Khloe Kardashian's Friend Malika Haqq Says She's at Her Lowest Since Dad Robert's Death Amid Cancer Scare

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Khloe Kardashian is going through some serious medical struggles on Thursday's episode of. The 38-year-old reality star discovers a cancerous tumor on her cheek and doctors surgically removed it, leaving her with a massive bandage and stitches.«I guess when they were reviewing the labs a lot more than what they thought had to be removed,» Khloe explains to her concerned best friend, Malika Haqq.In her confessional interview, Khloe notes that she can barely open her mouth or even eat solid food due to stitches on the outside and inside of her cheek.«I woke up, and I had this huge bandage on my face and I couldn't really move my mouth because I had stitches on the inside of my mouth too,» Khloe shares. «This was way more serious than I either understood or I anticipated it to be.»Malika breaks down in tears seeing her friend like this, saying, «I don't like to see you uncomfortable.

I need you to be OK.»Referencing Khloe's struggles with surrogacy, her drama with ex Tristan Thompson, and her new health battle, Malika notes, «This is a lot at once.

You were supposed to get a break.»Khloe's longtime friend reflects on the Good American founder's past tribulations and comes to a surprising conclusion.«If I could tell you some of the hardest times that I've seen you go through in your life, I think this one is the closest to when your father passed,» Malika said of the death of Khloe's dad, Robert Kardashian, Sr. «And that's what's the hardest for me.

Because the hardest time that it was to be friends with you was when your father passed and I didn't know what to do. And I feel like I don't know what to do.»Robert died after a battle with esophageal cancer in September 2003.