Did Kim Kardashian Have a Brain Aneurysm? Here’s What’s True

Kim Kardashian says she has a brain aneurysm. That came out on a recent episode of The Kardashians, and yeah, it is exactly as serious as it sounds. Here is what she shared, how she is connecting it to her divorce from Kanye West, and where her other health stuff fits into the picture.

What she revealed on the show

The 45-year-old reality star and SKIMS founder said a brain scan and MRI flagged a 'little' aneurysm. In her words, her doctors tied it to stress, and she relates that stress to her very public split from Kanye West, the father of her four kids.

Quick refresher: what a brain aneurysm actually is

Think of it as a weak spot in a blood vessel in the brain that balloons out and fills with blood. Most people do not feel anything when it is small. The danger is if it bursts, which can cause a type of brain bleed called a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Not fun, and not something you want sneaking up on you.

Is this about Kanye?

Short answer: you cannot prove that. Kim is saying her doctors linked the aneurysm to stress, and she points to the stress of the divorce. That is her account. On the Call Her Daddy podcast, she also looked back at the marriage and talked about how unstable it felt. She said she did not feel safe at times — not just physically, but emotionally and even financially. On The Kardashians, she told Khloe she felt 'very tested' during the actual divorce process. So, the stress piece tracks with what she has been saying, but causation is murky at best.

Where her other health issues fit in

This is not the first time Kim has gone deep on her health. She has previously said she has dealt with:

• Psoriasis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Placenta accreta

She noted on the show that she had not had a psoriasis flare-up since the divorce — until now. She says the condition is back while she is filming Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, which is a very specific and frankly rough time to be managing a flare.

The bottom line

Kim says scans found a small brain aneurysm, and she is linking it to stress surrounding her split from Kanye. You cannot pin that on one person with certainty, but her timeline and her doctors' take, as she describes it, make clear that stress is a major piece of the story. Meanwhile, her psoriasis is flaring again as she shoots All's Fair. It is a lot — and it is all playing out on camera, because of course it is.