Kim Kardashian says she'll 'burn' Ray J's former management team 'to the ground' if they release more footage from her sex tape
- Kim Kardashian deals with another sex-tape scandal on the premiere of Hulu's "The Kardashians."
- "I'm just human," Kardashian says about filming the original tape with Ray J when she was 23.
Kim Kardashian's sex tape was released in 2007 and it's still causing her problems on the premiere of her family's new Hulu reality show, "The Kardashians."
In the first episode of the new series, Kardashian sees an ad during a family barbecue suggesting that more explicit footage is going to be released from the infamous sex tape. She vows not to go through the ordeal of having private, intimate footage of her on display for the public again.
"I'm not gonna go through this again. I know the right attorneys this time. I know exactly what to do this time," she says to her lawyer Marty Singer, with her sister Khloé and mom Kris Jenner in the room to support her. "I have all the time, all the money, and all of the resources to burn them all to the fucking ground."
Earlier in the episode, Kardashian learns that Ray J's former manager Wack 100 is threatening to release a tape when her son Saint shows her a pop-up ad referencing the news on Roblox. While simultaneously preparing to host NBC's "Saturday Night Live" for the first time, she fields calls from Singer to discuss a strategy for blocking the release of footage she's said doesn't exist.
The reality star tells her lawyer she's "99.9% sure" that another tape doesn't exist, as far as she's aware: "What if I was fucking sleeping and he stuck a dildo up my ass? I don't know."
In a confessional during the episode, Kardashian says the tape has been "held over" her head for 20 years and calls it a "mistake."
"Or is it a mistake?" she asks the camera. "It was my boyfriend of years. We go on a trip, we film a video. It's embarrassing for that to be out there, but it's not the most scandalous thing and I'm not gonna be made to feel that way. I'm just human."
Khloé assures Kardashian it's a "good omen" that the sex tape is a subject they're dealing with on the first season of their new show, just like they did on their first reality series, E!'s "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
Kardashian tells her team she'll sue anyone who releases the tape because "the message is more important than the dollars."
"I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm protecting myself for my reputation and my children's sake," Kardashian says at Khloé's urging.
Kardashian was calm and businesslike on the phone with her team but says in the confessional that she "died inside" when Saint showed her the reference to her sex tape on his iPad. She breaks down in tears when she calls her ex-husband Kanye West while talking to Khloé and Jenner.
"Over my dead body is this shit gonna happen to me again. I just want it gone," she tells West. "This is not gonna fuck with me." She tells the cameras that West calmed her down by telling her that she had the power and "nothing will cancel you."
The original sex tape tape was filmed during a trip with Kardashian's then long-term-boyfriend Ray J in 2002 when they took a trip to Cabo, Mexico, for her 23rd birthday. She says on the show that the alleged new footage was taken in Santa Barbara, California.
West previously told Hollywood Unlocked's Jason Lee that he obtained a laptop from Ray J with new footage on it, but Kardashian's team denied it at the time.
"After review, there was nothing sexual unseen, only footage on the plane on the way to Mexico and footage at a club and restaurant on the same trip. Kim remains firm in her belief that there is no new second tape that exists," Kardashian's statement released around the time of West's interview read.
The statement continued: "After 20 years, she truly wishes to move on from this chapter with focus instead on the positive things she continues to do as a mother, entrepreneur and advocate for justice reform."
"The Kardashians" premieres Thursday, April 14 on Hulu.