Stormi Webster had one question for her mom Kylie Jenner. The answer changed everything about the night.
The 28-year-old beauty mogul opened up about one of the most unguarded moments of her life as a mother on the debut episode of Kid Cudi’s new podcast “Big Bro With Kid Cudi.” It immediately resonated with fans who have followed the Kardashian-Jenner family for nearly two decades.
Now 8 years old and fully immersed in school life, Stormi has started picking up on something. Her family is not like other families. So she went straight to her mom with a question that stopped Kylie cold: why is their whole family famous?
Kylie decided the best answer was not something she could say. It was something she had to show.
One KUWTK Episode Answered Everything
Kylie pulled up the pilot episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and sat down with her daughter to watch. She fast-forwarded through anything not appropriate for an 8-year-old. She wanted Stormi to see clearly where it all began.
Before pressing play, Kylie set the scene. “I sat her down, and I’m like, ‘We started a television show when I was a year older than you, and that’s why we’re all in this together,'” she told Kid Cudi.
Stormi absorbed every second. Then she asked when they could watch episode two and walked out of the room.
Kylie stayed behind. “I was so emotional after. I don’t know what hit me, but I was weeping in my bed,” she admitted.
Kylie’s Full Circle Moment With Stormi
GettyThe emotion makes complete sense when you understand the timeline. “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” premiered on October 14, 2007 and ran for 20 legendary seasons on E!, reshaping celebrity culture in ways nobody could have anticipated. Stormi is 8 years old right now. One year younger than her mother was in that very first episode.
Kylie felt the full weight of that parallel sitting beside her daughter. Primetimer details how she described a wave of gratitude for everything this family built. She also felt a quiet grief for the years when all of them shared the same roof. “Maybe it’s like my daughter being the same age as I was,” she reflected.
Stormi is already no stranger to the spotlight. She starred in a viral Kylie Cosmetics commercial at Ulta Beauty that earned over 2 million likes. Kylie shares Stormi, 8, and son Aire, 4, with ex-partner Travis Scott.
But even knowing how naturally her daughter takes to cameras, Kylie thinks deeply about what lies ahead. “When Stormi turns 15, I don’t know how I’m going to handle it,” she said. “We don’t know how fame is going to affect them, and it’s really scary.”
For now, Stormi has seen episode one. And she is already asking for episode two.
“The Kardashians” streams now on Hulu.
