Kim Kardashian's former assistant Stephanie Shepherd reveals what led to her being fired as COO in 2017: 'I was crying and she was crying'

Kim Kardashian's erstwhile adjunct Stephanie Shepherd revealed what led to nan extremity of her business narration pinch nan reality TV star. 

Shepherd — who had moved up to being nan COO of nan Kardashian brands — shared she was nary longer fulfilled by nan role, and that Kim could consciousness it, successful a caller section of The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast.

'Well, I sewage fired. Fired successful nan nicest consciousness of nan word,' Stephanie — whose wedding Kim attended earlier this twelvemonth — shared, adding 'Like, I was crying and she was crying because we are friends.' 

'I conscionable inherently felt like, "It is clip to move on. I don’t cognize if I person thing much I tin lend to this." I deliberation she astir apt felt that and saw that.' 

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Shepherd went on: '[So] she’s like, "I want you to [thrive]. You request thing more. You person this point — prosecute that. I'm supporting you [with] immoderate you need."'

Shepherd was Kim's individual adjunct and yet nan Chief Operating Officer of each Kardashian West Brands from 2013 to 2017, earlier she was fto go. 

Despite being fired, Stephanie revealed she still seeks master proposal from Kim connected a regular basis. 

'It was nan astir beautiful uncoupling and we person ne'er been closer. She is still personification that I spell to for individual and master proposal each nan time,' she shared.

'But I deliberation it was conscionable that emotion wrong wherever I was like, "OK, it's clip for maine to move on." And I didn't really person a plan. But I conscionable knew that it was clip for maine to effort thing different.'

Shepherd went connected to authorities that everything she has learned successful nan intermezo business came from moving for nan reality star.

'It’s a instrumentality and it is meticulous. I ever opportunity it is my postgraduate school. Because I learned everything that I cognize astir sending an email to an supplier aliases speaking to a head aliases booking glitter aliases uncovering a photographer aliases dealing pinch merchandise improvement aliases moving pinch a publicist.'

'Every azygous measurement of everything that you person to cognize astir being an entrepreneur successful nan intermezo business I learned from moving nether Kim.'

Shepherd besides noted she was baffled by nan truth that group still inquire her astir moving pinch Kim. 

'It was a agelong clip ago. It’s really besides absorbing to beryllium identified for a occupation that I had 10 years ago.'

At nan time, it was reported that Kardashian's determination was made successful portion by Shepherd’s Refinery29 floor plan - which came retired earlier that twelvemonth - wherever she discussed moving for nan SKIMS founder. 

'Stephanie started reasoning she was a personage herself, and Kim didn’t for illustration that. Everything started going downhill aft nan Refinery29 article came out,' a root told Us Weekly. 

'Stephanie does still bent retired pinch nan family, and Kim and her are cordial erstwhile they spot each other, but it’s different.'

Another root added that location was nary feud betwixt nan duo, 'Kim respects Steph and wants her to do well.' 

Meanwhile Kim said retired astir her business divided from Shepherd successful a 2018 video, wherever she shared: 'She wanted to spell successful a different direction. I respect that. I emotion giving that encouragement to whoever I’m moving with.'

'Just because group extremity moving together doesn’t mean that they're feuding and extremity being friends.'

In play that unfolded connected Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Steph had confided to Kim's sister Kourtney Kardashian that she felt 'unfulfilled career-wise,' which yet sewage backmost to nan KKW Beauty founder, prompting a dialogue.

'I said, "I emotion you a lot, for illustration a sister, and this speech is really difficult for maine to have. But I conscionable deliberation that you've outgrown your position here," ' Kim recounted of their speech nan show.

'She was like, "I wholly get it and I wholly respect you and you've taught maine everything. I'm truthful grateful and I've been pinch you for 5 years,"' she continued to explicate successful a telephone telephone astatine nan time.

Steph and Kim seemed to rekindle their relationship successful 2019 and some had made it clear that though things didn't activity retired professionally location was 'never a feud.'

She continues to beryllium portion of some she and Kourtney's circle, and has appeared successful respective SKIMS campaigns and besides serving arsenic a columnist for POOSH.

Shepherd went connected to co-found Future Earth — a ambiance alteration non profit — and married Apple Music's caput of contented Larry Jackson, who is besides a friend of Kim's ex-husband Kanye West, earlier this year.