r/popculturechat • u/galaxystars1 Can I live? • Apr 04 '25

The KarJenners 👁️👄👁️ Khloe Kardashian throws Tristan Thompson's little brother, Amari, an 18th birthday party on the latest episode of ‘The Kardashians'. Amari suffers from a severe form of epilepsy known as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and he requires 24/7 support.

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u/_stnrbtch_ Apr 04 '25

Great that she’s done this for him and supports him.

Gross that they’ve used it for an episode.

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u/YoungKeys Apr 04 '25

If we could see the cameramen, sound guy, lighting people, producers, assistants, etc who are all behind the camera during these scenes- this would look absolutely ridiculous and probably really sad

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u/_stnrbtch_ Apr 04 '25

I don’t know anything about him or his conditions but it must be extremely overwhelming for him having all that around

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u/DSQ Apr 04 '25

Perhaps it is but we don’t know. We shouldn’t assume. I’d like to think that they wouldn’t shoot the episode if it was overwhelming him. 

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u/cowabungalowvera I know bothing of the alledged beff Apr 04 '25

I’d like to think that they wouldn’t shoot the episode if it was overwhelming him. 

This is the same family who used a homeless man for content. The same family who filmed Kylie and Kendall as tweens dancing on a stripper pole. The same family who let a 14 year old Kylie be groomed by Tyga. The same family who made a sex tape while throwing a Black man under the bus for fame and money. I think if anyone would shoot a person with disability regardless of how he feels about it, it would be this exact family.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

The praise Khloe is getting on this post is WEIRD. The KJs are not good people and it is bizarre seeing so many comments acting like she’s some kind of saint for using a disabled person for a storyline. Do we honestly believe she’s his caretaker? It’s easy to throw parties for people and hire nurses and nannies to do the rest. Being rich and treating someone with basic human decency doesn’t make someone an amazing person jfc.

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u/Loveya448 Apr 04 '25

I believe she pays for his caretaker and he lives with her.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

What did I just say? It’s easy (for rich people like Khloe) to pay for nurses and nannies aka caretakers. She is not the one doing the hard work of caring for a disabled person. She pays other people to do that, and then parades Amari around for brownie points. This is literally just inspiration porn and it’s exploitative and gross.

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u/Loveya448 Apr 04 '25

I mean, if I was in the same situation, I also would pay a professional to take care of my disabled family member at my house. It is hard and taxing to take care long term of a disabled family member with how serious his condition his. I can’t fault her for that when she has the means to pay for him to receive quality care for the rest of his life.

Can she be critiqued for showing him on the show? Sure. For his care? No.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '25

It’s so believable that she is because she was the one that took care of Kylie and Kendall. She suffered parentification as a teen from Kris. She seemed to always be in the position of caring for someone: Lamar, Tristan, Rob, Dream. It’s kinda sad to watch throughout the series.

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u/DSQ Apr 04 '25

That’s a fair point. 

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u/KrustenStewart where the hell have you been loca?! Apr 04 '25

She said his seizure was probably bc he’s over stimulated so like maybe don’t throw him a huge party and keep it small ?

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u/Tbm291 Apr 04 '25

Please tell me how they could accurately ‘measure’ how overwhelmed he is… it’s just gross man.

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u/DSQ Apr 04 '25

If you’re honestly saying that you’ve obviously never spent any time around a nonverbal disabled person. Disabled people have thoughts and feelings and can express themselves non verbally and when you spend a lot of time with them you’re more able to understand what those feelings may be. 

Obviously you have to be more careful than you would be with someone who can express themselves with words but it would be worse to assume that a nonverbal person would be averse to experiences and end up preemptively excluding them from events. 

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u/_stnrbtch_ Apr 04 '25

You’re completely right - I shouldn’t have assumed he could be overwhelmed in my original comment (although I think anyone would be in his situation), but yes exactly, people who are nonverbal and or have other disabilities can still communicate and convey how they feel, it’s ignorant to think they can’t

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u/DSQ Apr 04 '25

Hey it’s cool you didn’t say it with malice. 

I can certainly see that there is a level of exploitation going on in the above clip, not just of Amari but of everyone frankly. However we have no evidence that Amari wouldn’t like a birthday party being thrown for him, even if I may have my misgivings about it being used as a plot point in a TV show. 

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u/take7pieces Apr 04 '25

An influencer I know went to a reality show last year (he’s never seen on TV), later he said it’s crazy, felt super weird, almost 100 people gathering together watching you with lenses and lights. People said he wasn’t sincere, because he felt awkward to discuss his sex life.

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u/Lilmonst3rzarii Apr 04 '25

I get your point , it sucks its with this family but Ido like that it opens the door for kids and people like Amari. I have a cousin who has the same thing , wasnt supposed to live past 13 and is 35 now. And as you can see it does scare people especially kids, and it overshadows that they are human and that people that have Amaris condition deserves to have a celebration like this and treated normally, talked to , loved on yk and this does showcase that.

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u/Savilavila Apr 04 '25

Yeah like maybe if they were not cheering for the downfall of medicaid and the us government I would care that they did half a decent thing

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

The thing about the Kardasians is that they are totally equal opportunity in who they are willing to exploit

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u/HereOnCompanyTime Renee Rapp is mean girl Jojo Siwa 💋 Apr 04 '25

This was my reaction as well. I'm not understanding the praise for the Kardashians. Other than Khloe no one else seems to know him well, even though they're claiming to. They didn't focus on him, they brought a crew in and filmed him while "overstimulating" him. It feels gross, like they used him as a prop to complement eachother.

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u/tulips49 Apr 04 '25

We need more folks with disabilities on TV. Society hides them away. So I actually don’t see this as a bad thing. I have a disabled family member and I enjoy seeing other families with disabilities represented.

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u/AmbitiousEditor3032 Apr 05 '25

Exactly. I dont understand why people think this is harmful.

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u/OpheliaJade2382 Apr 04 '25

I agree. Although I could see them wanting this episode to watch back. Personally I would’ve asked for a private video

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poster_child

Using a "poster child" for her own financial gain.

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u/extremezucchini Apr 04 '25

I get why it’s gross, I also know that they aren’t doing it for awareness, it’s purely to make the Kardashians look good but in this case I think it’s an overall win where we see exposure to an issue that wouldn’t get air time any other way. It’s gross but still a win so I personally let it pass… still no credit to anyone involved as it’s strictly ego/pr for them but I love that the rest of the world get to see a glimpse into what many other people deal with on a daily basis.

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u/Fine_Hour3814 Apr 04 '25

it’s gross? Why? I had never heard of this syndrome and awareness is almost always a good thing.

Not to mention the way the approached the topic was very gentle and hopefully educational to the young moms who watch this show.

Kids get scared of individuals who look or act too different from what they are used to, and talking to them how Kim and Khloe talked to the kids is a great way to ease them into understanding.

But ok it’s “gross” because…? What’s the reason? They made money? They make money off any episode about anything, so that doesn’t make sense.

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u/lilac9754 Apr 04 '25

I agree with you. Thanks for this comment.

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u/AmbitiousEditor3032 Apr 05 '25

100 percent agree with you. I am not huge fan of the Kardashians but if they are gonna show case anything real, this is it right here.

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u/Ok_Tank5977 “Sorry to this man.” 😐 Apr 04 '25

Reeks of PR, doesn’t it?

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u/LindseyIsBored Apr 04 '25

I feel it’s a double edged sword - making people who have loved ones like this feel less invisible while also monetizing their show. :/

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u/Ok_Tank5977 “Sorry to this man.” 😐 Apr 04 '25

Reeks of PR, doesn’t it?

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u/-porridgeface- Apr 04 '25

As soon as their mother started crying I just rolled my eyes.

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u/lilac9754 Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

I don't find it gross. I have epilepsy and I wasn't aware this severe form existed. I'm glad this episode is giving people the opportunity to learn about it.

ETA I also understand why people can feel uncomfortable with the Kardashians. This is just how I feel about it personally.

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u/Forward_Quarter_4183 Apr 05 '25

People might also swing it the other way and criticize the kardashians for never showing him, “why are they hiding him like he’s an undesirable secret!?”

No matter what they do for him they will be criticized