{"id":2337872,"date":"2026-03-20T00:57:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2337872"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:57:26","slug":"kylie-jenners-ex-assistant-reveals-moment-she-knew-she-needed-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kylie-jenners-ex-assistant-reveals-moment-she-knew-she-needed-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kylie Jenner&#8217;s ex-assistant reveals moment she knew she needed to quit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kylie Jenner\u2019s ex-assistant Victoria Villarroel knew she needed to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/01\/14\/kylie-jenners-assistant-victoria-villarroel-quits-to-become-influencer\/\">quit the job<\/a> after their relationship fell into unprofessional territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember like it was yesterday \u2014 this was year five,\u201d Villarroel began on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SgAsNA3J6Qg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thursday\u2019s episode of her \u201cBetter Half\u201d podcast<\/a> she co-hosts with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/07\/celebrity-news\/kylie-jenner-jordyn-woods-reunite-after-tristan-thompson-scandal\/\">Jenner\u2019s BFF Stassie Karanikolaou<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in the kitchen and [Jenner] was like, \u2018Vic, I need my laptop, it\u2019s upstairs,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oof, who\u2019s gonna get that?&#8217;\u201d she recalled with a laugh.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kylie Jenner\u2019s ex-assistant Victoria Villarroel revealed the moment she knew she needed to quit working for the reality star on Thursday\u2019s episode of her \u201cBetter Half\u201d podcast, pictured above.  <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@BetterHalfPodcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cWe were in the kitchen and [Jenner] was like, \u2018Vic, I need my laptop it\u2019s upstairs,\u2019 and I was like, \u2018Oof, who\u2019s gonna get that?&#8217;\u201d she recalled, laughing with her co-host, Stassie Karanikolaou. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@BetterHalfPodcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI said something crazy like, \u2018Oof, that seems far, I don\u2019t want to go get your laptop.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously me and Kylie had a working relationship, but you can\u2019t not get so close with a person you see every single day,\u201d Villarroel explained of her dynamic with the \u201cKardashians\u201d star.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know everything about them, you\u2019re with them at all times \u2014 good or bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Villarroel said that she and Jenner looked at each other once it \u201cgot to that point\u201d and had a sort of mutual agreement that her time as Jenner\u2019s assistant had come to an end. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kylie Jenner\u2019s ex assistant of 5 years, Victoria Villarroel, opens up about the time she knew she had to QUIT working for Kylie after showing her attitude when she asked her to get her laptop from upstairs \ud83d\udc80\ud83d\ude2d<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/etcSNN2Nto\">pic.twitter.com\/etcSNN2Nto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Slime\ud83d\udc0d (@ItsKingSlime) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ItsKingSlime\/status\/2034736360150458409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Villarroel admitted on the episode that the unprofessional moment led her and Jenner to come to the mutual conclusion that her time had come to a close.   <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@BetterHalfPodcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Karanikolaou, pictured above, remains one of Jenner\u2019s close friends. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/@BetterHalfPodcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI remember being so nervous and thinking, \u2018Am I making the right decision? What if I\u2019m leaving the best job I could ever have?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She noted that people were \u201cin [her] ear\u201d telling her not to leave the job that \u201cpeople would die for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, when she talked to Jenner about leaving, the Kylie Cosmetics founder told Villarroel that she would continue to support her in any future endeavors she chose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe the most understanding person, she was like, \u2018Oh my God, Vic, I want you to thrive and I\u2019m going to be here supporting you and I love you so much.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Villarroel\u2019s exit left no hard feelings between her and Jenner (both pictured above), as Villarroell recalled the beauty mogul telling her that she would support her in her future endeavors.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kyliejenner<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In 2020, it was reported that Villarroel (seen above in a car selfie with Jenner) left to pursue a career as an influencer.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@kyliejenner<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Villarroel quit her job as Jenner\u2019s assistant in January 2020. At the time, is was reported she had left the gig to pursue a career as an influencer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKylie and Victoria are still friends and close,\u201d a source <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kylie-jenners-assistant-quit-to-an-be-instagram-influencer\/\">told Us Weekly<\/a>. \u201cKylie doesn\u2019t have any bad feelings about Victoria going off to do her own thing and is supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pair have remained extremely close over the years, with Villarroel <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/02\/celebrity-news\/inside-kylie-jenner-and-hailey-biebers-private-besties-outing-at-miami-hotspot\/\">being a part of Jenner\u2019s inner circle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylie Jenner\u2019s ex-assistant Victoria Villarroel knew she needed to quit the job after their relationship fell into unprofessional territory. \u201cI remember like it was yesterday \u2014 this was year five,\u201d Villarroel began on Thursday\u2019s episode of her \u201cBetter Half\u201d podcast she co-hosts with Jenner\u2019s BFF Stassie Karanikolaou. \u201cWe were in the kitchen and [Jenner] was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2337873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[106601,24003,32215,22789,23522,452870,21913],"class_list":["post-2337872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-friendships","tag-celebrity-news","tag-interviews","tag-kylie-jenner","tag-podcasts","tag-stassie-karanikolaou","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kylie-Jenners-ex-assistant-reveals-moment-she-knew-she-needed-to.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2337874,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337872\/revisions\/2337874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}