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Chloe Kardashian
So5 is your close up.
Kris Jenner
Hi. High five. Get it? High five.
Kim Kardashian
I just got it.
Kris Jenner
I think when I was about 16 years old, all I wanted to do was have six kids. That was my destiny, and I used to pray about it, and I claimed it.
Kim Kardashian
I don't think anyone questions your determination. I think everyone knows if you.
Kris Jenner
I was laser focused.
Kim Kardashian
I have this, like, anxiety and this buildup about the teenage stage. I know what a terrorist I was as a teenager.
Kris Jenner
You were wild.
Kim Kardashian
I know.
Kris Jenner
You were spicy and crazy.
Kim Kardashian
You're confirming that I should be terrified of the teenage phase.
Kris Jenner
Absolutely.
Kim Kardashian
You and Kim, like, we're gonna film a show, and you guys have to be on it. Kourt and I were like, no, we're not. We don't want to be on this show. Then when you were like, our manager and telling us what to do, and we're like, what are you talking? Like, you're not gonna boss us around. We were like, what? You just don't want people thinking, oh, working with family is a breeze.
Kris Jenner
There are challenges, for sure. Just use me as a filler when you don't want to tape another episode.
Kim Kardashian
Oh, you'll be the host.
Kris Jenner
No. Oh, yeah.
Kim Kardashian
You have nurtured that Rolodex. You will have, I don't know, Jesus sitting right there.
Kris Jenner
Oh, my gosh. That would be great.
Kim Kardashian
Would be great. Hi, Molly. Hi. Hi. I'm so happy that you are on my podcast.
Kris Jenner
Thank you for inviting me. We've been talking about this for years. Not me being here, but you having a podcast.
Kim Kardashian
Yes.
Kris Jenner
And I'm really proud of you.
Kim Kardashian
Thank you.
Kris Jenner
Because I think it's very brave of you to actually go ahead and pull the trigger and do this when you were so reluctant to do it for so long for so many reasons. And here you are. And look at you.
Kim Kardashian
Here we are.
Kris Jenner
I know.
Kim Kardashian
Well, you know, having you on, obviously, you are what many people aspire to have on any podcast, but you're my mom, and I feel like we film together and, like, you have a documentary coming out one day, and, like, there's books about you. I. There's. For me, I felt like asking you the typical questions of where were you born? Where were you born? You know, how was San Diego? What's your mom like? I feel like people that are real fans of yours know those things, and so, sure, we might glaze over those things, but I really thought an interesting topic that I feel is interesting and that people always ask me about. People are always praising us for our family dynamic. They always say, like, whether they come from a family with a lot of siblings. They always are like, oh, my gosh, you remind me of my mom and my siblings. Or if they don't have siblings, they dream like, that's their fantasy. If I had a bunch of siblings, like, that's the sibling dynamic and parent dynamic that I would love to have with my family. So I felt like it would be a great episode to talk to you about, I think our dynamic, the dynamic that you have with your children and the many phases of that. But did you always dream about being a mother?
Kris Jenner
Well, yeah. I mean, that was the dream. The dream for me. When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was have six kids. So much so that I would think about it day and night. I had things planned out in my head I wanted to be. That was my goal in life, to get married and be able to raise a family, have six kids and live happily ever after. And in those days, you know, when I was growing up, I sound like a dinosaur, but there were no cell phones. There were no. You know, I barely had color tv. So there was no real form of communication or things to compare yourself to or things that inspired me. So I don't know where and when I got inspired, but I was watching Leave it to Beaver and I Love Lucy and all those shows and the Flintstones and everything in between the Jetsons, and, you know, you just saw the future and your life as more traditional in those days. It was a very. I was born in the 50s. I was a 50s baby. And I think I kind of grew up like a 50s child. Even. Even though I graduated from high school in the 70s, but all I ever wanted to do was have kids. So the year after I graduated from high school, I met Daddy, and I just. That was. The dream was to have babies and, you know, sail off into the sunset. Do you know what was interesting? When I was getting divorced from your dad, I thought, wow, how did that go so sideways? I was supposed to have six kids. I always thought that was my destiny. That was what was gonna happen. And I used to pray about it, and I claimed it, and it was gonna happen. So I really thought I messed up. When there weren't six of you guys at the time. I think about that often. I thought, how interesting that that was one of the main takeaways from that whole experience.
Kim Kardashian
And I think also, maybe it's so crazy to think this, but you had Kendall and Kylie when you were 40 and 41 and 28 years ago or 27 years ago, it was really rare for someone in their 40s to have children.
Kris Jenner
It was almost, like, whispered about, like, taboo, like, she's 40 and she's gonna have a baby. Is she nuts? And then it was obviously safe to have babies at that age, but everybody thought there was also some danger to it. Like, what's going on? How could she have a baby in her 40s? Aren't all her eggs gone? And it was very controversial.
Kim Kardashian
So I'm sure even you probably thought that ship has sailed.
Kris Jenner
I didn't know what to think. I thought I got pregnant right away and then had a miscarriage. But I also had a miscarriage right before Robert was born. So at a couple months, right before I got pregnant with Rob, I had a miscarriage, and then I had a miscarriage right before Kendall. So when I got pregnant with Kendall, it was. We were really trying because I thought, you know, I'm not. This isn't taking me down. I will show my body. You know, you almost. It's almost like a challenge to get pregnant.
Kim Kardashian
I don't think anyone questions your determination. I think everyone knows if you.
Kris Jenner
I was laser focused. Laser focused.
Kim Kardashian
That you say you're gonna do something, you're gonna do something.
Kris Jenner
And if somebody said, if I read something, drink iced tea or take, you know, Pepto Bismol or have three coffees or whatever, somebody's recommendation was, I would do whatever it took, you know, to try and get pregnant. Like all these little wives tales.
Kim Kardashian
And under the bed one time, you and your ex husband were trying, and that was. I'm still go to therapy over that.
Kris Jenner
Yeah, but you snuck into my bedroom.
Kim Kardashian
I was playing hide and go seek, and nobody found me, and I fell asleep.
Kris Jenner
Well, you were with Francesca, so you apparently. Who were you looking for? Each other. You were hiding under my bed.
Kim Kardashian
It was gross.
Kris Jenner
And you didn't get caught. You decided to stay there because it sounded exciting and you got an earful.
Kim Kardashian
That was gross.
Kris Jenner
And you being tortured for the rest of your life is exactly what you deserve.
Kim Kardashian
Great.
Kris Jenner
Well, those sounds will never leave your.
Kim Kardashian
No, they won't.
Kris Jenner
Wait, how did you get out of there? Did we catch you under the bed.
Kim Kardashian
Or did you wait? I ran out and you guys were like, what was that?
Kris Jenner
Oh, so we didn't, at the time, know it was you?
Kim Kardashian
Yeah, well, you. Like, I ran out and. Cause at first we were like, huh? Like, I think we were like, oh, my God. And, like, a little giggling. And then you guys were like, I think I hear something. And then when you guys said that, we ran and Then you're like, what was that? Who was that? No one came to find us for a while. Because I think you guys were probably so mortified as I was probably trying.
Kris Jenner
To figure out the game plan.
Kim Kardashian
Like, what do we say?
Kris Jenner
Like, what do we say we were doing? Let's say we were wrestling.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah. No. And I knew we were.
Kris Jenner
It was an Olympic competition.
Kim Kardashian
Gross. I can't even think about this anymore.
Kris Jenner
Okay. This is like a therapy session. Am I after. Are you going to make me go through every childhood trauma?
Kim Kardashian
No, that's not.
Kris Jenner
And help you, like, work it out?
Kim Kardashian
No.
Kris Jenner
Tell you're satisfied.
Kim Kardashian
If Courtney was here, then that'd probably happen, but I'm good.
Kris Jenner
All right, good.
Kim Kardashian
I don't feel like I have a lot of childhood traumas.
Kris Jenner
Thank God.
Kim Kardashian
I don't.
Kris Jenner
That makes one.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah.
Kris Jenner
I think.
Kim Kardashian
Well, me and Kim, I think, are in the same boat. And what I find interesting. Cause I don't remember, like, even. I absolutely despise when people call Kendall and Kylie our half sisters.
Kris Jenner
Yeah.
Kim Kardashian
Because I'm like, no, those are my real sisters. I was born and raised with them, spent every minute with them. And so I really find that insulting when people say that about us. So I don't like that term. None of us like that term.
Kris Jenner
And I don't even think about that term or use that term.
Kim Kardashian
We never do. But, like, just other people, I just.
Kris Jenner
Hate when they have to recognize the divide. Right.
Kim Kardashian
I really, really hate that. I don't hate a lot of things, but I think something that you did so well, because I hear from so many blended families, like, it's so hard to integrate my first set of kids with the other set of kids. But I don't remember there ever being with any one of us. I think Kendall and Kylie were born when I was maybe, like, 11 and 12, something like that.
Kris Jenner
Okay.
Kim Kardashian
Maybe younger.
Kris Jenner
I don't know, 95.
Kim Kardashian
So you were 11.
Kris Jenner
You were 11, so.
Kim Kardashian
But I don't remember ever there needing to be even a discussion or just even with my dad. I felt like everything. I don't know. We've always had this really strong family dynamic. We never felt like.
Kris Jenner
No, you were at the hospital.
Kim Kardashian
All of us.
Kris Jenner
When I gave birth.
Kim Kardashian
All of us.
Kris Jenner
So you guys all came and it was like, here's your baby sister. Like, this is. We're all going home together. We're all in this together. You're sleeping on the floor, and, you.
Kim Kardashian
Know, do you have any. I don't even know if you do. Because for us, it was not. I don't think it was methodical or talked about, but do you have any tips for people that are trying to blend families or nervous about that?
Kris Jenner
You know, I think that it's a little bit different. If you have parents with two sets of, you know, two families and each parent has a different set of children with somebody else, that's a little bit different. It's a little bit harder to really integrate the kids and, and if the kids get along, then, you know, it's. That's obviously a lot easier. But with Kendall and Kylie, I felt like I had two litters of kids and it was just so natural that one just came a little bit later than the other. And it was you guys, I think, from the day I got pregnant with Kendall and the day I got pregnant with Kylie, you guys were so involved in every discussion, every doctor's appointment, decorating the nursery, you know, where we were going to live, because we were looking for now we had to get a bigger house. And that was the year in 1996, right after Kendall was born and before Kylie was born, we moved to Hidden Hills and. And it was all about finding this big massive house that everybody could have their own bedroom. And I think the minute that we came home from the hospital with number five, I think you were in love with your sister and so was everybody else. And there was never a thought of, she doesn't belong to me. She's not mine. This is my sister. And everybody was so protective and loving and, you know, it was just, you know, we did everything together.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah.
Kris Jenner
And nobody was ever left out.
Kim Kardashian
Right.
Kris Jenner
Not even your dad. Your dad came over way before we, you know, obviously when Kendall was born. And he just wanted us to know and you guys to know. I'm Uncle Robert.
Kim Kardashian
I really think what it has to do with. And I always say, this is the parents.
Kris Jenner
Yeah. I think, oh, 100,000%.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah. If children see that this is normal and okay by all parents, everybody involved, then the kids are like, okay. This is okay. Because I think hatred and all of that stuff is learned that's not innate in anybody.
Kris Jenner
You know, I think it causes so much trauma to the children and unhappiness and just being very anxious, a lot of anxiety and people really trying to tiptoe around parents feelings. And that's really not the child's responsibility. It's really for us as parents to make you guys feel loved and comfortable.
Kim Kardashian
Well, I know from my personal experience with Tristan and how we're such good co parenters is because of the example that I've had my whole life from you and my dad's dynamic to Bruce and my dad's dynamic and it's all I saw. So for me it was a no brainer. And I do really think that, yes, you don't need that example. You can do it on your own. But when you have that example, it's all, you know, and it's just embedded in you and it's so easy and for that obvious, like it's, I think one of the best lessons because it's so peaceful for my children.
Kris Jenner
And peaceful is such a great, important, powerful word because it really does, you know, you don't let the divide and the trauma and the nastiness come in at all. It's almost like you've built a wall where none of that can get in because you're showing your kids how to.
Kim Kardashian
Live this amazing to do with them life together.
Kris Jenner
And this has exactly. And they want to feel loved. Children want to feel you guys. All my, my job as a mom was to make sure you were safe and you felt loved and secure in a really special place. And that was the most important thing to me. And if we could get there. And you know what, it wasn't even something that we sat down and talked about, although I feel like we would have if it got nasty or anything at some point. But I think that when people get divorced, I feel like there's always a cooling off period where people have to find their way and come to terms with what's just happened. And maybe the fact that you're not gonna be with this person forever, but when you have kids with somebody, you are with that person. You're connected forever for the, for the rest of your life.
Kim Kardashian
In my mind, yes, of course.
Kris Jenner
And that's how I've always lived my life. And I, you know, would share everything with your dad. And then after we had our cooling off period is what I like to call it, we became best friends. And he would come once we moved to Hidden Hills and Kendall was born and then Kylie followed and you guys were, you know, young 11 year olds or teenagers and all that. He'd come walking in the back door at any time, what's for dinner? You know, he'd be there Christmas morning, he'd be there on your birthdays, we'd give our parties. We would, you know, co host everything that you guys did. And he just wanted to be a part of every special moment and want to be a part of the planning of it too. I would call him up and go, hey, Rob's graduating from, you know, this or that, where are we going to go, you know, or you know, from kindergarten. He would be a part of the recital when you were 4 years old in nursery school, you know, but I mean we were still married then. But I mean he was a part of all of those moments. And what I mean is he still wanted to be a part of every single moment. He came to Kendall and Kylie's birthday parties.
Kim Kardashian
I know.
Kris Jenner
You know, as Uncle Robert.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah.
Kris Jenner
So it was a pretty special time. And I think that the best thing that happened because of all of that. But it takes you guys. It takes a village, but it takes.
Kim Kardashian
All like minded adults.
Kris Jenner
It takes a village.
Kim Kardashian
People would put their own ego and issues aside for the betterment of children because it makes such a difference in the long run.
Kris Jenner
I don't think people realize that them winning, everybody wants to win. Whatever the argument was, whatever the, you know, the reason for the divorce, whatever. You just have to decide that you want to kind of hang on to the love that you once had, but in just a different way. And that's what we did.
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Kim Kardashian
So you and my dad and Bruce were, I would say, partners in raising all of us. And I think all three of you guys did an incredible job. And then my dad.
Kris Jenner
Thank you.
Kim Kardashian
Died in 2003. And so I think you always had that person to lean on. My dad died. My brother was 16, I was 19. And I forget Kourtney and Kim in their young 20s. And, you know, having that person, I think, just really abruptly taken away. How did your role change of being a parent that had. Yes, we still had Bruce, but it is different when our real dad is now gone. And he was also.
Kris Jenner
He was so present in your lives and such a big part of our day to day. So it wasn't just like, oh, your dad lives in Iowa, and, you know, he's not around very much or he's not, you know, and available. He was emotionally available to you guys in such a big way. And he was emotionally available to me, and that really meant the world to me because he was. He was always there. And when I got remarried, Bruce didn't have a lot of money and I didn't have a lot of money. And we were trying to put it together, and we were all collectively paying for. For private school and all these different things. But one of the funniest things and one of the nicest, most lovely things that your dad did was when I was going through this, your dad used to kind of jokingly harp on me for my Neiman Marcus bill.
Kim Kardashian
Oh, yeah.
Kris Jenner
So every month it was the Neiman's bill.
Kim Kardashian
Oh, her.
Kris Jenner
And the Neiman Spill. She's still using my Neiman's card, right?
Kim Kardashian
I was going to say it was his card.
Kris Jenner
Yeah.
Kim Kardashian
Yes.
Kris Jenner
Yeah.
Kim Kardashian
Let's talk about this relatable story.
Kris Jenner
Okay. But anyway, it was a charge card. I was spending too much money. And so later, when I was remarried, I remember one time he goes, do you need anything? I know. You know, it's crazy over there. And I said, well, if you want to help me pay my. And now I had my own Neiman's card. And I asked him, would you pay the bill this month? And he goes, sure. And he paid my Neiman's card bill that month, and I'll never forget it. And we laughed about that. He goes, if you would have told me years ago that I would still be paying your Neiman Marcus bill, you know, or your clothing bill all these years later. And so we got a good laugh out of that. But I just think that when you're Supportive, and you can raise kids together and be there for one another and do it as a team. It was definitely something where we were all aware of. That's a lot of people. I mean, six kids is a lot of kids. And he was really well aware of the fact that I was juggling. And by the way, my relationship with you changed the minute I had Kendall, because you really grew up and came to bat for me because you were like my little helper. You were Mama's helper because I was working from home. And whenever you came home from school or on the weekends, you always helped me with Kendall and then Kylie, which changed my world because we didn't have a nanny. I had somebody to help me with housework and stuff and somebody to help, which then turned into somebody helping with the kids while I was working in my home office. But I just remember you were. You had this amazing bond with them, the little ones, because you were so in love with them, and you knew I could use the help. And you found a gazillion ways to entertain them. You really did. You'd feed them, you'd bathe them, you'd help put on their pajamas, you'd take them for walks, you'd play with them in their playhouse outside, or you'd swim with them or whatever it was. And that made. I think that not only made your bond with them so strong, but our bond so strong because you were. You were doing something that. Kendall and Kylie were out the house by then. I mean, Courtney and Kimberly were. Courtney was. Went to college, and camera ran off and got married. And I didn't find out for a minute until Courtney found it on the Internet. So that was wild. I mean, we've been through some wild stuff together, and I think that does make a family close.
Kim Kardashian
Did you feel a shift of your role as a parent when my dad passed away, and if you didn't, that's fine.
Kris Jenner
I felt a huge shift and a huge responsibility. And now it was. You have to say, okay, I'm the mom and the dad. I have to make the decisions that him and I used to make together. Because no matter what happened, him and I would always discuss whatever was going on with you guys and make decisions together, school decisions. I remember before he passed, he was. Rob was living with him, and we had this really crazy plan that he was going to make sure that Rob was prepared and prepped for college and for the college exams and filling out all the paperwork to get into USC and different colleges that he wanted to apply to. And I Thought, oh, great, this is your lane. This is. I'm so happy this is happening. You know, we're. This was early, like, 2003. And it was such a relief to me that he was so, you know, wanted to be there for Rob. And when he passed, I was lost. I am not scholastic like that. I wasn't the one who was doing homework with Rob. I wouldn't know how to do high school homework. I mean, that was, like, so out of my, you know, realm of things that I would be good at or.
Kim Kardashian
Help somebody else doing first grade homework. And I'm like, what is Singapore Math?
Kris Jenner
I know.
Kim Kardashian
Hello, Singapore Math.
Kris Jenner
I don't know what that is exactly.
Kim Kardashian
Okay, try it.
Kris Jenner
No.
Kim Kardashian
I'm gonna make you do it one day.
Kris Jenner
No.
Kim Kardashian
Excuse me. What happened to just regular edition one plus one?
Kris Jenner
I know. Well, he was really instrumental in just helping your brother mature and go through those teenage years of his life. And I knew the girl thing inside and out, but the boy thing was a bit. You know, I just thought, oh, Rob's got this.
Kim Kardashian
Do you think you're more of a girl mom or a boy mom? Or can you adapt to both?
Kris Jenner
I learned how to adapt to both. Yeah. I think I was more of a girl mom. But then Rob was the most adorable, perfect, like, funny, loving, athletic. I mean, he was just everything that he was a boy, but all boy.
Kim Kardashian
What is your favorite stage of a kid? Like, I'm not a huge infant type of person. Like, I like infants, but I'm like, all right, can we do something? Like, I love more.
Kris Jenner
I love the infant stage. I love the way they smell. I love the cuddling. You guys were such angels. Except Courtney. Oh, God.
Kim Kardashian
Not give her more trauma.
Kris Jenner
She just threw up on everybody. Everybody. We couldn't get that formula right, so that was challenging. But after I got through that, I think I love the baby. Baby stage. Then when they first learned to walk, that always used to be an adjustment for me because we always had stairs and, you know, a lot going on, and it was running around, trying to chase four little kids around. It was nuts.
Kim Kardashian
I think, for me, my biggest right now. I don't know. I'm just. I gotta get this out of my head, okay? Is that I have this, like, anxiety and this buildup about the teenage stage. I know what a terrorist I was as a teenager.
Kris Jenner
You were wild.
Kim Kardashian
I know.
Kris Jenner
You were spicy and crazy.
Kim Kardashian
Okay. This is.
Kris Jenner
You used to. Chloe. Chloe. So each one of you probably had a good 18 months of hell Week. I called it Hell Week, but It was really? 18 months. And one of the things you used to do regularly, I might add, was we had a bedroom. You had a bedroom that had a.
Kim Kardashian
Patio off of the bedroom downstairs. Yeah, because the other kids took my room. So I moved downstairs.
Kris Jenner
Well, the babies needed to be up by us. So you're downstairs. And I think you're a pretty mature young lady, but you're also very creative and resourceful. And you used to stuff your bed as if it was a person sleeping under the covers. Lock your door, leave the room, but lock that door. And then you would leave. And I don't know when you came back or how you got back in, but this went on for a minute and I fell for it. Until one night I just thought, there's no way she's this good of a kid and puts herself to bed every night at 8 o'clock and doesn't come out of that room until, you know, 7:00 the next morning. And we had to break into your room. And that's when we found out that you had been stuffing your bed and leaving. And then another time that I still can't get out of my head and I'm sort of like a little angry about it, is you were friends, let's call it. You were friends with somebody and you used to cook for them.
Kim Kardashian
Are you going to talk about the pots?
Kris Jenner
You took the pots and pans. I can't let it go. I cannot let it go.
Kim Kardashian
I will buy you new pots and pans.
Kris Jenner
I have pots and pans. But you took my favorite pots and pans from Tower Lane that I used to make. That was my p. Off pan. And you took my pilav pan.
Kim Kardashian
What can I do to make this up to you? Because you bring this up on a weekly basis.
Kris Jenner
I know, I can't.
Kim Kardashian
What can I do?
Kris Jenner
There's nothing.
Kim Kardashian
Okay, so we're just going to talk about it forever.
Kris Jenner
Well, we're. We're in the right, you know, forum. This is.
Kim Kardashian
It happens once a week. The pilaf pan.
Kris Jenner
Okay, well, the peel off pan. So that was my favorite pant.
Kim Kardashian
I gotta do something about that.
Kris Jenner
I said to you, where's my pilaf pan? I went to go make peel off. I made peel off twice a week. And you, like, did not know where the peel off magically disappears. And you were blue, right? Blue. Yeah, the blue pilav pan with the clear top, the clear glass lid. And I used to make my pilaf. And I was so happy with that pan. I wore it in. It was the perfect, like Cookware. And you just really took my pan. And I asked you bring the pan. Just go to the guy's house and get the pan back.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah.
Kris Jenner
And you just wouldn't.
Kim Kardashian
You just wouldn't do it.
Kris Jenner
No, you wouldn't. And then, but then my phone disappeared.
Kim Kardashian
I feel like at the end of this episode we should be like in loving memory to the pilaf pan rip. Yeah.
Kris Jenner
And my phone with the $6,000 bill that somebody. You loaned my phone to somebody when cell phones first became a thing. And I said, where's my phone? You did. And I said, where's my phone? And I think or somebody took it.
Kim Kardashian
From you that you had had a cell phone missing.
Kris Jenner
It was lost. So now I'm looking for it. I had to get a new phone. And when I got the bill.
Kim Kardashian
Who has a six thousand dollar cell phone bill?
Kris Jenner
I did.
Kim Kardashian
I'm not sure about this story.
Kris Jenner
It was from Europe.
Kim Kardashian
Wow, I'm so chic.
Kris Jenner
Somebody took.
Kim Kardashian
I knew people from Europe.
Kris Jenner
Somebody took 15 to Europe and charged all this money on my phone. And I'm like, these are her friends I have. So your grandmother used to say, show me your friends and I'll show you and I'll show you who you're gonna be. And I was like, these friends, they're taking the peel off pan and the phone Europe.
Kim Kardashian
And they sound pretty chic and cultured. They know what to do.
Kris Jenner
They probably were.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah, they know what to do.
Kris Jenner
They probably were. But anyway, you gave me a run for my money.
Kim Kardashian
I was.
Kris Jenner
And you were. You were.
Kim Kardashian
You're confirming that I should be terrified of the teenage phase.
Kris Jenner
Absolutely.
Kim Kardashian
I feel like it was always what, it seemed so seamless for you. And I would love, even for myself, for the listeners out there, what are some tips? Like, how do you handle your children? Because we drink together. I mean, now I'm 40, but like there is that. I would think there's that transitional period that you have to. Okay, this is normal. My daughter's ordering wine at dinner, but she's of age. Like, I don't know, does that. Is. Was that ever strange for you?
Kris Jenner
You know what? I remember when you guys were getting a little bit older and my girlfriend used to say, she used to get so mad at me because she felt like I wasn't tough enough. I wasn't the disciplinarian that she was or that she thought was appropriate. And I would say to her, but I want to do this my way, you know? Well, these aren't your friends though, you know, you're Too much of a friend. You're not the parent. And I said, oh, no, I'm the parent. But I didn't, you know, carry these kids around for nine months in my body and then give birth to them and raise them and come this far. And now they're young adults or they're going to be a teenager soon to just let it all go and just be their parent. And that's the end. These are going to be my soulmates for the rest of my life. I want to be able to find our own love language with each one of my kids, because you guys are all so different, but yet we have a thread. We're all so alike, and I think that that's what makes us so close is we love each other so much. But that was always the lesson. You know, I always said, God first, family second, and everything else comes after that. And I taught you and raised you like that. We went to church, and we, you know, I took you to Bible study when you were a toddler and when you got a little bit older and tried to instill those types of belief and spirituality. Because I think it's a huge part of growing up, and it's how we live our lives now. We believe in God and we say our prayers, and you have Bible study at your house on Thursday nights with your kids and all the cousins. And I think prayer is so important in our family. And we all pray a lot about everything. And I really think that's an important part of who we all are. And then I think that just our love language, my love language with each one of you is just a little bit different. And I find that seeing each one of you and letting you be who you are, while at the same time, you know that I'm your safety net.
Kim Kardashian
Well, you do an excellent job at that.
Kris Jenner
It's hard.
Kim Kardashian
It is hard. But I think the hardest part would be when your kids start dating.
Kris Jenner
I think by nature, I was a very welcoming person to whoever you guys brought home.
Kim Kardashian
Yes.
Kris Jenner
Whether it was a stray cat or a guy from fourth grade or as you guys got older, you know, it was the dating. Suddenly you were dating. And the challenges that come with that definitely tested my, you know, ability to control my temper. Sometimes I'd be so mad that you guys would try to pull the stuff that you would pull or the dating that you tried to do until I think you realized, we're all good. Bring everybody here. And we became the house that everybody liked to hang out at. When you guys would become very close to somebody we welcome them into our family with open arms. We have the time of our lives. We're close. We have very intimate, you know, relationships with all of the people in our family and the people that you guys are dating. And it's really fun. But when you guys break up with somebody, I feel like I break up with somebody totally. It's so.
Kim Kardashian
I think we all had that for.
Kris Jenner
Me, you know, I feel like, wow, this was such a crazy time in our lives. I can't believe they're not here anymore. Because sometimes I get caught up in your joy or your desire to want to build yourself, your life, your family. And then when it doesn't work out, I'm heartbroken, too. You know, when something breaks your heart, it breaks my heart.
Kim Kardashian
But you're also very forgiving because we can be like, so and so is a piece of did X, Y, and Z. And then we're like, we're never talking to them again. And then next week we're like, okay, we're back. Back with this person. And you're like, okay, here we go. Yeah, and you're very forgiving. Where I would be like, I might kill that person.
Kris Jenner
You. You know what? It's the. What did they say? The only person. When you get really angry with somebody or you get, you know, you build up all this hatred towards somebody, the only person it's really hurting is yourself.
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Kim Kardashian
I remember when I was, I want to say, 15, I didn't have a license yet and I stole Bruce's expedition and I was driving on the 101 by the 405, like right where it crosses over and it's like a little turn. Anyway, so I guess I swerved a little and I Got pulled over, and I was wearing a really cute skirt from Forever 21.
Kris Jenner
Of course you were.
Kim Kardashian
And I. I'll mention why I remember that skirt. And I remember the police officer. Officer was like, what's. Can I have your license and, you know, registration. And I said, oh, I don't have my license, but my name is. I think I said, Kourtney Kardashian. But my birthday is. And I gave Kim's birthday. So of course they were like, you're lying. Get out of the car. I got taken to jail.
Kris Jenner
I remember that.
Kim Kardashian
So I went to jail, and they called you, and it was, I don't know, like, nine or ten at night. And I was just. They took me there. I didn't go to jail. Like, they took me to a precinct or whatever, just until you came to pick me up. And they impounded the car. And you were like, what's wrong with you? You're dressed. Look at this short skirt you're wearing. You look like you could have been a hooker. But this is all private. Like, in front of everyone, you were like, oh, she's a great girl. Like, you were so sweet. Like teenagers. I don't know why she did that. Or sisters, whatever you said. They let us go, like, with a warning. You didn't tell Bruce that we impounded his car for 30 days, and somehow we made up some story because you.
Kris Jenner
Were like, I remember he couldn't get the car the next day, and he's like, where's my Escalade? Oh, it had a scratch. I took it right to the shop.
Kim Kardashian
But to me, you were like, you. I can't believe you.
Kris Jenner
Get in the car.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah, you were, like, cussing me out. I was on punishment, but you kept it from Bruce. And I was always like, that was really nice of you. That was really cool of you that you did that.
Kris Jenner
You guys showed me a lot of respect. So even though you were probably shaking, because that was a horrible thing to go through, and scared of what I might do or how I would react, you know, my. My temperature, you know. You know that when I get really mad and get in the car, you know, you're dead. Get in the car. I'm gonna. Da, da, da. You know that I don't mean any of that. You just know that because you know me, your mom, and I'm gonna get in the car, and we're gonna laugh about it one day.
Kim Kardashian
Did you ever think you would be working with all of your children? And not only working with them, but. Cause it started out the clothing Stores and us working together, but then managing, like, their careers and everything, and basically guiding their futures.
Kris Jenner
I think the way that our lives unfolded is one of the best things that I've ever. I could have ever dreamt of. And it was like the perfect storm. And did I see it coming? No. I think the way it all unfolded was the perfect storm. And I think that it was. Started out because I needed to pay the bills and ended up because we're working with our favorite people and having the time of our lives. To this day, I get excited about getting up in the morning and what we're going to do today, because I feel like every day we have a different job or we're working for a different company. You know, we're always filming our show, and they're right over there, those Kardashian people, the filmers. But I can't. I guess I could never also have imagined it to even include another generation, which is so amazing. Like, now my grandchildren get to shoot with us or film with us or even just, if they don't want to film, be in the room. Like, it's the kind of thing where we can all work together.
Kim Kardashian
I also think our dynamic at the beginning, like, it was challenging. I know. More so for Kourt and I to. For you to be our manager at first, because we were like, what are you talking? Like, you're not gonna boss us around. Like, we were like, what? We don't even wanna do this. Like, at first, when you guys were like. When you and Kim were like, we're gonna film a show and you guys have to be on it. Kourt and I were like, no, we're not. We don't wanna be on this show. You guys were like, no, you're gonna be on the show. Yeah, we're on the show.
Kris Jenner
We're doing a show.
Kim Kardashian
And it just sort of happened. And you were like, it's only gonna be one season. It's not a big deal. Just do the show. And we just did it. But then when you were like, our manager and telling us what to do and where to go, and it was hard for us to differentiate mom and then a manager, it was hard for, I would say, the first few years to get the rhythm to be like, okay, she's ordering me around or telling me to do this, but not as my mom. Cause we would be defensive or like, what are you doing? I think Kim and you always had a very easy rapport and respect and this. And I had respect for you as my mom, but I was like, you are not my boss. Like, that was my. Just my attitude towards you until I had to realize, okay, she's.
Kris Jenner
She knows what she's doing.
Kim Kardashian
This is manager Chris. Well, I had to put you in two different categories until I think our relationship really became very seamless once I had kids. And it was always a great relationship, but the management mom role was always very hard for me to just sometimes, if I wanted to talk to you about manager stuff.
Kris Jenner
Where's my mom? Yeah, which one is my mom today?
Kim Kardashian
But it would be hard or you would want to talk about work when we're at dinner and I'm like, no, like, that's not what I want to do right now. So it was always.
Kris Jenner
No, we had. We definitely had to figure it out.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah.
Kris Jenner
The transition of that was definitely.
Kim Kardashian
And when to turn it off, that was always hard for me.
Kris Jenner
But I don't think I've ever learned how to turn when I get on a roll. That's always been one of my, you know. Yeah. Well, I.
Kim Kardashian
It's.
Kris Jenner
It's hard for me to turn things off because I get so excited about stuff. And that, to me is like, if we're at dinner, that's my dessert.
Kim Kardashian
Let's talk about that. Well, I think that passion for everything in life. You're a very passionate person, but I just don't want people thinking, oh, working with family is a breeze. And this. It's not. It does.
Kris Jenner
No, no, no. There are challenges, for sure, all the time.
Kim Kardashian
It takes a minute to be comfortable in those roles and know people's positions and learn to not take things so seriously and put them in that work role as you would if you had a legit boss. Yeah.
Kris Jenner
And it's hard when. When I get angry at somebody if somebody doesn't show up or cancels or can't do it or doesn't want to do it or, you know, really up. I, I inside, I'm going crazy. And then, you know, I'm singing stormy song patience. Like, I'm losing my mind. But on the inside and on the outside, I'm trying to be, you know, professional, if it's a professional setting, and go, okay, this is what needs to be done. Because like I said, I'm solution based. But whether it's teaching you how to tie your shoes or teaching you how to create a new business, you know, that's. We've had so many different. I feel like I've had nine lives.
Kim Kardashian
You have.
Kris Jenner
And all these different decades and different chapters.
Kim Kardashian
But I think the best thing about every One of your lives is one of your biggest strengths, I would say, and you have many, would be your ability to nurture and curate these relationships from every different life that you've had. And you've never let them go. And you have this Rolodex of people that you can call, rely on, ask for something, and they ask you the same. Like, you've, you've really. I'm not great at nurturing relationships. I'm like, I'm busy. I got kids. Like, I don't have time to chit chat and go to dinners and do that. And I don't know how on earth you have time, but you do. And even if you don't, you make people feel so loved and seen and that they're so important to you. And. And I think that's why. I think that's something that people can all take away. It doesn't matter what world you're in, but whatever that world is, make sure that you do nurture those relationships and that you, you never burn a bridge and that every bridge you can walk back over at some point in life because we're all going to need to. And I know that when I'm like, I want to do this or let's start this business or do that, you're like, I know someone that is an expert in that field. Let me call them and let's get an advice from that. Every single person, I could name 50 people and I know you know every single one of them, or there's someone that knows that person and you can always reach out to those people. You've never burned a bridge. And I think that. And if you have burned a bridge, it wasn't worth going back over anyways. Like, it's very intentional. And that is something that I really admire. And I feel, I hope that when my kids get older and I have a little more energy at the end of the day that I will be able to do the same. Because it's such an amazing gift to do that, because it is. It takes.
Kris Jenner
Your girlfriends are super important in your life. They play such a huge, important role. And I think you don't realize that until you do get older. But I think that, I think I've taught you that because you've said to me numerous times how you and your friends sit and say, I want to be like my mom and her friends because, you know, she's got these great girlfriends. And I think that's a really rich, rewarding, important part of life as you get older, because you do share Ups and downs. And as you get older, you lose a lot of people. And, you know, life gets sad at times that you didn't have those experiences when you were younger. So if you. And, and, and the fact that you guys all have each other is amazing. You and your siblings are so close, and you might be closer to one than the other through the years. You might be, you know, this year you're closer to Kim, and next year it'll be Courtney, and then it'll be Rob. And then, you know, always a different, beautiful, delicious, loving relationship, but it's always a little bit different. And relationships change just like, you know, from time to time. They just, they change, but nothing changes about the love language. You know, you find that, that really great way to be and have that relationship, at least for me, with each one of you, because you're all so different and we have different, like, people say to me, who's your favorite? Well, today my favorite's Chloe, because I'm on the podcast and we, I do have, of course I have a favorite every. A different favorite every day. You might be my. You might be my favorite for 30 days in a row.
Kim Kardashian
That's weird.
Kris Jenner
But it's not weird. It's like, I'm so in love with Rob this month. Like, I'm spending all my time with Rob and Rob and I are working on this, or we're doing it.
Kim Kardashian
Your favorite because you're vibing so much with Rob this month.
Kris Jenner
Well, I'm just saying favorite is a silly word.
Kim Kardashian
Okay.
Kris Jenner
But I mean it lightly. I mean, who am I hanging out with right now? Who am I connecting with? Who am I exchanging ideas with and creating with and being passionate with? Who wants. Like, Kendall and I will sit and talk about design ideas because she's working on something for days, you know, Or Courtney, who can't even pick a paint color, you know, will drive me up a wall because she can't get into the process of it. So I'll talk to her about something else. And I think it's really. When your kids are teenagers learning how to pay attention to what their interests are and what, how to help them find their passion.
Kim Kardashian
I have a random question for you because you were married twice, very long term marriages, and then you start dating. Like, how weird was that for you? Because we're adults. Yes, but, like, was that weird? Like, I can't seem to date because of my young kids. Like, I'm like, I don't want to expose them to that.
Kris Jenner
Right.
Kim Kardashian
Is it different when. Because you dated after My dad to meet Bruce, obviously. What is weirder, I would think when they're adults because they're genuine.
Kris Jenner
Well, it's weird when they're adults because if your adult children don't get along with your significant other or the person you're dating, it's never going to work.
Kim Kardashian
Was Corey not like I'm going to, obviously. I'm sure when he met you, he knew obviously that you have six kids.
Kris Jenner
I think three of them were with me when I. The night I met him in Spain. But yeah, I think it was pretty well known that I have six kids.
Kim Kardashian
And that doesn't, I mean, doesn't throw.
Kris Jenner
Anyone off, throw Corey off. I think he, you know, loves help for me yet. No, I think when you're. Listen, if. If one of us is with a partner, we're kind of all with that partner. I mean, it's like all for one and one for all. We all have to kind of decide like it would be in our family. I'm talking about our situation. I'm not saying this is the way everybody should be, but we're pretty connected and we're pretty intuitive of one another's feelings and our energies. And I think if somebody, if we feel like one of us, you know, is in the wrong relationship, we're pretty vocal about it. And I think that we know that we just want each other to be happy. And we're all. We all spend all of our time together. So for us it would never work if, you know, there was friction with the kids.
Kim Kardashian
I don't remember the first time I met Corey. I just remember the first time I knew you were talking to someone. Cause you were smiling and texting and being weird. And I'm like, what the. I know that face. And I'm like, who are you texting? And you're like, this guy I met. And it was just, just to see you that giddy and smiley and happy. It was really cute. But I don't remember the first time I physically met him. But Corey's been around for over 10 years or 10 years, almost 11 years. And he hasn't left yet. With all of our craziness.
Kris Jenner
Corey was somebody also that had been in his career, had worked with a high profile person. And he was very well aware of how a life like this goes and all the things that came with it. And we would walk into a restaurant in another country and walk into the, you know, the Georges sank in Paris and they would go, cory, you know, and whisk us right back into the table. That you know, blah, blah, blah, and through the kitchen so we could get out of there. And, you know, he, you know, he knew all about security and all about all the drivers and seemed to know everybody in LA and everybody in my life. And it was a very safe feeling to be able to date someone who. You didn't have to explain how our life worked. I know that's a weird thing to say, but in a very probably unrelatable thing, but it was my reality and I felt really comfortable with the fact that I didn't have to make excuses for our lifestyle or for the way we lived and explain it to him. He was explaining it to me and he was making my life easier and saying, oh, my God, let's do that. And then we travel really well together. And all we did was travel. We still. That's all we do, is we're going here, going there.
Kim Kardashian
You guys do. It's amazing.
Kris Jenner
And working. And he knows that if I'm going to be in another country and, you know, if we're trying to do something fun, I'm still going to be working at 2am and I have to set an alarm and do this and do that. And he helps, you know, facilitate.
Kim Kardashian
He doesn't try to control you. He lets you be you and he.
Kris Jenner
Makes it easier to be me.
Kim Kardashian
But it is interesting that he has no kids and he's with someone that has the most kids and grandkids and we're always together. Does he ever get annoyed that were. No, I'm always. Because we're neighbors. So I just walk on in and I'm like, hey, Cory. Sitting on the couch, eating, like, watching tv. And I'm like, sorry, just. I'm gonna go see my mom. Like, I'm sure he's like, what the. Someone. He doesn't care. He never says. He does.
Kris Jenner
He's never, he would never.
Kim Kardashian
Deep down, he's like, what the.
Kris Jenner
No, he's. He's proud of you guys. I mean, he's been around long enough to see, you know, a lot of the things that you guys do and how passionate you are and how hard you work and, you know, nothing's handed to you. Nothing. And he sees and respects that and talks about that and just admires how much everybody has so much just focus and vision and creativity. And I think that anybody who's watching from the inside, which is very few people, get to really see how we are day to day. And I think it is amazing for somebody like him to sit back and say, wow, this is in. This is Incredible.
Kim Kardashian
I have a very serious question.
Kris Jenner
What? Oh, God. What? Who's my favorite?
Kim Kardashian
No.
Kris Jenner
Okay.
Kim Kardashian
I wouldn't ask such a thing.
Kris Jenner
Huh?
Kim Kardashian
What makes a great martini?
Kris Jenner
Oh, now we're talking.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah.
Kris Jenner
Now you've got my number.
Kim Kardashian
Yeah.
Kris Jenner
A great martini is shaken, not stirred.
Kim Kardashian
Okay.
Kris Jenner
It's putting a generous amount of vodka in a metal martini shaker with about six ice cubes.
Kim Kardashian
Six.
Kris Jenner
Shake, shake, shake. Until it's freezing cold, straining it into the glass. You don't always need to strain. If I'm in a hurry, you pour it directly into the glass, two olives, and enjoy.
Kim Kardashian
It's just a glass of vodka.
Kris Jenner
That's what it is. Well, it's typically with vermouth.
Kim Kardashian
Right. But yours is straight up and mine.
Kris Jenner
It's straight up. But if you go to a restaurant and say, I want a martini, they're gonna say, do you want blue cheese or regular?
Kim Kardashian
Gross.
Kris Jenner
And you just.
Kim Kardashian
I don't like blue cheese.
Kris Jenner
You want regular. At least that's the way I drink them.
Kim Kardashian
Yours is just vodka. Just say, can I have a shot of vodka? That's what I would say.
Kris Jenner
No, it's about the experience. You have to, like, hold the martini glass. Think Frank Sinatra music.
Kim Kardashian
Oh, love.
Kris Jenner
You know what I mean? Get into the. Everything's an experience.
Kim Kardashian
This was an experience. Just like the martini experience.
Kris Jenner
Oh, my God. Thank you.
Kim Kardashian
Thank you.
Podcast Summary: "The One and Only, Kris Jenner"
Podcast Information:
Kris Jenner shares her early aspirations: Kris discusses her deep-seated desire to have a large family from a young age.
Challenges and Misconceptions: She reflects on societal expectations and the rarity of having children in her forties.
Overcoming Obstacles: Kris details her determination to expand her family despite miscarriages and medical uncertainties.
Maintaining Strong Family Bonds: Kris emphasizes the seamless integration of Kendall and Kylie into their family, contrasting it with the challenges faced by blended families.
Parental Unity Post-Divorce: She highlights the importance of maintaining a united front with former spouses for the well-being of the children.
Advice for Blended Families: Kris offers guidance on integrating children from different families, stressing love and inclusion.
Adaptability in Parenting: Kris discusses her ability to adapt her parenting style to suit each child's unique personality.
Balancing Personal and Managerial Roles: She reflects on the challenges of being both a mother and a manager to her children, particularly Khloé and Kim.
Fostering Open Communication: Kris underscores the importance of maintaining open lines of communication and being emotionally available.
Integrating Family into Business: Kris explains how the family's business ventures evolved naturally, leading to collaborative successes.
Maintaining Professionalism: She discusses the importance of professionalism within the family business to ensure smooth operations.
Networking and Relationship Building: Kris highlights her strength in nurturing relationships, which has been pivotal in their business endeavors.
Finding Love Again: Kris shares her experiences of dating after her divorce, emphasizing the importance of compatibility and understanding within the family context.
Family Integration in New Relationships: She discusses how new partners are integrated into the family seamlessly, ensuring harmony.
Maintaining Long-Term Relationships: Kris credits Corey’s longevity to his understanding and support of the family's unique lifestyle.
Childhood Memories: Kris and Khloé reminisce about humorous and formative moments from their childhood, highlighting their close bond.
Teenage Antics: They share stories about Khloé's teenage years, showcasing the challenges and humor of adolescence.
Light-Hearted Conflicts: The conversation includes playful banter about past disagreements and misunderstandings.
Prioritizing Family and Faith: Kris underscores the significance of faith and family as the cornerstone of their lives.
Maintaining Strong Relationships: Khloé admires Kris's ability to nurture and maintain relationships, offering it as a lesson for listeners.
Balancing Work and Personal Life: Kris shares her ongoing struggle to balance her passionate nature with the need to sometimes disconnect, offering authenticity in her leadership.
Enduring Family Bonds: The episode concludes with affirmations of the strong, unbreakable bonds within the Jenner-Kardashian family.
Fun Family Moments: They wrap up with a lighthearted discussion about making the perfect martini, symbolizing the blend of professionalism and personal enjoyment in their relationship.
Kris Jenner [54:37]: "A great martini is shaken, not stirred. It's about the experience."
Khloé Kardashian [55:59]: "Thank you."
Kris Jenner [00:12]: "When I was about 16 years old, all I wanted to do was have six kids. That was my destiny."
Kris Jenner [05:40]: "When I got pregnant with Kendall and Kylie in my 40s, it was almost like a whispered taboo."
Khloé Kardashian [42:35]: "It was hard to differentiate when mom acted as our manager."
Khloé Kardashian [46:32]: "Make sure you nurture those relationships and never burn bridges."
Kris Jenner [32:10]: "God first, family second, everything else comes after."
Kris Jenner [54:37]: "A great martini is shaken, not stirred. It's about the experience."
Conclusion: In this heartfelt and comprehensive episode, Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner delve into the complexities of growing up in a prominent family, balancing personal aspirations with collective responsibilities, and maintaining strong familial bonds amid public scrutiny. Their candid discussions offer listeners an authentic glimpse into their lives, filled with valuable lessons on love, resilience, and the importance of nurturing relationships.