Khloé Kardashian isn’t afraid of death. She’s curious, even excited, about what comes next. The 41-year-old reality star and founder of Good American explored her thoughts on mortality during the February 4 episode of her podcast, 'Khloé In Wonder Land,' with 'Long Island Medium' star Theresa Caputo.
“I have absolutely no fear about death,” Kardashian told Caputo. “Like, I know where I'm going. I'm excited to go there, but not in a way where I would hurt myself. I know that can sound really morbid.”
She elaborated on the peaceful vision she has of the afterlife. “I just know it's going to be such a beautiful place and I'll be with all my loved ones.” Still, Kardashian admitted there is one part of death that does make her anxious. Leaving her children and close family behind. “That would be it,” she said. “But the rest I'm like, 'I'm good. I'm solid up there.'"
Caputo, 58, echoed a similar perspective. “I’m not afraid to die. I don’t want to die, but I know that it’s inevitable. We’re all going to die. But I know that I will be greeted by my loved ones that have gone on before me. And those left here in the physical world are going to miss me terribly. Those are the only two things that I know.”
Kardashian has confronted mortality before, reflecting on the death of her father, Robert Kardashian Sr., in 2003. He died at 59, just two months after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
She was only 19 at the time, while her brother Rob was 16. “Probably my dad dying, and I think it was the most — obviously [it] is the most traumatic, I think, for anyone. But I was 19, my brother was 16, and for him and I, it was really traumatic,” she recalled.
That profound loss, she says, shaped her and her brother into responsible adults. “At the time, you don’t think anything positive is coming of this, but then after that, you realize, okay, it taught us to be responsible and to get jobs and to stand on our own two feet. We were very reliant on my dad,” Kardashian said.
“When he died, we didn’t have that privilege of relying on him, and so it just really made us strong, good, responsible people.” Beyond her thoughts on mortality, Kardashian’s curiosity about life and legacy extends to the realm of immortality, at least cosmetically.
She also revealed she would be open to cryogenic preservation to maintain her youth.
“As soon as I can be frozen and preserved, sign me up,” she said. “I don't mind my number. I do not care about aging when it comes to the digits. I want to look a certain way, and I have no problem saying that.”
Cryonics, the practice of freezing a body at extremely low temperatures after legal death, has existed for decades, with the most famous case being psychology professor James Bedford, who became the first human to be cryogenically preserved in 1967. Bedford’s body remains in storage in Arizona, though scientists remain skeptical about the possibility of revival.