BLAC CHYNA MOVING ON
After his social-media rant, Rob Kardashian’s ex-fiancé speaks out
After his social-media rant, Rob Kardashian’s ex-fiancé speaks out.
On the morning of July 5, Blac Chyna looked at her phone in shock. “I was, like, ‘No. I can’t believe it,’ ” the model and Lashed Cosmetics entrepreneur, 29, says of watching helplessly as her ex-fiancé Rob Kardashian, 30, posted naked photos of her on Instagram and tweeted accusations that she had cheated and was a drug user. “I thought, ‘What’s he going to do next?’ I didn’t need a crazy fan trying to come and hurt me or my kids because of this,” says Chyna, who is mother to Kardashian’s daughter, Dream, 8 months, and rapper Tyga’s son, King, 4. Many have deemed Kardashian’s posts revenge porn (defined as explicit images of a person posted online, typically by a former sexual partner, in order to cause them distress or embarrassment) and Chyna was granted a restraining order against him on July 10. In her filing, she claimed Kardashian had been “harassing” her since their December 2016 split and that he “punched” her in April. While a source tells WHO his mother, Kris, and sisters Kim, Khloé, Kourtney, Kylie and Kendall were “horrified” by his actions, his lawyer has said his client “regrets” his rant but at press time had yet to comment on Chyna’s claims. It’s a shocking end to their unlikely love affair, one that drew many sceptics and was riddled with drama. ( Their reality show, Rob & Chyna, is now off E!’s schedule.) But sitting in her dining room on July 14, Chyna—born Angela White—thinks she has found a silver lining. “I feel like God does certain things—not to hurt you, but to show you your true strength. I feel like if I can come from this, I can come from anything.”
What concerns you most about Rob taking to social media, claiming you cheated and use drugs?
Whenbeen the somebodyclosest to that’syou says actually these things, other people are going to believe it. But the people that I actually care about, my family and friends, they’re all I worry about. I’m not going to sit here and hide in my house over somebody else being hurt or jealous or insecure.
Do the nude photos hurt more than his claims?
Words are words but once you start posting actual pictures, then that’s just not right. It’s actually against the law. If I was to go and do a very artsy, highend photo shoot exposing my breasts, that’s my choice. This is my body. It’s my right. Once somebody else does it, it’s just not right. I’m hoping that somehow, some way, this will let [potential revenge-porn posters] know, “Don’t do it.”
Women have come forward saying that you filing for a restraining order has inspired
them to take control of their own revenge-porn experiences. Was that a conscious goal of yours?
I just want to voice my story— voice what’s real—because at the end of the day, the person next to me could possibly be going through the same thing. For people to actually look up to me really means a lot. These type of things, they happen every day. A lot of women, they don’t address it. See it, recognise it, but don’t be tainted by it. Just be strong and positive.
What do you say to critics who question the sincerity of your relationship with Rob and say you were just out for his money?
I make my own money. I’ve been making my own money for a very, very long time. My first job was at Mcdonald’s when I was 15. Years later, right after I had King, I wanted to do something that expressed myself so I started Lashed Cosmetics. The lipsticks, the full skincare line, the beauty bar and 88Fin clothing trickled
down from that. Nobody supports me at all. If anything, I’ve gotten other people more money … I’ll leave it at that.
A lot was made of the tennis bracelets you kept that Rob gave you recently, but you say you gave back most of the things he gifted you.
I gave back Rob’s jewellery because I feel as though I can’t be bought. I’m not going to let [him] hang something over my head anymore. I also read that he said that he took the cars back. No, he did not. Those cars were leased and I was going to have to give them back anyway but the day he posted all that stuff, I had two of my assistants drive the cars over to his house along with the jewellery, along with my engagement ring. You know what? I didn’t even ask Robert for anything back. I’d actually bought him a Range Rover.
You two argued a lot on your show. Is that why you and Rob lived apart during your engagement?
We lived together [at my house] for two months in the beginning but he stressed me out every day and I said, “One thing you won’t do is stress me out with this baby in my belly.” About a month after Dream was born, I moved in with Rob at Kylie [Jenner]’s house for about a week. I put my pride aside—and I’m very prideful. I was like, “You know what? I actually want to be with this person. So guess what, Chyna, you need to go live in this lady’s house,” which is his sister [who famously dated Chyna’s ex Tyga]. “There’s no bad blood or whatever so be a family and figure it out.” I moved in and one week later was like, “You know what? I don’t deserve this. I’m out. I’m not going to be disrespected.”
After Rob posted those photos and your former lover Ferrari posted video of you sleeping, how do you ever trust again?
I’m not going to take something that happened to me in the past into my future. First and foremost, I’m going to make myself happy because once I’m happy, then Dream can be happy and then King can be happy and then everybody else around me can be happy.
You’ve said you still remain committed to “co-parenting” with Rob. How?
I feel that the key to successful co-parenting is communication and respect. I might have one point of view, but hopefully Dream and King’s fathers add theirs and we can come together to build better people. I know right and wrong. I’m pretty sure they know right and wrong. We’re going to do the best we can.
Have you thought about how to explain all of this to them when they grow up?
Of course Dream and King are going to grow up and see it, but they’re going to love me the same. That’s all I care about, really.