Khloe Kardashian's Coachella Nightmare: Accidentally Drugged and Locked in the Bathroom

There’s a reason Khloe Kardashian has never been back to Coachella since 2015—and now we know exactly why.

During Wednesday’s episode of her Khloe in Wonder Land podcast, the reality star opened up about a mortifying experience from her one and only trip to the music festival with sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner. The kicker? She didn’t realize until it was way too late that there was something in the juice at the party she attended—and apparently everyone else knew it except her.

Khloe explained that she felt suddenly terrible after taking a drink, describing the sensation as feeling really crazy. The situation escalated quickly enough that she ended up locking herself in the bathroom for hours while people outside were yelling at her to come out. Talk about a worst-case festival scenario. What made it even worse was the helplessness of not understanding why her body and mind were acting so strange. As she put it: No one wants to feel like that and not know why. The confusion and panic of being involuntarily altered without realizing it hit differently than if she’d made an informed choice.

To her credit, Khloe was clear about what actually happened—this wasn’t a situation where someone maliciously spiked her drink. She acknowledged that she was simply the one who didn’t catch on that drugs were part of the party atmosphere. In her words: I don’t think anyone, like, drugged me. I just think I was the dumb one and didn’t realize that everyone was on drugs. It’s an important distinction, but it doesn’t make the experience any less unsettling for her in the moment.

More than a decade later, she’s still talking about it, which says something about how much the incident stuck with her. Coachella might be the ultimate music festival for some, but for Khloe, it became a cautionary tale about paying attention to your surroundings—and what you’re putting in your body.