Khloe Kardashian has opened up about her crippling anxiety, and reveals that Kris Jenner gave her a beta blocker to cope

The Kardashians promised that their new documentary-style reality show by the same name would give fans access to the famous family like never before, and so far, they haven’t disappointed. In the second episode of The Kardashians, we get an insight into Khloe’s struggle with anxiety, which flares up as the star is preparing to film for The Late Late Show with James Corden in Los Angeles.

“It’s so easy for people to say, ‘If you don’t know them, don’t pay attention,’” she told her best friend Malika Haqq on the way to the show. “Trust me, I try not to, but when you’re walking down the street and even paparazzi is heckling at you the same things you’re trying to avoid, it’s so deteriorating on your self-esteem, your confidence, the way that you view yourself… Even when I’ve barely done retouching, I’m so afraid to post it because people are going to say I did this.”

Khloe also got candid about how her relationship with social media has turned toxic thanks to Instagram comments. “Social media used to be fun and silly,” she tells Malika. “There’s definitely always trolls, but now, everything is so critical — the way I look, my situation with Tristan. Is my hair done the right way? What is she doing with that laugh? Oh my gosh, she said this.”

“I think it’s gotten to the point that it’s literally safer to stay at home,” she tells the camera during a confessional. 

This isn’t the first time that Khloé has voiced her concerns about online trolls, telling Cosmopolitan in November 2021 that social media “scares” her more than it used to. “I’ve learned that you can’t just post anything because people will comment and say the craziest things,” she said. “I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’”

In the next clip, we see Khloe sitting in the makeup chair in her dressing room getting ready for the show when momager Kris arrives to tell her daughter that there will be a “full audience” for the show”: “When I heard that I didn’t want to just call you and tell you, I thought I’d come down and check on you and see if you were going to be ok with your anxiety,” she says. 

Though viewers have been quick to criticise Jenner’s response to her daughters pre-show angst, as she offers Khloe one of her beta-blockers. 

“Oh I love those,” Khloe responds, with Kris chiming in: “I know. They’re really great.”

Later on in the scene, Kris talks directly to camera about Koko’s battle with anxiety:  “I know Khloe has a hard time with her anxiety from time to time so I wanted to support her.”

And although some praised the mum of six for ‘supporting’ her daughter, many viewers were quick to react less positively on social media, expressing their anger at the Kardashian matriarch for offering up her own medication, especially with young, impressionable viewers watching, and have instead implored the reality star to seek professional help.