Khloe Claims Kris Conned Her into Reality TV

has revealed she and her sister had to be persuaded to do  by mom .

The 41-year-old star appeared on The Morgan Stewart show earlier this month, where she detailed how her family got their start on television nearly 20 years ago.

When the opportunity came for them to star on the E! show  (KUWTK), she said she and Kourtney, 47, were not on board.

It came after Khloe, Kourtney, and , 45, had recently opened their now-defunct

Khloe recalled, 'At first we were like, "We're not doing this," and how my mom conned us into doing it was she said: "Think of it as a commercial for the store."'

She remembered about her mom's excitement about the prospect of being on TV: 'My mom was foaming at the mouth, of course. Her and Kim.'

The show went on to become a cultural phenomenon, airing for 14 seasons between 2007 and 2020.

Once it ended, the family began .

Kim admitted she and her sisters had a track record of not 'being able to pay vendors back on time,' so they 'had to pay for everything upfront.'

They inherited 'a little bit of money' from their father – used to obtain a lease for the store – and used Kourtney's credit to buy 'all of the inventory.'

'We would pay just the minimum every month when the credit card bill would come,' she divulged. 'This is probably the worst advice because you probably should be paying your credit card bill off, but we just didn’t have the money.' 

The multihyphenate is now the founder of the billion-dollar undergarment brand SKIMS, and she's also launched beauty brands.

Meanwhile, Khloe created Good American, anchored in producing jeans. She also recently launched Khloud protein snacks.

For her part, Kourtney heads the lifestyle brand Poosh, and also .