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My Father Raised Us Like … We Were Not Allowed To See People In Any Sort Of Colors, But Also We Were Not Allowed To Call People Fat. If Ever We Were To Say, ‘oh That Fat Person, Or This Person,’ He Would Make Us Put A Bar Of Soap In Our Mouth And Count To 10. We Weren’t Allowed To Look At People Like That.

-Khloe Kardashian

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My Father Raised Us

Khloe Kardashian

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My Father Raised Us Like … We Were Not Allowed To See People In Any Sort Of Colors, But Also We Were Not Allowed To Call People Fat. If Ever We Were To Say, ‘oh That Fat Person, Or This Person,’ He Would Make Us Put A Bar Of Soap In Our Mouth And Count To 10. We Weren’t Allowed To Look At People Like That.

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