Kim Kardashian admits her sex tape helped make 'KUWTK' successful

On Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The Final Curtain Thursday night, the Kardashian and Jenner ladies sat down with Andy Cohen for a Bravo-style KUWTK reunion, where there were no holds barred.

During the episode, which is only part one of the reunion, Andy Cohen asked Kim Kardashian if she thinks KUWTK would have been as successful initially had her 2002 sex tape with Ray J not been leaked in 2007.

"Looking back, probably not. I think that everything happens for a reason, and I really try to, like, live like that. And every time there's, like, something and a crazy scandal that feels like you can't breathe and how are you gonna get through this, it always is a lesson. Even if it's a private lesson, or even if it's just something that we didn't know we had to go through," Kardashian told Cohen, who then asked if she has thought about the day she'll have to explain the tape to her four children. While Kardashian said that she has thought about it, she hasn't had to have that conversation yet.

"Luckily, I think that so many years have gone on, and so many things have happened positively, that it really erases that," said Kardashian.

Ultimately, Kardashian admitted, "That is something that I have to live with for the rest of my life. That is something that's, like, being held over my head. I try not to have any regrets, but it's probably the one thing that I wish didn't exist, and if I could erase any of the stupid things that I've done in life, that's probably it. And it's more so from being a mom than anything."

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ANDY COHEN: Do you feel that the show would have had its massive initial success without the publicity that surrounded the sex tape?

KIM KARDASHIAN: Looking back, probably not.

KYLIE MAR: On Part One of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Final [? Curtain," ?] a.k.a. "The Reunion," Thursday night, the Kardashian and Jenner ladies sat down with Bravo's Andy Cohen, where there were no holds barred.

ANDY COHEN: Have you thought about the time that you're going to have to explain it to any of the kids?

KIM KARDASHIAN: Absolutely.

ANDY COHEN: Or have you had to explain it?

KIM KARDASHIAN: I haven't had to, as of yet.

KYLIE MAR: While Kim Kardashian shared that she thinks everything happens for a reason, and that every scandal has been a learning lesson, it doesn't mean she doesn't have any regrets. And her biggest regret to this day is not her 72-hour marriage to Kris Humphries, which she also discussed during the reunion, but her infamous sex tape with [? Ray J. ?]

KIM KARDASHIAN: I try not to have any regrets. But it's probably the one thing that I wish didn't exist. And if I could erase any of the stupid things that I've done in life, that's probably it. And it's more so from being a mom than anything.

KYLIE MAR: Even though Kim hasn't had to explain the tape to her four children yet, the reality star turned businesswoman said that she thinks so many great things have happened in the last 14 years that it kind of erases that moment in time. Or so she hopes.

KIM KARDASHIAN: That is something that I have to live with for the rest of my life. That is something that's, like, being held over my head.

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