Kim Kardashian was slammed for her 72-day marriage. But wait until you read this.

We all remember Kim Kardashian's 72-day marriage to former NBA player Kris Humphries, right? From the over-the-top wedding to the even quicker divorce, it seemed like the whole thing was more for the cameras than anything real.

Kim copped a lot of flak for it, but in the latest episode of season six of The Kardashians, Kim dropped a bombshell that'll make you look at the whole situation in a whole new light.

Apparently, Kris made her give the $2 million engagement ring back, even though she paid for most of it. Because that sounds totally fair, doesn't it?

I know Kim's a billionaire and all now, but even I'm bothered by that on her behalf.

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While chatting about her past with her sister Khloé Kardashian, Kim took a stroll down memory lane as she pondered what her "next [engagement] ring shape will be".

"My last and final hooray," she joked.

Looking back at her past rings, she said "number one was a cushion cut, 14-carat" from her marriage to Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004. She still has that one.

Then there was her second ring from Kris, an 18-carat emerald cut from jeweller Lorraine Schwartz.

Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian as newlyweds in 2011. Image: Getty.

Kim and Kris got engaged in 2011 after dating for a mere six months. And we all know how that ended.

"I didn't keep that," the Skims founder said. "I was pregnant with North, still married to him and in order to divorce him, he said I had to give him the ring in my divorce."

Khloé quickly piped up to point out that Kim was the one who actually "bought" the ring in the first place.

"He contributed a fifth [of the price]," Kim said, to which her hairstylist Chris Appleton chimed in with, "savage".

According to Page Six, the ring was reportedly worth a staggering $US2 million. Kris later auctioned it off for $US749,000, according to E! News.

Kim's engagement ring from jeweller Lorraine Schwartz. Image: Getty.

Lorraine Schwartz, who was in on the chat, said sometimes it's "best" just to move on from those old engagement rings, but Kim admitted she "would've loved a collection".

Kim's third engagement ring? Well, that was from her ex-husband Kanye 'Ye' West when he popped the question in 2013.

Kim still has that 15-carat cushion-cut ring, and she plans to pass it on to their daughter, North.

Kim doesn't talk much about her short-lived romance with Kris, especially since the divorce was finalised in 2013. But she's opened up before, admitting that she felt pressure to marry him because it was all being filmed for Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

"I thought, 'Okay, everyone, you know, we're filming this for a TV show. If I leave, I'm going to be known as the runaway bride forever and it's going to be a huge joke, and I think I just have cold feet,'" Kim said during the show reunion in June 2021.

"So I was like, 'Okay guys, it's just cold feet, I got this, it's cold feet, we're filming the show.'"

And she's admitted that she didn't exactly handle the breakup in the best way, either.

"I was so nervous to break up with someone … I fully broke up with him in the worst way," Kim said. "I just didn't know how to deal. I learned so much from it."

Feature image: Getty.