Kourtney just reflected on what Caitlyn was like as a stepparent when she was a teen — and she had a wildly different experience from Khloé .
Kourtney Kardashian Barkerhas revealed that she foundCaitlyn Jennerso “controlling and bossy” as a stepparent that she ended up moving out of the family home to live with her dad, Robert Kardashian, as a teenager.
But first, some context. The Kardashian siblings are the children ofKris Jennerand Robert Kardashian, who married in 1978. They split in 1989, and their divorce was finalized in 1991.
Kris first met Caitlyn on a blind date in 1990, and they married in 1991 — shortly after Kris’s divorce was finalized. Kourtney was around 11 years old when Caitlyn first entered her life, Khloé was around 6, their sisterKim Kardashianwould have been 10, and their brother,Rob Kardashian, 3.
And Kourtney feels that she bore the brunt of how difficult Caitlyn was as a stepparent because she is the oldest, with the topic coming up as she discussed her own role as a stepparent to her husbandTravis Barker’skids.
Khloé praised Kourtney for knowing that her role with her stepkids isn’t to be a disciplinarian, adding that this was something she felt that Caitlyn “did so well” with them, saying: “[Caitlyn] never tried to be dad, and I always appreciated and respected that.”
“Really, he tried to be dad for you?” Khloé asked, and Kourt said that Caitlyn “tried to be controlling and bossy” and would tell her “certain friends can’t come over.”
“I just thought you didn’t like him because he was replacing dad,” Khloé admitted. “Not that he did, no one could replace dad.”
“ So unearthly that you had such a different experience , ” Kourtney mused . “ I think it ’s because you were untried . ”
“ Maybe mum had a talk of the town with him , maybe your [ rejection ] teach him something , ” Khloé theorized . “ possibly it was a lesson for everyone . ”
“Oh, yeah, I’d be like: ‘I wanna call my dad!’ and then he’d, like, hang up the phone,” Kourtney recalled. “We’d have yelling wars.”
“ That is not my experience at all , ” Khloé answer , still stupefied . “ That ’s screwball … See , you could live in the same house , be raise by the same parents , and not even know — and have entirely dissimilar experience . I ’m dark you went through that . ”
“ give thanks you , it was ok , ” Kourtney answer before revealing : “ That ’s why I moved into dad ’s . ”
Kourtney has previously been candid about go in with Rob when she was 16 , with Kim following suit at the same age .
Rob tragically died from esophageal cancer in September 2003 . Kourtney was 24 years old , Kim 22 , Khloe 19 , and Rob Jr. 16 at the clip .
Meanwhile, Kris and Caitlyn announced their separation in October 2013, and Caitlyn publicly came out as transgender in April 2015.
