Nina Wiley, 22, who went viral in July after she shared her story of surviving gun violence, was appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show, when the host surprised her with a message from the reality star, 42.
‘Hi Nina, I wish I was there in person. But I wanted to send you a quick hello. I loved hearing your story, and I’m just thinking of you as you continue to recover,’ Kim said, brining Nina to tears.
The mom-of-four then encouraged Nina on her career path: ‘I also hear that you are pursuing a degree in criminal justice and I wanted to say congratulations. Study hard, it’s not easy.’
Kim concluded her message saying: ‘I look forward to seeing everything that you’re doing with this, and I sent you over some SKIMS products for you. I just want you to have fun today and I’m wishing you guys all the best.’
Surprise message: Kim Kardashian, 42, sent a surprise video message to a female gunshot survivor who claims that a bodysuit from her brand SKIMS saved her life
Emotional: Nina Wiley, 22, who went viral in July after she shared her story of surviving gun violence, was appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show, when the host surprised her with a message from the reality star
Kim Kardashian surprises gunshot survivor with heartfelt video
Afterwards Nina received two big bags of SKIMS goodies as she thanked Kanye West’s ex wife.
‘Just knowing that she knows my name is insane to me, like I’m a real person to her, you know,’ she went on, tearing up again, ‘And to see that she went out of her way for all this… it’s nice to see something so beautiful can come out of something so awful.’
Prior to Kim’s surprise message Nina chatted with Jennifer about the night she was shot multiple times while leaving a New Year’s Eve party, and why she believes wearing SKIMS shapewear saved her life that night.
She described leaving a club and walking across the street to grab food from a taco truck.
Nina then recounted finding herself in the middle of a shooting, and being struck by bullets four times: on her left side, her right side, the middle of her spine and her leg.
‘And I still have a bullet in me,’ she told a shocked Hudson.
‘You do?’
‘Right in my stomach, it’s the one that ruptured my bladder.’
Sweet: ‘I loved hearing your story, and I’m just thinking of you as you continue to recover,’ Kim said, brining Nina to tears
Encouragement: She then encouraged Nina on her career path: ‘I hear that you are pursuing a degree in criminal justice and I wanted to say congratulations. Study hard, it’s not easy’
Gifts: Kim concluded her message saying: ‘I sent you over some SKIMS products for you. I just want you to have fun today and I’m wishing you guys all the best’
SKIMS fan: Prior to Kim’s surprise message Nina chatted with Jennifer about the night she was shot multiple times while leaving a New Year’s Eve party, and why she believes wearing SKIMS shapewear saved her life that night
Goodies: At the end of her interview Nina received two big bags of SKIMS goodies
She then discussed her recovery, which consisted of ‘physical therapy’ and teared up remembering how she couldn’t use the bathroom or walk.
Hudson then asked why Nina believed that SKIMS helped save her life.
‘I think I got it a size too small,’ Nina said as the audience laughed.
She then described how the shapewear helped with compression when she got shot, and ‘completely helped change where the bullet even landed.’
‘Doctors were saying the bullets could have really killed me. People die from just getting shot once. I got shot four times.’
‘So much could have gone wrong, but them SKIMS man. I genuinely believe that it played such a huge part in keeping me alive. Especially because the ambulance took so long to get to me,’ she went on.
‘And doctors will tell you that the first thing they do in a situation like this is apply pressure. And I already had it on lock,’ Nina added.
In July, Kim was left in shock upon discovering that one of her SKIMS bodysuits had saved a fan’s life, and reposted Nina’s initial TikTok video to her own Instagram Stories.
Kim Kardashian posts woman claiming SKIMS saved her life
‘Saved my life’: In July Kim was left in shock upon discovering that one of her SKIMS bodysuits had saved a fan’s life, and reposted Nina’s initial TikTok video to her own Instagram Stories
Wow: At the beginning of the viral video Nina stated ‘Kim Kardashian saved my life’ as she explained the SKIMS bodysuit ‘was so tight on me that it literally kept me from bleeding out’
Kim Kardashian puts on a busty display as she models Skims
At the beginning of the video, Nina stated, ‘Kim Kardashian saved my life.’
She explained, ‘This New Year’s I got shot four times. The night I got shot, under my dress, I was wearing a SKIMS shaping bodysuit. It was so tight on me that it literally kept me from bleeding out.’
The fan then threw her hands up into the air and expressed, ‘I recommend it. I’m definitely gonna buy some more. I mean, I should wear it every day. It’s like body armor for women.’
Towards the end of the reel, Angelina looked off into the distance and added, ‘Call it fate or Jesus, but, Imma call it Kim. Imma call it Kim for sure,’ she expressed to conclude the nearly 30-second video.
The SKIMS founder herself simply added the word, ‘wowww,’ in text towards the bottom of the reposted TikTok, followed by a praying hands emoji.