Kim Kardashian revealed that she paid for most of her $2 million engagement ring from Kris Humphries, but despite that, he still made her return it during their bitter divorce.
On Thursday’s episode of The Kardashians, Kim took a trip down memory lane with her sister Khloé as they discussed her past engagements and what her “next ring shape” might be.
Kim reminisced about her first engagement ring, a 14-carat cushion cut she received during her marriage to Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004.
“I still have it,” Kim shared.She then recalled her second engagement ring from Humphries, an 18-carat emerald cut, which was designed by renowned jeweler Lorraine Schwartz, who joined the conversation.
However, Kim revealed she no longer has the ring. “I didn’t keep that,” she said. “I was pregnant with [daughter] North [West], still married to him, and in order to divorce him, he said I had to give him the ring.”
Khloé quickly pointed out that Kim was the one who actually bought the ring. Kim responded, “But I bought! He contributed a fifth [of the price].”
Schwartz suggested that sometimes it’s best to let go of old engagement rings, but Kim admitted she “would’ve loved a collection.”
Kim’s third engagement ring came from her ex-husband Kanye West when he proposed in October 2013.
While Kim rarely talks about her brief 72-day marriage to Humphries in 2011, she has previously admitted that she felt pressured to marry him because the event was being filmed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
“I thought, ‘OK, everyone, you know, we’re filming this for a TV show. If I leave, I’m going to be known as the runaway bride forever and it’s going to be a huge joke,’” Kim said during the Keeping Up With the Kardashians reunion in June 2021.
Kim also acknowledged handling the breakup poorly. “I was so nervous to break up with someone, I handled it totally the wrong way,” she admitted. “I fully broke up with him in the worst way.”
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