Kris Jenner broke down in tears while telling her family she needs to have her ovaries removed after doctors discovered a cyst and a "little tumour".
The 68-year-old Kardashians matriarch was on a family break to Aspen, Colorado, with her daughters Kim Kardashian, 43, Khloe Kardashian, 40, and Kendall Jenner, 28 when she gathered them around and emotionally informed the trio she needs to go under the knife.
While in tears, Jenner said in an episode of reality TV series The Kardashians: "I wanted to tell you guys something because I hadn't told you yet but, you know, I went to the doctor and I had my scan. they found - and this just makes me really emotional - but they found a cyst and like a little tumour on my ovary.
"And so I went to the doctor and Dr A said I've got to have my ovaries taken out. And I'm just really emotional about it because, you know, they came in handy with you guys.
"If I can get through the hip replacement, I can get through this. I don't even ... I'm not nervous to be put to sleep, I'm not nervous with Dr A. She's the best doctor in the world, but then you go to do it and it's so real.
"It's also a thing about getting older and it's like a sign of like we're done with, you know, part of your life, it's a whole chapter that's just closed.
"It's the dumbest thing, but I love you guys and I just wanted you to know."
Speaking to the camera later in the episode, she said: "I'm emotional about it because that's where all my kids were conceived and that's where they were grown in my tummy, and so that's a very sacred place to me."
Jenner' eldest daughter Kourtney Kardashian, 45, son Rob Kardashian, 37, and youngest daughter Kylie Jenner, 26, were not present for her announcement, but she told Kourtney via video call.
Kourtney replied: "I would feel the same way."
Later in the episode, Kim admitted she felt "really sad" for her mother.
"To have a surgery and remove your ovaries is like a really big deal. I feel really sad for her, you know? I couldn't even imagine being in that situation and how like you would feel really scared to be going through that," she said.
Australian Associated Press
