Kim Kardashian has been afflicted with a condition with heartbreaking reminders of the disease that killed her father Robert Kardashian at age 59.
The latest trailer for season eight of The Kardashians reveals Kim was hospitalized with esophagitis, inflammation or irritation of the esophagus’ lining.
Robert, an attorney who famously defended OJ Simpson in his murder case, died from esophageal cancer in 2003.
‘I have something called esophagitis,’ Kim tells her makeup team before she is shown laying on a hospital bed, looking weary as medical staffers tend to her.
A friend of Kim then asks if it’s the same condition Robert died from.
‘I can’t, it makes
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