By Deirdre Durkan-simonds for Dailymail.com
21:51 19 September 2023, updated 21:53 19 September 2023
Kim Kardashian has revealed that she has overcome her age-old fear of spiders thanks to her new starring role in American Horror Story: Delicate.
Hilarious backstage, the 42-year-old reality star, who has previously spoken about her arachnophobia, admitted she is still ‘so scared of spiders’.
Despite the official trailer for her show’s upcoming season being practically full of spiders, she remains nervous at the sight of anything resembling a tarantula.
“These lashes were sitting on the counter and I almost screamed because I thought it was a spider,” the mother-of-four said with a laugh as she gestured at her false eyelashes, which resembled spider legs.
The footage then shifts to the SKIMS tycoon with a giant spider wrapped around her torso, as well as footage of her being wrapped in webs as she holds an infant.
Speaking about working on the scripted series after more than two decades on reality TV, the Los Angeles native raved that “anytime you try something, you have to have the intention to grow and challenge yourself.”
“Then you just relax and have fun,” she added.
Kardashian went on to describe American Horror Story: Delicate as “so different and scary.”
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians alum has a well-documented terror of spiders, which resulted in her running off stage during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
After the comedian played a fake spider joke on her, Kardashian jumped out of her chair and ran toward the stage exit.
The host explained that she wanted to help her ‘get over’ her fear of spiders.
In 2020, on Halloween, an arachnophobe said she “overcame” her “fears” when she dressed up as a spider and decorated her home with a massive spider perched on the roof.
In the past, Kardashian has called spiders “horrible” and her “worst nightmare,” admitting she “absolutely hates” them.
In an episode of her E! actress admitted she bribed a pet store clerk $100 to tell her oldest daughter, North, that spiders make terrible pets.
“North has brought up several times that she wants a pet spider,” Kim said.
“And that will absolutely never happen. Like never, ever, as long as he lives under my roof. It will never happen.”
In 2019, Kardashian was horrified to discover three tarantulas in her garage, writing on her Instagram story: “What the hell is that? Apparently it’s mating season. I won’t be able to sleep tonight knowing this was in my garage.’
