Kim Kardashian 'Citizen Kim' Book: Kanye Fight, Uganda Claim
A 30-minute argument that never aired. A presidential campaign that, per the book, was "news" to Kim Kardashian. And, in one account, a police officer's gun held to her head in Uganda. Two days after Citizen Kim: The Woman Who Created the Future reached bookstores, the biography's Kanye West chapters are driving most of the coverage.
Jonathan Van Meter's authorized biography, published October 27 by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, took about five years to report, according to coverage citing People. Its official synopsis calls Kardashian "a self-made mogul, social media genius, fashion icon and unlikely advocate for criminal justice reform." Van Meter told People he had never met a public figure "about whom perception and reality were so at odds," and called her "one of the most competent, resourceful and intuitive people I've ever met."
The fight KUWTK cut
An excerpt published by The Cut, and picked up by Page Six and People, centers on a family gathering at Caitlyn Jenner's house during the final stretch of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Former executive producer Farnaz Farjam told Van Meter the event was meant to help the family "come back together and be supportive." She says West turned it into something else.
"Kanye came to Caitlyn's house with Kim and he just started ripping into Kris and the family and questioning them about not voting for him," Farjam recalled, referring to his 2020 presidential run. Entertainment Now, summarizing the book, describes a "30-minute battle" that was filmed and left out of the episode.
People, as summarized by Entertainment Now, dates the moment the "wheels finally came off" the marriage to February 2020, and points to West's July 2020 campaign announcement as a further break. It was "news" to Kardashian, per the book. "The campaign lasted only 11 days but created a ruinous wake," Van Meter writes.
Viewers saw the aftermath but not the confrontation. In a clip from the episode that aired in June 2021, Kardashian cries to her sisters, "I just honestly can't do this anymore." She had already filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized in November 2022, and the couple share four children. Kardashian has not commented directly on the Caitlyn's house incident. On the Call Her Daddy podcast in 2025, she said West's comments about her family were a problem in the marriage.
The Uganda account
The most serious claim comes from TMZ, which reported October 28 that Van Meter relays a story Farjam told him about a 2018 trip to Uganda. In TMZ's retelling, West became convinced someone was trying to drug him and persuaded local police to search every room at the resort where the couple were staying. TMZ quotes Van Meter writing that at one point, "One of the policemen had a gun to Kim's head."
This account has one outlet behind it, and it is secondhand: Farjam to Van Meter to TMZ. We have not reviewed the passage in the book. No response from Kardashian or West's representatives appeared in the coverage we reviewed.
TMZ also reports that Van Meter did not interview West, saying he did not think it would be fair while West is dealing with what TMZ describes as numerous mental health issues. Kardashian, per TMZ, told Van Meter she still worries about her ex-husband and tries to present him as a good father to their children.
What is confirmed and what is not
Confirmed across multiple outlets: the book, its author, its October 27 release, the Cut excerpt, and Farjam's quote about the Caitlyn Jenner gathering. Reported by a single outlet and attributed to a single source: the Uganda gunpoint account and the details around it.
The book also covers the 2016 Paris robbery, which Kardashian has previously described as pushing her toward criminal justice reform and law study.
