‘It Was A Huge Mistake’ -Kris Jenner Says As She Bares It All On Why She Cheated On Her First Hubby, Robert Kardashian Sr.
Reality star mom, Kris Jenner is baring it all.
The momager has pride for a lot of things in her life, but there’s one moment that’s overshadowed by shame.
During Thursday’s episode of The Kardashians, 67-year-old Kris opened up to one of her daughters, Khloé Kardashian about cheating on her father, Robert Kardashian Sr. with soccer player-turned-animator Todd Waterman in 1989, and why she felt it was her “life’s biggest regret.”
The Kardashians star was married to ex Robert Kardashian, Sr. for 12 years until their 1991 divorce. Following their divorce, the couple stayed cordial as they raised their children together. Sadly, the patriarch was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in July 2003 and died just two months later at the age of 59.
The revelation occurred as the two were chatting about Khloé’s ex Tristan Thompson and the Good American founder, 39, asked her mom,
“What was your mindset when you cheated? When you did that with my dad, and you had four kids and you had a family? Yes, I know you were really young….”
Kris who also shares kids Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, and Rob Kardashian with Robert, calmly responded,
“Being really young and dumb is something that plays into it because you don’t really understand the consequences of your actions.”
Khloé still wasn’t fully understanding and asked her mom again, “But what was my dad not doing that made you want to look elsewhere?”
Kris then admitted,
“I don’t know because he was such a great husband and such a great dad, and I think that I fell into a situation where I thought that the grass was greener somewhere else, and I made a huge mistake. That’s my life’s biggest regret.”
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Kris opened up further in a confessional interview, explaining why she hopes her daughter will think before completing cutting ties with Tristan, who’s the father of Khloé’s daughter True, 5, and son Tatum, 13 months. Kris explained:
“When I got divorced, Robert and I became best friends. We talked on phone all day long, helped each other through things all the time, and I did have regrets. I thought, Wow, what I was thinking? So I want Khloé to be really careful when she makes these decisions and she has to let somebody go.”
Back in their conversation, Kris told Khloé that while she may have regrets about cheating, she’s also pleased with how everything ultimately turned out. She said further:
“I’m not proud of way I behaved during that time, but you know what? Everything happens for a reason. I really do live my life by thinking God has a plan, and without that whole thing happening, there never would’ve been Kendall and Kylie [Jenner].”
Kris met Caitlyn Jenner (who publicly came out as transgender in 2015) in 1990, one year before her divorce from Robert Sr. was finalized.
In a recent interview with The Times, Kris revealed that the two “hit it off right at the beginning, and we were married after five and a half months.” She added:
“I was infatuated with her, because she was very different from me. But yes, I’d have to say, it was love at first sight.”
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Kris and Caitlyn tied the knot in April 1991, one month after her divorce from Robert Sr. was finalized. The pair — who share daughters Kendall, 27, and Kylie, 26 — had been together for 22 years when they announced their separation in 2013. (Their divorce was finalized in December 2014.)
Kris’s eldest daughter, Kourtney, previously spoke out about how she struggled to forgive her mother for cheating on her dad during a May 2012 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Kourtney explained:
“I’m not saying that my mom was being selfish on purpose, but her actions were selfish. I can never understand, especially now having a child (myself), how she could have had an affair at that stage of her life as a mom.”
Kris was “stunned” that Kourtney was still upset with her for something she did 25 years ago.