Star of The Kardashians Khloe Kardashian admits that it’s hard to watch the editing fails on the premiere season of her family’s new Hulu show. In the dramatic season 1 finale, viewers saw Khloe’s heartbreaking reaction to finding out now ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson had cheated on her (again) and fathered a baby with another woman. Khloe first learned of Tristan’s paternity scandal at the end of 2021, when news of Tristan’s paternity lawsuit first hit the press. The timeline of these events allegedly occurred around December and production was able to catch the moment everyone found out on camera. However, a few perceptive fans quickly spotted an error in the timeline of events that the show was trying to portray; and many began to theorize that The Kardashians finale was actually filmed after Tristan’s paternity scandal became public knowledge.
After watching the last episode, in which Tristan Thompson’s paternity scandal was finally addressed, fans began to speculate that the interaction and family meeting were staged for the camera. Many fans pointed out that the outfit Kourtney Kardashian wore during the family meeting matched paparazzi photos of her from January, weeks after Tristan admitted to fathering a third child. At first, the Kardashians remained silent around the accusations that they had tampered with the Tristian paternity scandal timeline for ratings. Recently, however, Khloe chose to break her silence and address the rumors, asserting that everything shown on The Kardashians is her real, unfiltered life.
During her brand-new Hot Ones interview, Khloe got open and honest about all of the behind-the-scenes editing fails that fans of The Kardashians have been talking about since the season finale. The reality star and executive producer admitted that their show experiences technical failures just like any other production crew might—which is why some scenes of The Kardashians are re-filmed months after the initial conversation took place. “It’s not that those things didn’t happen, but sometimes they didn’t catch the audio or sometimes the mics went out,” Khloe said. As for why the sound and lighting in certain scenes don’t match the rest of the episode, it’s not uncommon to find that type of discontinuity in editing on reality TV shows, and it’s most likely caused by post-edit fixes that are put in place to cover up technical issues.
This wouldn’t be the first time the Kardashians have been accused of orchestrating drama and obscuring timelines for their own benefit. Having graced television screens for the last 15 years, the Kardashian and Jenner sisters have been the center of several scandals. Earlier this year, fans accused Kendall Jenner of lying about where she was during Kris Jenner’s birthday party to avoid addressing the Astroworld tragedies. The sisters also found themselves amid accusations that the stars of The Kardashians fabricated a scene in which Kim’s son sees a preview of her sex tape within a popular video game, though sources later confirmed the incident wasn’t staged.
Viewers will likely never know for sure if the Kardashian sisters used their power as executive producers on the show to play with the timeline of events. And if The Kardashians stars are using this scandal as a way to keep viewers tuned in, it seems to be working. Hopefully, fans will get more information about the real timeline of events surrounding the Tristian cheating scandal, as well as a look at Khloe’s potential new boyfriend during season 2 of The Kardashians on Hulu.
