Kim Kardashian and Stephanie Shepherd. Getty Pictures (2)
Kim Kardashian’s former assistant Stephanie Shepherd is setting the report straight about what led to the tip of their working relationship.
“Properly, I received fired. Fired within the nicest sense of the phrase,” Shepherd, 34, revealed throughout an episode of “The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast” final month. “Like, I used to be crying and she or he was crying as a result of we’re associates.”
Shepherd recalled feeling like she was not fulfilled by her function as COO of Kardashian West Manufacturers.
“I simply inherently felt like, ‘It’s time to transfer on. I don’t know if I’ve something extra I can contribute to this.’ I believe she most likely felt that and noticed that,” she famous. “[So] she’s like, ‘I would like you to [thrive]. You want one thing extra. You may have this factor — pursue that. I’m supporting you [with] no matter you want.’”
Shepherd had moved up the ladder on the firm earlier than Us Weekly completely confirmed in 2017 that Kardashian, 43, and Shepherd parted methods professionally after working collectively for 4 years.
An insider instructed Us on the time that Kardashian’s choice was motivated by Shepherd’s Refinery29 profile earlier that 12 months, by which she mentioned working for the fact star.
“Stephanie began pondering she was a star herself, and Kim didn’t like that. Every thing began going downhill after the Refinery29 article got here out,” the supply stated. “Stephanie does nonetheless hang around with the household, and Kim and her are cordial after they see one another, however it’s completely different.”
A second supply, in the meantime, instructed Us there was no feud between the duo, including, “Kim respects Steph and needs her to do effectively.”
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Shepherd beforehand mentioned her conflicted ideas about her job throughout a 2017 episode of Preserving Up With the Kardashians, venting to Kourtney Kardashian. Kim, for her half, later cleared the air about the place she stands with Shepherd.
Kim Kardashian and Stephanie Shepherd. Stefanie Keenan/Getty Pictures for Full Image
“She wished to go in a unique course. I respect that. I really like giving that encouragement to whoever I’m working with,” Kim stated in a video with Shepherd in August 2018. “Simply because folks cease working collectively doesn’t imply that they’re feuding and cease being associates.”
Shepherd agreed with the sentiment and identified that she was involved with Kim “each week” after transferring in a unique course in her profession. Throughout her “Skinny Confidential” podcast look, Shepherd praised Kim for a way she approached the firing.
“It was essentially the most stunning uncoupling and we have now by no means been nearer. She continues to be somebody that I am going to for private {and professional} recommendation on a regular basis,” she detailed. “However I believe it was simply that feeling inside the place I used to be like, ‘OK, it’s time for me to maneuver on.’ And I didn’t actually have a plan. However I simply knew that it was time for me to strive one thing completely different.”
The previous assistant admitted she’s confused about why her previous employment with Kim continues to be being introduced up, noting, “It was a very long time in the past. It’s actually additionally fascinating to be recognized for a job that I had 10 years in the past.”
Earlier within the episode, Shepherd shared the largest classes she realized from working for Kim.
“It’s a machine and it’s meticulous. I all the time say it’s my graduate college,” she defined. “As a result of I realized all the pieces that I find out about sending an electronic mail to an agent or talking to a supervisor or reserving glam or discovering a photographer or coping with product growth or working with a publicist … Each single step of all the pieces that you must find out about being an entrepreneur within the leisure enterprise I realized from working below Kim.”
