Kim Kardashian Tells Sarah Paulson Why She Finds Dating 'Less Appealing' After Kanye West Divorce...
by Perez Hilton · Perez HiltonKim Kardashian is once again getting real about the romantic roller coaster that is her post-Kanye West world. And this time she’s having it out with none other than the queen of soulful intensity herself, Sarah Paulson!
If you’ve been keeping up (excuse the pun, plz), you know Kim has not exactly been racing back into the dating pool since finalizing that long, winding divorce from Ye. And in the newest episode of The Kardashians, she spills exactly why the idea of romance is starting to feel, well, a little less sparkly these days.
Kim began on the latest ep of the Hulu series by reflecting on what it’s like filming long days on set with the All’s Fair crew and how her closest co-stars have begun to really witness the behind-the-scenes chaos of mom life, fame, and emotional juggling.
It’s a LOT! And in a confessional clip, the KUWTK alum said:
“When you’re on set with a group of girls that you’re really close to and you’re there 16 hours a day, they can’t help but see when one of my kids is having a hard night or stuff in the media, if things are crazy, they see how I cope and how I deal with everything.”
Then, viewers saw Kim dialing up Sarah from her on-set trailer to discuss the actress’s “big theory” about Kim’s complicated journey back to love.
To share that theory, Paulson wasted no time unpacking years of cameras, scrutiny, and emotional armor that had been built up brick by freakin’ brick. She said:
“I have a big theory: I think your thing of having been on camera for so long — there is a sense of being watched and being hyperaware of what you were doing all the time — that you had to be mindful of how open you were and how much you let things affect you. And so you’ve lived inside this sphere of like, ‘People are looking at me and I’m strong and I can handle it,’ but it’s also exposing.”
And she didn’t stop there. Sarah continued:
“As things have increased and the fame has gotten more and then the marriage. I think those kinds of things mean you have to shut it down even more. Even think about the amount of times you’re trying to keep everything little and tight around your kids so they don’t have all the information about what it’s like for you because you want to protect them.”
Unsurprisingly, Kim got it:
“Totally.”
And then, Sarah shifted from diagnosing Kim’s emotional walls to championing her romantic potential:
“I just think there’s something about being aware and savvy enough that, like, ‘My goal is to calcify enough that I can take it and it doesn’t matter what anybody says.’ I’m actually wanting more for you of whatever the great romance of your life is for that to be able to bloom.”
Kim reflected on that powerful read in another confessional clip. In it, the SKIMS mogul admitted:
“I know Sarah feels like I have put up this wall to overprotect myself so that just maybe don’t open up to love.”
And through it all, Sarah stayed optimistic. In a cut back to their phone call, the thespian offered a ray of sunshine:
“It’ll come. It’s gonna come, and when it happens, if you do a little bit of this stuff with the therapist about desensitizing, it just allows for the full openness.”
So sweet!
Kim later addressed the elephant in the room: public opinion. However!!! She insisted that she’s numb to it all by now. In another confessional cutaway, the ex-SKKN By Kim lead said:
“I don’t know really get affected by it though. It’s been my life for so long. I would say you get really comfortable the longer you’re single. You get really comfortable being single, and the thought of sharing your bed or your TV shows with someone else becomes less and less appealing. Because you get so set in your ways. But it’s okay to just close down a little bit and focus on just the things that I want in life.”
And of course, in true Kimmy Kakes fashion, she wrapped things up with that signature blend of practicality and fairy-tale hope:
“I’m the biggest hopeless romantic, and when the right person comes along, I’ll be so ready.”
So there you have it, y’all: Kim’s not anti-love. She’s just pro-healing, pro-comfort, and VERY much pro-selectiveness.
And if Sarah is right, the next chapter might just be the one where Kim’s walls will finally come down for the right person… and at just the right time.
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