Khloé Kardashian Admits She Felt 'So Much More Confident When I Was Fat and Chubby'
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03/27/2025 12:27 PM
"It's crazy that we're so mean to ourselves, but I think so much of it is society constantly nitpicking you," she said
Khloé Kardashian is getting transparent about the ups and down of her confidence throughout her weight loss journey.
During the March 26 episode of her Khloé in Wonder Land podcast, the 40-year-old spoke to guest Remi Bader and opened up about struggling with her body image after losing weight due to societal pressures.
"I tell one of my girlfriends, she works with me, we were both bigger and now that we're smaller, we're athletic smaller," she said. "We'll always joke and be like, 'I was so much more confident when I was fat and chubby.'"
"Now in a bathing suit I'm like, 'Oh, do you see this?' It's nuts," she added.
Bader, 30, said that unfortunately, it's normal for people to feel a certain way about themselves.
"It's crazy that we're so mean to ourselves, but I think so much of it is society constantly nitpicking you," Kardashian explained. "Whether it's, like you said, you're thinner, 'How dare you get so thin?' but when you're bigger they call you all these names, they shame you. That's when you sort of just have to throw your hands up in the air."
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Additionally, Kardashian reflected on her weight loss journey and the many things she's tried and failed before her success, quickly realizing that it's "not one size fits all." The Good American co-founder said she finally was able to get "control" of her weight through fitness.
"It's not that easy," she admitted. "I've been working out for like 10 years but it's baby steps. It took me a very long time to get where I am, and people forget that."
"And all of the work that it takes from within," she added. "Your brain is a muscle and you have to retrain that to even love yourself, to look at yourself."
Kardashian explained that as she started hitting the gym and losing weight, critics on social media would complain that she's "not the same person" anymore, which is something she struggled to deal with.
"They always were like, 'We liked the fat Khloé.' Like, well, that's not nice either. Always as if I let so many people down," she said on the show. "But you just have to worry about not letting yourself down."
