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Zara Woodcock

Kardashian-Jenner family scandals and the truth behind them as Ray J speaks out

The Kardashian-Jenner family are no strangers when it comes to dealing with constant scandals from cultural appropriation accusations, to Kim Kardashian's decades-old sex tape.

It has been around 15 years since the reality star's sex tape with ex-boyfriend Ray J was leaked but the story never seems to die.

Over the weekend, the Sexy Can I singer threatened to take momager, Kris Jenner, to court for denying she was behind the leak of Kim's 2002 tape.

However, the family are so used to dealing with controversies that it wouldn't be surprising if they don't bat an eyelid over every accusation made.

When the family aren't dealing with the fallout from the tape, they deal with claims of blackfishing, appropriation, and a lot more.

Here are some of the Kardashian-Jenner family's controversies over the years...

Kim's sex tape

Kim and Ray J filmed the sex tape in 2002 (WireImage)
He accused Kris of being the 'mastermind' behind the leak (WireImage)

Over the last several months, Kim's sex tape has been a big topic of conversation due to her new show The Kardashians as well as Ray J's new claims.

The 41-year-old singer, real name Ray Norwood, previously accused Kris of "masterminding" the ordeal that launched Kim's stratospheric rise to fame.

After Kris took a lie detector test, a furious Ray J took to social media to call her out and claimed he was going to sue 'everybody' involved for 'defamation'.

In another video, Ray J said he plans to release all of the documents he has on the sex tape to prove that he's right.

Kris even took a polygraph test during a chat show appearance (CBS)

He had claimed Kris introduced him to Steven Hirsch, CEO of Vivid – the company that released his now-famous sex tape with Kim in 2007.

The ex-couple, who got together in 2002 when they were just 21, made the adult film during Kim's birthday celebrations that year.

Earlier this year, The Kardashians showed Kim crying as she explained how her ex-husband Kanye West got the sex tape back.

Openly crying, Kim explained: “He got me all of the sex tape back. He flew home and got the computer, it was on a hard drive. He met up with Ray J at the airport and got it all back for me.”

It seems like the socialite can't escape the tape no matter how hard she tries...

Kylie Jenner's lip fillers

Kylie had smaller lips when she was younger (Getty Images)
She denied having fillers for several years, which angered fans (Kylie Cosmetics Instagram)

Over the years, fans witnessed the big changes in make-up mogul Kylie's appearance.

When she was younger, she had significantly smaller lips but, when she was around 16 and 17, things started to change.

She always denied having lip fillers and insisted it was make-up trickery.

In 2015, she finally came clean and admitted that she used lip fillers.

Kylie opened up about her insecurities and said an ex-boyfriend once told her: "I didn’t think you would be a good kisser because you have such small lips."

She admitted an ex-boyfriend made her feel insecure (Instagram)

The superstar admitted she regrets lying about the lips fillers.

"What if I came out and said, 'Oh, yeah, I got my lips done'? What are all those moms going to think about me?" she said to Complex.

"These kids, my fans, they're going to think I'm crazy. I didn't want to be a bad influence. I didn't want people to think you had to get your lips done to feel good about yourself.

"But they thought it was crazier that I was lying about it because it was so obvious. I wish I had just been honest and up-front."

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Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian's relationship

Khloe and Lamar had a tumultuous relationship (Getty Images for Yeezy Season 3)
He reportedly cheated on her and had a drug addiction (AFP/Getty Images)

Khloe and Lamar Odom met in 2009 and the pair fell so head over heels in love with one another that they tied the knot just four weeks later.

The pair divorced in 2013 after Lamar found himself caught up in drugs and addiction.

While they were married, it was reported that Lamar cheated on Khloe. It was also reported that he went missing for 72 hours which led to her filing for divorce.

In 2015, Khloe Kardashian's then estranged husband Lamar Odom was found unconscious at a brothel in Nevada after a four-day drugs binge.

She was told he had just hours to live and he ended up being in a coma for four days.

The two married after four weeks of knowing each othe (REX)

Lamar later revealed he suffered 12 strokes and six heart attacks while he was unconscious.

As Lamar was still legally married to Khloe, she had the power to make medical decisions for him and rushed to be by his bedside.

Lamar finalised his divorce from Khloe in December 2016.

It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for her after their split as she went on to date and have babies with Tristan Thompson

Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods

Jordyn and Kylie were best friends (Getty Images for SECNDNTURE)
Things blew up when Tristan and Jordyn kissed (Getty Images for Klutch Sports G)

The Kardashian-Jenner family received a lot of backlash for welcoming back Tristan Thompson with open arms after he was spotted kissing Kylie's former best friend Jordyn Woods.

However, they shunned Jordyn from the family despite her and Kylie being best pals since they were young.

At that point, Tristan already cheated on Khloe with other women but he was forgiven and the couple got back together.

Jordyn said they had only kissed but Khloe refused to believe this and the relationship was over yet again.

Tristan and Khloe share two children together (Instagram)

Speaking about the scandal, Jordyn - who hasn't been friends with Kylie in over two years - said: "I remember just sitting in a very dark place. I had my family to talk to, I had you to talk to, but I just felt like I had no one.

"You take everything you think you know for a whole decade, the people you think you know, the life you think you know, everything that you've grown up doing and you take it all away from someone. I didn't even know how to feel."

Jordyn faced a huge backlash as the scandal made headlines across the globe.

She decided to isolate herself from the negativity pouring her way.

Despite Jordyn being shunned, Tristan - who recently welcomed a second child with Khloe - went on to reportedly cheat on her a few more times.

Kardashian cultural appropriation

Kim and Kylie have been slammed for 'darkening' their skin (@KimKardashian/Twitter)
The family have also been slammed for getting cornrows, braids and bantu knots (AFP/Getty Images)

The Kardashian-Jenner family have been accused of cultural appropriation many times.

After a vacation to Jamaica, Kendall Jenner sported cornrows during a night out which disappointed fans.

When KKW Beauty launched in 2017, Kim was accused of darkening her skin tone in a promotional image.

She's not the only sister who was accused of darkening their skin as Kylie took part in a photoshoot in 2015 which saw her skin edited to be many shades darker.

Kylie even captioned the post 'what I wish I looked like all the time', before deleting it.

Since then, she has been accused of darkening her skin many times.

Khloe was once criticised for wearing a native headdress (Instagram)

A couple of years later, when she was releasing her shapewear line Skims, Kim was forced to go back to the drawing board.

The brand was originally meant to be called Kimono but people called her out for trying to name it after the national garment of Japan.

It caused so much controversy that the mayor of Kyoto wrote to the reality star asking her to change her trademark.

The family has been blasted for a lot of their actions, including Khloe's native headdress and Kendall's tequila brand, that it's hard to keep track of.

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