An Executive Producer On “The Kardashians” Opened Up About The Exact Moment Khloé Kardashian Heard About Tristan Thompson’s Paternity Scandal While The Cameras Were Unexpectedly Rolling

“We were there to film something else early in the morning and the morning that news broke, we legitimately just happened to be there. We have that moment on camera.”

Now that The Kardashians is finally here, fans are getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the family’s biggest and most intimate moments of the past six months.

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Tristan also revealed that the child was conceived on the very night that he and Khloé went public with their recently rekindled relationship months earlier on his 30th birthday.

At the time the scandal broke, fans of the Kardashians knew that filming had already commenced for the family’s brand new Hulu show, sparking anticipation for an inside look at how Khloé processed her partner’s shocking betrayal. However, given the sudden timing of his statement, the chances of cameras rolling at the moment seemed slim.

Speaking to Us Weekly on Monday ahead of the show’s fifth episode, executive producer Danielle King revealed that the series requires a unique filming schedule, which meant that the cameras were already rolling on the morning of Tristan’s statement.

“We have a shoot schedule five days a week, Monday through Friday. But that’s not always what we stick to,” she began. “Oftentimes on the weekend they’ll text or call or they’ll say something’s going on so my crew will rally and will get to whatever they’re doing. It’s a set schedule but we also leave a lot of room for spontaneity.”

“For that particular moment, my crew was there,” she said of Khloé’s heartbreaking discovery.

After nearly 15 years of documenting their everyday lives, the Kardashian family have inevitably been accused of setting up reshoots to capitalize on and monetize the sisters’ major moments. However, Danielle was quick to assure fans that the footage of Khloé is the real deal.

But, despite having her raw reaction caught on camera, Khloé admitted recently that she hardly remembers being filmed on the day of Tristan’s confession.

“I don’t really remember I’m being filmed,” Khloé said during an interview with USA Today last month, admitting that it was the hardest thing she filmed for the new show. “I’m so immune to the filming.”

We’re not sure when Tristan’s paternity scandal will be documented on the show, but fans have already been given a glimpse of the shocking moment in a trailer for the series, where Kim can be seen calling her sister after seeing Tristan’s Instagram story.

Reflecting on their shared experience, Kim admitted that it was difficult to look back on the moment she shared the news of Tristan’s statement with her sister.

“I think that was hard for me too,” Kim said, explaining that she’d been filming a workout for the show the morning the news broke.

In response, Khloé made reference to Tristan’s two previous cheating scandals: the first in 2018, days before the birth of their daughter, True, and another a year later when the basketball star was exposed for kissing family friend Jordyn Woods.

Read Danielle’s entire interview with US Weekly right here.

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Ellen Durney is a Celebrity News Fellow for BuzzFeed News and is based in London.
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