Khloé Kardashian’s Coachella drugged experience from 2015 has finally gotten a full telling and it is more unsettling than most fans realized. The reality star and Good American co-founder, 41, opened up about the incident on the latest episode of her podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land, which aired on Wednesday, May 6. During an Ask Me Anything segment, she explained why her first and only trip to the Indio, California festival left her so shaken that she has never gone back.
What happened during Khloé Kardashian’s Coachella drugged night in 2015
Khloé described attending the festival once, many years ago, and said it was far from a good time. She recalled picking up what she thought was a regular juice drink at a party. Shortly after drinking it, she began to feel disoriented and frightened. At the time, she had no idea what was happening to her body.
Looking back, she said she does not believe anyone deliberately slipped something into her drink. Instead, she now thinks the drink simply contained substances that others at the party were knowingly consuming. She was the only one who did not know what she was taking. As a result, the experience hit her without any context or preparation.
How scared she was — and where she ended up
The fear she felt that night was significant. She was so overwhelmed that she locked herself inside a bathroom and stayed there for hours. Meanwhile, people outside were yelling at her to come out. She could not explain to them what was wrong because she did not yet understand it herself.
Furthermore, the mental spiral made everything worse. She was trapped inside her own head, scared and unable to make sense of what her body was going through. It was only after the experience passed that she understood she had unknowingly consumed drugs. By that point, the damage to her memory of the festival was done. She has not returned to Coachella since.
Her family keeps going without her
Despite Khloé’s absence, the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner family has remained a fixture at Coachella over the years. This year was no exception. Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian Barker, and Kim Kardashian were all spotted at the 2026 festival. For Khloé, however, the event carries a very different set of memories ones that have kept her away for more than a decade.
Khloé also revisited her 2007 DUI arrest
The Coachella story was not the only candid moment from the episode. Khloé also looked back on her DUI arrest in 2007, when she was 22 years old. She described the experience as genuinely frightening, particularly because she did not fully understand the consequences she was facing at the time.
She recalled being taken to a holding cell and spending hours there before she could be released. Because the arrest happened on a weekend, she could not be processed until a weekday. That meant an extended stay in a cell alongside 23 other women. She noted she was wearing a very short dress that night, which she acknowledged made her appearance somewhat questionable in that setting.
What stood out to her most
Two details from that night have stuck with her. First, her immediate concern was not the legal situation itself but rather the fear of her mother finding out. Second, she never once used the restroom during the entire time she spent in the holding cell a fact she still finds remarkable to this day.
Both stories, shared openly during her Ask Me Anything session, offered a rare and personal look at some of the more difficult moments in Khloé’s past. For listeners of Khloé in Wonder Land, it was one of the most revealing episodes the podcast has produced.
Source: People
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