Kim Kardashian Speaks Out on Parenting 4 Kids Alone After Split from Kanye West

Kim Kardashian was recently on Zoe Winkler’s podcast, What In The Winkler, giving a candid and quite emotional perspective on motherhood. The reality star, who has only just finalized her divorce from Kanye West in November of 2022 and is also an entrepreneur, shared what she goes through being a mom of four kids: North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.

Kardashian gets $200,000 a month in child support, along with sharing joint legal and physical custody of her children, she claims almost always to feel like she is completely raising the children herself. About feeling alone and exhausted, she shared that it often reaches a breaking point nightly when the kids all crawl into her bed and how terrible it feels to be suffocated. “In the middle of the night, when they’re all in my bed kicking me, I just think that no matter what kind of help I have, I’m basically raising four kids by myself,” she admitted.

Kardashian admits to having a great support system and all the resources available to her, including nannies and household help. Even she finds the situation lonely and chaotic at times. “I feel like my life is one big blur of chaos,” she said, candidly giving a sneak peek into what it felt like to juggle her career, personal life, and her children’s needs. She joked that mornings are a blur of carpools to her, unlike the way a driver of a car race negotiates his way through endless pit stops.

“I don’t talk about this much,” Kim confessed, explaining that she often refrains from discussing the challenges of motherhood for fear of judgment. “People always jump to the, ‘Oh, but you have the resources to have nannies and help,’” she added. “But at the end of the day, I’m the one who’s there with them. And that’s the part that no one sees.”

While she made sure to express her gratitude for the support system she has in place, like her family and nannies, in addition to the abundant help that she can hire, Kardashian did not hold back about how it is that even then, a mother still bears the weight of raising her children. “Even though I have all these people around me, I still feel like I’m doing it on my own,” she shared.

Her vulnerability on the podcast resonated with listeners who could understand the universal pressures of trying to juggle work, family, and personal time. Given the extra pressure of being a single mother with a public profile, Kardashian’s candid admission regarding the ups and downs of parenting offers a rare glimpse into the reality behind the glamour.

Although she made sure to acknowledge how fortunate she is with many things, Kardashian’s words spoke to the emotional and physical grinds that come with being a full-time parent-no amount of resources spared. A poignant reminder that the end-day pains of the parenting game remain constant, regardless of one’s wealth or status.