Kim and kourtney kardashian recently reflected on her parents’ divorce more than 30 years after mom Kris Jenner and his father, Robert Kardashian Sr., left him for good after Kris’ affair with another man.
The sisters spoke about their parents in an interview with GQ published on Tuesday, November 14. They admitted that Kris, 68, and Robert, who died aged 59 in 2003, tried to hide their marital problems from their children before their divorce. However, being the eldest daughter, Kourtney, 44, was immediately suspicious.
“Being the oldest, I heard things,” the Poosh founder said. “I remember one night I heard them arguing in whispers. “My parents never fought in my entire life, so it was traumatizing when they did.”
On the other hand, Kim, 43, never heard her parents fight, so their separation came as a shock to her. However, even she had a feeling that the marriage was coming to an end.
“I didn’t foresee any of this,” the KKW Beauty founder shared. “She was in the bathroom and they called a family meeting. I remember thinking, ‘Please, Lord, don’t let them get divorced.’ I never had any idea this would happen, but I knew that’s what they were going to tell us. I felt it.”
In addition to Kim and Kourtney, Kris and Robert shared a daughter Khloe Kardashian and son Robert “Rob” Kardashian Jr.
Kris and Robert were married from July 1978 to March 1991. They met when Kris was 18 (Robert was 11 years older than her) and married when she was 22. However, the mother longed for independence at 30 and told Robert. wanted to break up, as Kris revealed in her 2011 memoir, Kris Jenner… and everything related to the Kardashians. After just two days of separation, Robert returned home and told Kris that he had decided that he didn’t “want a separation.”
Robert’s refusal to break up eventually led Kris to begin her three-month romance with a football player. Todd Waterman in 1989. She described in her book what it felt like to kiss Todd.
“That kiss was beyond amazing; It was like a resurgence, a resuscitation, an awakening from a long, deep, unconscious sleep. I haven’t been kissed like that in 10 years,” she wrote. “It made me feel young, attractive, sexy and alive. Along with these feelings came a wave of nausea. In fact, she felt like vomiting at the same time. Because I realized that I hadn’t felt that way about Robert in years.”
After seeing Kris with Todd several times, Robert served Kris with divorce papers. A month after he finalized his divorce from her in 1991, Kris moved forward with Caitlyn Jennerwho publicly came out as transgender in 2015. The two welcomed their daughters. Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner before their divorce in 2015. Meanwhile, Kris remained friendly with Robert until his death, which came two months after his diagnosis of terminal esophageal cancer.
In a recent episode of The KardashiansKris admitted to regretting cheating on Robert.
“He was a great husband and a great father,” Kris told Khloé, 39. “I think I fell into a situation where I thought the grass was greener somewhere else and I made a big mistake. “That is the biggest regret of my life.”
Still, Kris said she was happy with how her life turned out after divorcing Robert.
“Everything happens for a reason,” he said. “I really live my life thinking that God has a plan, and if all of that hadn’t happened, Kendall and Kylie would never have existed.”
