Kim Kardashian recently got candid about parenting her four kids with Kanye West—and she’s not sugarcoating the experience. The 44-year-old reality star and mogul, who shares North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm with her ex-husband, basically says she’s out here handling bedtime chaos and snack demands solo.
Appearing on the hilariously titled What in the Winkler? podcast, Kim and host Zoe Winkler bonded over their shared parenting “journey”—which, in Kim’s case, includes just enough drama to fill another season of The Kardashians. It’s not that she doesn’t have help, but as she put it, the whole gig can feel like she’s piloting a four-kid spaceship in a constant state of turbulence. “Sometimes it’s like, middle of the night, and I’ve got this little human kicking me in the ribs like we’re at karate class,” Kim shared. “Or all four of them piled into my bed like a stampede… it’s less ‘sweet family moment’ and more like, ‘Oh, this is why coffee was invented.’”
Then there’s the judgment. Kim’s well aware that most people picture her life as 24/7 glam squads and private chefs, not mom-ing it up at 2 a.m. when one kid’s crying, another one’s lost a sock, and two of them are having a cereal smackdown in the kitchen. “Yes, I’ve got the help,” Kim admitted, “but no one’s seeing me break a sweat, literally sprinting between two kids who suddenly need completely different breakfasts while another one is yelling about missing shoes.”
And don’t get her started on the morning school rush. “It’s like I’m running my own personal pit crew every morning,” she laughed. “They all want to leave at different times, have different moods… one wants pancakes, another wants waffles, and I’m over here just hoping I have a clean mug for my coffee.”
Kim’s navigating single motherhood with all the drama and twists you’d expect from a Kardashian—minus the red carpet.
