Kim Kardashian has revealed that she still has security “on every edge” of her property – almost two years after she was robbed at gunpoint in Paris.
The reality star was left traumatised after masked men held her at gunpoint inside her hotel room in Paris, before getting away with jewellery worth over $11 million, including one of her engagement rings.
Nearly two years after the terrifying incident, Kim told Wealthsimple, “I travel with a couple of security people and my nanny. At home I have multiple security people.”
She continued, “I need someone on every edge of my property. I live in a gated community, and I have them right at my gate.”
“Someone came in yesterday, a friend, and was like, ‘Do you always have security standing outside your door? Because you never did before.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah — 24/7.'”
The KUWTK star explained, “It’s just what I have to do to make me feel safe or make me able to sleep at night. And I think that had to happen after what happened in Paris.”
Looking back on the terrifying night she was robbed, Kim said, “It probably lasted about seven or eight minutes. It wasn’t that long. They definitely wanted to get in and out and knew what they were coming for.”
“I was specifically targeted and had been followed for like two years. I figured they had done their research through social media. They were pretty clear: I had done interviews about my jewelry and my pieces, so they always knew it was real.”
One of the items the robbers stole was her $4.5 million Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring, which she had previously flaunted on social media.
She explained, “And I guess I was so open about talking about that. When you get engaged, you want to post the photo of your ring. I mean, that’s natural, no matter what size ring, where it comes from. Everyone does that.”
Speaking about how the robbery changed her life, Kim said, “All that stuff definitely has changed for me in my life. I never say my whereabouts. And if I do, I make sure there is tons of security outside.”
“I will do something, save it, and then post it when I leave. I think I really attribute that experience that I had in Paris to helping me shut down and completely not worry about the digital world and live in the moment and at home and with my kids and my family and my husband.”
Last month, Kim – who has kids North, 5, Saint, 2, and Chicago, six months – returned to Paris for the first time since the robbery with her rapper husband Kanye West.Â
The pair made their grand return for Virgil Abloh’s first Louis Vuitton runway show.
After returning to Paris, the mother-of-three opened up about the “emotional experience” on her website, KimKardashianWest.com.Â
