Kris Jenner

**Kristen Mary Jenner** (née Houghton, formerly Kardashian) (born November 5, 1955) is an American television personality who has appeared on *Keeping Up with the Kardashians*, *Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami*, *Khloé & Lamar*, *Kourtney and Kim Take New York*, *Good Morning America*, *The Talk,* *America's Next Top Model* and *Kris*. She is of Native American, French, English, Italian, Dutch, German, and Scottish descent. Divorced from the late attorney Robert Kardashian, she was been married to Caitlyn (formerly Bruce) Jenner from 1991 to 2014. Jenner is the mother of Kim Kardashian, who became famous because of a leaked sex tape with actor and singer Ray J. The release of the sex tape and Kim Kardashian's subsequent fame is what lead to the production of *Keeping Up with the Kardashians* and Jenner's subsequent fame. Her other children are Kourtney Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jenner.

## Career

Jenner runs her own production company, Jenner Communications, which is based in Los Angeles. Since before the start of *Keeping Up with the Kardashians*, she has managed her daughters' Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie's career. She also is involved with the business management of her other daughters and son.

Jenner opened a children's boutique in 2004 with her eldest daughter, Kourtney. The boutique was called "Smooch" and was open for almost six years before closing down in 2009.

### Writing

Jenner's autobiography, *Kris Jenner... and All Things Kardashian*, was released in November 2011. She later wrote a cookbook entitled *In the Kitchen with Kris: A Kollection of Kardashian-Jenner Family Favorites*, which was released in October 2014.

### Television show

Jenner hosted a pop culture-driven daytime talk show, *Kris*. The series began its six-week trial summer run on several Fox-owned stations on July 15, 2013.

Kanye West, her son-in-law, revealed the first public picture of daughter North West on the show. The show's six-week trial run was not extended.

## Personal Life

Kris had a few boyfriends before she began to date the late attorney Robert Kardashian from 1974 to 1976, who was eleven years older than her. During their brief break up in in 1976, Kris was rumored to be seeing football player O.J. Simpson. However, neither party will confirm nor deny the rumor so far. After Kris got back together with the attorney Robert Kardashian, they became engaged in 1977. They were married on July 8, 1978. They couple have four children together: Kourtney Mary Kardashian (born April 18, 1979), Kimberly Noel Kardashian (born October 21, 1980), Khloé Alexandra Kardashian (born June 27, 1984), and Robert Arthur Kardashian (born March 17, 1987). They divorced in March 1991, but remained close friends until his death from esophageal cancer in 2003. Kris was also rumored to have cheated with long-time friend and hairdresser Alex Roldan in 1983, which who was accused of allegedly being her daughter Khloe's actual biological father. Due to their striking resemblance, and how she looks so different from her other siblings. However, Kris has insisted that Robert Kardashian is her daughter Khloe's father as well.

In the year 1989, the 33-year-old Kris began a two-year-long extramarital affair with Todd Waterman, who was around ten years younger than her. The affair caused her to separate from her lawyer husband in 1990, and Kris and Robert got divorced in March 1991. It was rumored that Kris might have hooked up with Todd again, back when they met up together in 2012.

Towards the end of the year in 1990, she met Olympic winner Bruce Jenner on a blind date. After about five months of dating, they were married on April 21, 1991. The couple have two children together: Kylie (born November 3, 1995) and Kendall (born August 10, 1997). Kris and Bruce were separated in 2013, and got divorced on December 18, 2014.

Jenner was rumored of seeing former bachelor Ben Flajnik from October 2013 to April 2014, who was twenty-seven years younger than her.

Kris met Corey Gamble through mutual friends, and they began dating in August 2014. Corey is twenty-five years younger than Kris, but they are still in a relationship with each other so far.

## References

1. ↑ Kristen Mary Houghton, born 11/5/1955. California Birth Index. Retrieved on April 29, 2015.
2. ↑ Jenner, Kris (2011). *Kris Jenner... and All Things Kardashian*. New York: Gallery Books and Karen Hunter Publishing, 257–260. ISBN 9781451646962.
3. ↑ Bustillo, Deena (January 12, 2009). Smooch by Kardashians: Out of Business.
4. ↑ Brissey, Breia. "Kris Jenner shares details on her relationship with Nicole Brown Simpson in new memoir", *Entertainment Weekly*, Time Inc., November 1, 2011. Retrieved on November 4, 2015.
5. ↑ Hoffman, Lauren. "The 10 Most Wonderfully Absurd Moments in Kris Jenner's Cookbook", *Cosmopolitan*, Hearst Corporation, October 22, 2014.
6. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 18, 2013). Kris Jenner's Syndicated Talk Show Gets Premiere Date, Executive Producer. Retrieved on July 11, 2013.
7. ↑ "Kris Jenner's show cancelled, even with ratings stunt unveiling of Kanye & Kim's baby", *New York Post*, News Corp, August 28, 2013. Retrieved on August 28, 2013.
8. ↑ Stated on *The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*, November 8, 2011
9. ↑ Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian on June 27, 1984 and Robert Kardashian, Jr. on March 17, 1987.. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011.
10. ↑ "Robert Kardashian, a Lawyer For O. J. Simpson, Dies at 59", *The New York Times*, October 2, 2003.
11. ↑ Evans, Julie Ryan (June 17, 2012). 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' Recap: Kris Jenner Has No Business Meeting Up With Todd Waterman. CafeMom.com. Retrieved on February 16, 2016.
12. ↑ "Celebrity News Kris and Bruce Jenner confirm they separated a year ago", Fox News Channel, October 8, 2013. Retrieved on September 23, 2014.
13. ↑ Kris Kardashian Biography. Buddytv.com. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
14. ↑ "Kris Jenner Just Hinted She Might Be Engaged To Corey Gamble", *Huffington Post*, 8 August 2018. Retrieved on 12 January 2019.

## External links

* Kris Jenner Biography
* Kris Jenner links at FreeOnes
* Kris Jenner at Babepedia
* Kris Jenner article at *Wikipedia*