Kim Kardashian has opened up about one of the lowest points in her journey to becoming a lawyer — the day she found out she failed her first-year law exam after being falsely reassured by psychics who told her she would pass “with flying colors.” The emotional footage, shared on her Hulu series The Kardashians, captures a raw, unfiltered moment that left even her most loyal fans in tears.
“I really believed them,” Kim said tearfully, referencing the two psychics she had consulted before the exam. “They looked me in the eyes and said, ‘You’re going to crush it.’ I wanted to believe them so badly because I needed that hope.”
The clip, which has since gone viral across TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), shows Kim sitting in her California home with a laptop in front of her as she anxiously checks her results. When she realizes she didn’t pass, she breaks down sobbing — her face in her hands — as her sister Khloé sits beside her, whispering, “It’s okay, Kimmie. You’ll get it next time.”
“Kim Kardashian shares the moment she found out she failed her law exam — and calls out ‘pathological liar’ psychics who promised she’d pass.” @Variety
Kim explained that she had turned to spiritual advisors out of desperation and self-doubt during her first year of study. “I was terrified,” she said. “I’m a mom, I run businesses, I’m filming a show — I wanted someone to tell me it would all be worth it. Instead, they told me what I wanted to hear, not the truth.”
The 44-year-old reality star and entrepreneur began her law journey in 2019 through California’s “reading the law” apprenticeship program, which allows aspiring lawyers to study under practicing attorneys instead of attending law school. But the road hasn’t been easy. Kim has failed multiple attempts at the baby bar exam — a notoriously difficult test — before finally passing in December 2021. The newly resurfaced clip, however, takes fans back to the heartbreak that almost made her quit.
“That moment crushed me,” she admitted in a recent Vogue interview. “I remember thinking, maybe I’m not smart enough. But then I thought — no, I’m just not done yet.”
“‘I thought maybe I’m not smart enough. But then I realized — I’m just not done yet.’ — Kim Kardashian on failing her first baby bar.” @people
According to Kim, she decided to share the footage now to help others dealing with failure, misinformation, and misplaced trust. “I’ve learned that people will sell you confidence,” she said. “Psychics, life coaches, whoever — but confidence has to come from you.”
In the episode, Kim calls the psychics “pathological liars” and laughs bitterly at her past self. “They had this whole act — crystals, candles, energy talk — and I bought into it,” she said. “They told me they could sense victory in my aura. Turns out, it was just my Wi-Fi connection dropping.”
The moment has sparked a wave of reactions online. Some fans applauded Kim for her vulnerability, while others questioned the ethics of psychics who prey on vulnerable people. “How do you tell someone chasing their dream something like that and just lie to their face?” one user wrote on Reddit. “That’s not spiritual guidance — that’s exploitation.”
Even skeptics of celebrity culture have praised Kim’s honesty. “It’s easy to mock her,” one commentator told NBC News. “But this is a woman who’s using her platform to normalize failure. That’s powerful.”
“Kim Kardashian is done pretending everything’s perfect. Her vulnerability this season is her strength.” @guardian
Kim has since passed all her subsequent exams and remains determined to follow in the footsteps of her late father, Robert Kardashian, who famously defended O.J. Simpson in the 1995 trial. “He believed in justice, and I want to honor that,” she said. “He would have told me failing once doesn’t define you. Quitting does.”
Despite the pain of reliving that early failure, Kim said she wanted her children — North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm — to see the clip someday. “I want them to know that their mom didn’t give up, even when people laughed, even when I cried in front of cameras. I want them to know resilience is beautiful.”
“‘I want my kids to see that failure doesn’t make you weak. It makes you real.’ — Kim Kardashian” @CNN
The scene has since become one of the most talked-about moments in The Kardashians’ new season — not for its glamour, but for its humanity. Fans described it as “one of the realest things Kim has ever done.” One viral post summed it up: “For once, Kim Kardashian wasn’t the influencer. She was the influenced — and she turned that into power.”
As the episode ends, Kim wipes away tears, takes a deep breath, and says softly, “I’ll pass next time.” She did — two years later. And now, looking back, she says it was the failure that taught her the most. “It showed me who I was when no one was watching,” she said. “That’s when you really pass the test.”
