From left: Kim Kardashian, Ray J, Kanye West.Photo: Steven Ferdman/Getty, Presley Ann/Getty, Brad Barket/Getty

Kim Kardashian, Ray J, Kanye West

Ray Jis responding to a clip from Thursday’s episode ofThe Kardashiansregarding his 2007 sex tape with exKim Kardashian.

In the clip, Kim, 41, got emotional as she alleged that ex-husband Kanye West, 44,retrieved a hard drive containing rumored unreleased footageof the sex tape (which wasfilmed while Kim and Ray J were dating in 2003and wentpublic in 2007) from the singer at an L.A. airport and brought it to her in New York City.

“I know Kanye did this for me, but he also did this for my kids,“the SKIMS mogulthen said in a confessional. “I wanna shield them from as much as I can. And if I had the power to or if Kanye has the power to, like, that is just the most important thing to me.”

“I’m so emotional because of it,” she added. “It just means a lot to me.”

A rep for Ray J did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

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Ray J Responds to Kanye West Delivering Drive Allegedly Containing Sex Tape with Kim Kardashian

During theKardashiansscene in question, Kim was in the Big Apple to prepare for herSaturday Night Livehosting debut. But as fans saw inthe Hulu show’s premiere episode, Kim was facing a big hurdle leading up to what was supposed to be an exciting time in her life: there wasrumored new footagefrom her sex tape with Ray J.

As they waited for Kim, Kris spoke to the"Stronger"rapper about how he just hopped off a commercial flight where he was seated in coach. West explained that while he was already in the area to support Kim onSNL, he briefly returned to L.A. and flew back immediately.

“I just traveled to get something for Kim,” West said as Kris responded, “You went all the way to L.A. to get something for Kim?”

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Kris then directed her attention toward West to show her appreciation for “the unbelievable way he does things, and the ability to get something done.”

“And, probably, a big, fat, huge check,” she added. TheYeezy designerthen clarified, “Oh, definitely not no check. We not getting extorted ever again.”

Kim later revealed that nothing “sexual” was on the remaining tape.

source: people.com