Kim Kardashian has opened up about the final exchange she shared with her late father, Robert Kardashian Sr., revealing his last words predicted her future success.
The Skims founder, 46, spoke with author Jonathan Van Meter for the new biography “Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future,” sharing intimate details of their last conversation before the attorney died of esophageal cancer in 2003 at age 59. Robert Sr. Passed away on Sept. 30 that year.
“The last thing my dad ever said to me was, ‘I know you’re going to be good — I can see it,'” Kardashian told Van Meter.
“It’s as if I can see what your whole life is going to be like,'” she remembered him saying. “My dad didn’t go into detail, and he was kind of in and out of it.”
The moment unfolded as the two watched a movie together, with Kardashian recalling the physical closeness of their final hours. “He put his hand on my leg,” she said. “I’ll never forget it. And I was laying next to him on this couch — this L-shaped couch — and we were kinda squished in this way.”
Robert Sr. Also charged his daughter with looking after her siblings. “And he said, ‘You’ll be fine. But take care of the other ones. And make sure your brother’s good,'” Kardashian continued, referencing sisters Kourtney Kardashian, 47, Khloé Kardashian, 42, and brother Robert Kardashian Jr., 39.
Kardashian additionally described her own final words to her father when he was bedridden and unable to communicate. “I knew his vitals were almost gone, and the last thing I said to him was, ‘Dad, thank you so much for everything that you’ve taught me, from how to be a good person, to how you did my homework with me, everything I’m going to do with my kids one day,'” she shared.
“‘And I’m going to take the lesson of you being in my life and carry that forward.'”
Robert Sr. Shared all four children with ex-wife Kris Jenner, 70, whom he married in 1978 and divorced in 1991. The marriage ended after Jenner’s affair with soccer player Todd Waterman, which she later called her life’s biggest regret. “I think that I fell into a situation where I thought that the grass was greener somewhere else,” Jenner said in a 2023 episode of “The Kardashians.” “I made a huge mistake. That’s my life’s biggest regret.”
Following the divorce, Robert Sr. Married Jan Ashley in 1998, though the union lasted only a year. He wed Ellen Pierson in 2003, the same year he died. Jenner, meanwhile, married Caitlyn Jenner the same year her first marriage ended; the couple welcomed daughters Kendall and Kylie before splitting in 2015.
The biography marks a rare deep dive into Kardashian’s personal history with her father, who gained national prominence as part of O.J. Simpson’s defense team in 1995. While the family has frequently acknowledged Robert Sr.’s influence on their lives, Kardashian’s verbatim account of their last conversation offers new granularity to a relationship that has shaped her public narrative.
The timing of the revelation aligns with ongoing public interest in the Kardashian family’s origin story, particularly as the children Robert Sr. Asked Kim to protect have built their own extensive media empires. Kourtney and Khloé have starred alongside Kim in “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and its Hulu successor, while Robert Jr. Has maintained a lower profile in recent years.
“Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future” arrives as Kardashian continues expanding her business portfolio beyond Skims into skincare and other ventures, developments that lend retrospective weight to her father’s prediction.
