The O.J. Simpson trial is back in the spotlight thanks to FX's "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story." Khloé Kardashian, whose father Robert Kardashian helped defend Simpson in the "trail of the century," revealed on her most recent episode of "Kocktails with Khloé" that she experienced racism for the first time as a child when her late father defended Simpson and later in life when she married her now-estranged husband, Lamar Odom.
"We would get kicked out of restaurants because my dad was defending O.J. or just really crazy things," Kardashian told her guests on Wednesday's episode. "It was really intense, and as kids, you don't understand."
Kardashian was 11 years old when her father, who was old friends with Simpson, joined the former football player's defense team. She also revealed that her father never allowed his four children to use physical attributes when describing other kids.
"I would have to give a personal characteristic. I was never allowed to say, 'the chubby girl,'" she said. "My dad was super strict about that. But yeah, racism is real."
The reality star then said racism entered her life again later when she married Odom, who is African-American.
"I was in an interracial marriage. I would never think to say, 'Oh, by the way, my husband's black, so when he comes in don't let your jaw drop,'" she said. "When I moved to Dallas was the first time that was thrown in my face."
Kardashian and Odom married in September 2009 after only knowing each other a couple of weeks. The marriage of the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star and the former NBA player fell apart after it was revealed that Odom had cheated on Kardashian multiple times and that he had a drug relapse. Kardashian filed from divorce in 2013 but remains legally married so the reality star can make all of Odom's medical decisions after he was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel in October 2015.
Kardashian also mentioned that she thinks her five nieces and nephews, including North West and Mason Disick, did not understand race yet.
"They know that they have darker skin. ... But none of them would ever say, oh, you're black or you're white. They don't understand that," she said. "But I love that our family looks like the United Nations, and I love that when they're playing."
"Kocktails with Khloé" airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on FYI.
