasn’t able to live the way she wanted, adding, “That is not something I can tolerate or have the patience for. I have this big, beautiful and fabulous life and so many kids and grandkids that I want to share it with. All I want to do is fix the problem and move on so I can live the best and fullest life.”
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The TV personality previously offered a glimpse at her complicated medical history. “My life would be in chaos if I had to schedule surgery right now with all the work that I have going on,” Kris explained emotionally in the October 5 episode after a physical therapist told her to see a specialist. “It makes me want to cry because it scares the s–t out of me. You don’t want to feel like you’re going to be that person on a walker.”
She added: “I can’t tell my kids I’m scared, they have enough problems, they don’t need to worry about mom. I’m fine. Most of the time.”
While reflecting on the health scare with mom Mary Jo “MJ” Houghton, Kris addressed her complicated relationship with aging.
“You never talked about it to me about this, but you just turn a corner and there’s a new chapter. It messes with your head because I always felt like I am 40 years old,” the former flight attendant told her mother. “It is not what I am going through physically. It is what I am going through mentally and emotionally. It is the realization that I am getting older.”
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What Was Kris Diagnosed With?
In season 2 of The Kardashians, Kris learned that she lost “all cartilage” in her right hip which kickstarted arthritis. “Hearing the doctor say that I need a hip replacement is really scary for me,” she shared with the cameras. “It reminds me of somebody a lot older than I feel on the inside and somebody who is going to have challenges for the rest of her life. This is serious.”
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How Did She Address the Health Scare?
After a consultation, Kris was advised to have hip-replacement surgery to address her pain.
“I don’t want to have this surgery in five years when I am older and you can’t really heal as well. It is just a mindf–k. You realize that you don’t have as much more time. It is like suddenly I can’t do all the things,” the momager said during an emotional moment in an October 2022 episode. “My hip goes out, my knee is torn, I have an eye infection and I can’t see. I have the TV up too loud and [boyfriend] Corey [Gamble] says I can’t hear. I feel like Humpty Dumpty.”
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Did She Attempt Other Ways to Ease the Pain?
Before booking a surgery date, the businesswoman originally explored CBD products to relieve her issues.
“I sleep in pain, and it seems to get worse and worse and worse,” Kris said in a confessional during season 2 of The Kardashians. “I’m just trying to maybe get some relief. Listen up everybody, in the state of California, this is all very legal. You have to be 21 years old, you can walk into a store and you can buy [weed] gummies!”
After a trip to a store, Kris walked out with $732 worth of products.
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What Was Her Family’s Reaction?
During an October 2022 episode, Kris admitted she was “really nervous” to talk about her health with her loved ones. “I don’t want them to worry about me and I know they will be upset that I have to go through a major surgery,” she told the cameras. “It is hard on the family.”
Kim Kardashian, for her part, pointed out that her mother was the one taking the news the hardest.
“It scares my mom to get older for sure. She is the type of person that had a jar of marbles and she would say, ‘Each marble represents the amount of summers and Christmases I have left,'” the Skims founder recalled. “But it makes me deeply sad and just emotional to know that she is so scared to get older.”
Meanwhile, Khloé Kardashian attempted to relive her mom’s concerns, saying, “You also talk yourself into a really dark place. I see it all the time. How you talk to yourself is so f–king brutal. You have to stop with that mentality or you will always be in that place.”
The Good American cofounder added: “I don’t want to think about my mom getting older. It is sad and I don’t know what I would do without her. I just want her to stay cold all the time so we prolong her life. … I am just going to put my mom on ice.”
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Does Kris Have Plans for More Surgery?
While filming her reality show, Kris joked that she would “love” to have her boobs redone while she was under anesthesia. She also discussed another doctor’s appointment that made her reconsider her health issues.
“I went to the eye doctor the other day to get an eye exam and he says, ‘What you have got going on here is your eyelids on both eyes are getting a bit heavy.’ I said, ‘This is the best day of my life. Are you trying to tell me that I need to get my eyes done?'” the manager shared with Khloé. “So I think I will see if he can squeeze me in and I can get ready for Kourtney [Kardashian]‘s wedding [to Travis Barker]. I am always getting dolled up for someone’s wedding once a decade.”
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How Did the Surgery Go?
In season 2, viewers got to see Kris’ surgery while Corey and Kim waited in the hallway. “I am not nervous. My mom is 66 years young,” the Skims founder told cameras, joking, “It is always scary going into surgery, but she is in the best hands and I have threatened everyone’s lives so …”
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How Was the Recovery Process?
“I’ve walked twice. I got up the first time to walk with my little walker over there. It was painful but I was like, ‘Let’s keep doing this,'” Kris told Khloé after her surgery. “I don’t remember the surgery at all. The last thing I knew I was sitting on the bed in the hospital talking to Corey and Kim and then it was a blank.”
During the October 2022 episode, the momager continued to get better while working with a physical therapist.
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What Issues Did She Face?
“It is such a mindf—k. Sometimes you just feel defeated but I feel really good today. It is just emotional. The whole thing is just emotional. There are some days that are painful, I am not going to lie. It has been really a struggle to get through a night,” Kris told the cameras after getting her stitches out in an October 2022 episode. “I don’t even understand why I am crying. Some days are just more emotional than others. It is hard to explain but I am getting better.”