Larsa Pippen reveals she has ‘been battling COVID for a week’ after Kim Kardashian feud

Larsa Pippen has found her way back into the headlines after a brutal feud with her ex-friend Kim Kardashian led to the E! star accusing Larsa of just ‘trying to stay relevant.’

The 46-year-old former Real Housewife of Miami revealed that she’s been ‘battling COVID’ in an Instagram Story on Thursday.

Pippen has been embroiled in a nasty spat with the Kardashians after she made explosive claims that Kanye West ‘brainwashed’ the family against her. 

In an Instagram Story, Larsa shared the news that she has been diagnosed with the coronavirus.

She posted a photo of her slim legs stretched out on what is presumably her sick bed.

Larsa wrote: ‘I’ve been battling Covid for a week… it’s no joke I’ve never felt pain like this!’

The ex-wife of basketball great Scottie Pippen didn’t go into any more detail about her diagnosis, nor did she reveal whether or not any of her four children had also contracted the virus.

Her revelation comes in the wake of a bitter feud with her former friends, the Kardashians, after Larsa made explosive accusations on a podcast about the reality show family.

Larsa first sparked controversy after claiming in a candid interview that Kim Kardashian’s husband Kanye West would call her early in the morning to confide in her. 

She also alleged Kanye had ‘brainwashed’ the Kardashians against her after she blocked him following his constant phone calls.

‘[Kanye] used to call me at four, five, and six o’clock in the morning. I was the person that would take his calls when he wanted to rant. I would listen to him,’ Larsa said on the Hollywood Raw podcast.

‘I would be like “I love you, you’re the best, things will get better,” I was his go-to person to call when he wasn’t happy with X, Y, and Z. How that turned?

‘Maybe because I blocked him on my phone because I couldn’t bear taking his calls anymore. I can’t, I’m drained. So, I blocked him on my phone. Obviously, that really upset him.

‘So, he turned that into oh she’s this and she’s that. [The Kardashians] all started to ride his wave. If you’re that easily swayed, like the wind, then do I really give a f**k? Should I give a f**k? I don’t know. 

Asked why Kourtney and Khloe unfollowed her on social media, Larsa accused Kanye of influencing them.

‘[Kanye] has literally brainwashed the whole family into thinking I don’t even know what. I don’t even know. He talks so much about me being this and that and this and that,’ the jewelry designer said.

She also claimed she dated Tristan Thompson shortly before Khloe Kardashian did, and hit back at rumors she tried to get romantically involved with Kylie Jenner’s ex-boyfriend Travis Scott.

After her interview, any remainder of a relationship the Real Housewives Of Miami alum did have with the Kardashian camp is gone, with sources telling E! they ‘all think Larsa is toxic energy.’

Another insider said the family has been fed up with Larsa since they caught her ‘talking behind their backs and it was all just too much.’

It has allegedly been months since Kim had seen Larsa, and last year she even unfollowed Larsa on Instagram.

Kim is said to have a ‘soft spot’ for Larsa because of their long history, making it difficult for her to end the friendship completely until now.

‘They think she’s trying to stay relevant and Kim doesn’t appreciate the accusations regarding Kanye,’ the source said.

‘The family is very protective over one another and all feel like she violated their privacy by dishing out details to the public.’

Kanye is said to have disliked Pippen – whose estranged husband is basketball legend Scottie Pippen – from the start, with the source adding: ‘[Kanye] never trusted her.’