Kris Jenner and sister Karen Houghton – who died on Monday aged 65 – had long endured a rollercoaster relationship, oscillating between taking public barbs at one another, to Kris lavishing her little sister with pricey gifts.
Their feud erupted when Karen made some very candid comments outside niece Kim Kardashian’s baby shower in 2013 – despite signing an NDA – and just months later Karen branded her elder sister, 68, ‘vain’ and claimed she had spent $1million on plastic surgery.
This attack came after Kris told Radar in a 2013 interview: ‘Unfortunately, my sister has been dealing with demons for years’ with Karen in turn branding her sister a ‘nutcase’.
Fans were therefore left shocked when Kris and Karen reunited in December 2019 – showing their past troubles were water under the bridge.
The reunion was revealed in an Instagram Story posted by Karen’s daughter Natalie Zettel, 26.
Kris Jenner and sister Karen Houghton – who died on Monday aged 65 – had long endured a rollercoaster relationship – but shocked fans when they reunited in 2019 after a years-long feud [L-R] Natalie, Karen, Mary Jo Campbell, Kris and Kylie Jenner
Kris paid an emotional tribute to her sibling on Tuesday after she passed away ‘unexpectedly’
The snap appeared to have been taken in the momager’s lavish Calabasas home.
The feuding sisters posed smiling with Natalie, her famous cousin Kylie Jenner, and their mother Mary Jo Campbell.
Part-time nurse Karen had become known as the black sheep of the family after she candidly opened up outside Kim Kardashian’s baby shower in 2013 and even did a jig for waiting reporters.
Despite signing an NDA for the event, Karen waxed lyrical about eating ‘marshmallow on a stick’, the rose cake at the event and the goody bag, saying Kim and Kanye West ‘gave out Rolexes’.
Karen had frequently been outspoken when her sister Kris has riled her.
In 2013 Karen claimed that Kris had spent an eye-watering $1million on plastic surgery, which stemmed from being self-conscious about her weight when she was younger.
‘She was heavy as a kid and became worried about her looks at age 15,’ Karen told In Touch magazine.
She added: ‘The whole world knows it – Kris is vain.’
Kris previously told Radar in a 2013 interview of her sister: ‘Unfortunately, my sister has been dealing with demons for years’
Part-time nurse Karen had become known as the black sheep of the family after she candidly opened up outside Kim Kardashian’s baby shower in 2013 and even did a jig for waiting reporters’
The reality star has been famously open about the two breast augmentations and the facelift she has had.
In 2014, Karen told Radar that despite Kris and her estranged husband Bruce looking friendly there would be no reunion.
Karen said: ‘Bruce left. He walked out on her, and I think he’s not coming back. He couldn’t take the yelling anymore and stuff.’
And she said Kris was not taking the split well, adding: ‘I think she’s got issues right now because Bruce left her. ‘Kris is alone, she’s not dating. She’s not the type to run around.’
She made the comments after writing on her Facebook page in April 2014: ‘Pray for Kris Jenner she needs it…crazy. Shes as nutcase [sic].
‘She doesn’t need prayers she needs sky vodka hahaha hahaha hahaha.’ And explaining her somewhat harsh views, Karen said ‘I get p***ed off at her because she doesn’t respond to me. If you think your sister would call you back, she doesn’t. And it hurts me.’
However the part-time nurse did poke fun at herself too, in a May 2014 Facebook post, writing, ‘Be someone s crazy aunt…its fabulous! !! K [sic]’
In 2016, Karen paid the ultimate compliment to the momager, getting an intensive face lift in order to ‘look like my beautiful sister Kris’
Karen – blamed her sibling’s celebrity status and hunger for fame and fortune.
She said: ‘I don’t care how much money you have or who you are, you’re my sister. I’m not afraid of her. I can’t get to her anymore. But I guess it’s the money.
‘She’s a huge celebrity and now she has changed. I’m not saying good or bad. But I’ve seen what it can do to Kris… ever since she moved to L.A.’
Admitting she has had run-ins with Kris – mainly to do with caring for their aging mother, Karen told MailOnline: ‘I called up Kris yelling at her, because I was like, “You need to help your mom more and you know it.” And I think that she kind of got the message.I was screaming – I don’t even care.
In 2014, the former air stewardess told Radar, ‘when you express a loving family and family values and a close family and my mom wants to live in La Jolla, buy her a condo, Kris! I don’t understand her. I never will. It’s just her personality.’
The attack followed a 2013 interview during which Kris told Radar: ‘Unfortunately, my sister has been dealing with demons for years.’
In the star’s 2011 autobiography she said of her sister, ‘We loved each other, and we were there for each other through thick and thin, and to this day we are a part of each other’s lives.’
In 2016, Karen paid the ultimate compliment to the momager, getting an intensive face lift in order to ‘look like my beautiful sister Kris’.
Karen was reported deceased to San Diego County officials on Monday in San Marcos, California, TMZ reports.
The exact circumstances of her passing are unclear, with county officials attributing her death to natural causes for now.
Karen was Kris’ only sister, with the pair growing up in San Diego together raised predominately by mom MJ after her divorce from the pair’s father Robert Houghton.
On Tuesday, Jenner shared snaps with her beloved sister and wrote: ‘It is with the heaviest heart and deepest sadness that I share that my sister Karen passed away yesterday unexpectedly.
Jenner shared snaps with her beloved sister and wrote: ‘It is with the heaviest heart and deepest sadness that I share that my sister Karen passed away yesterday unexpectedly’
In May 2023 Karen’s daughter Natalie posted a loving tribute for Mother’s Day posing with Karen and grandma MJ
Kris said: ‘My heart aches for my mom MJ and my niece Natalie and I pray that God guides us all through this difficult time. Karen was beautiful inside and out. She was the sweetest, kindest, the most sensitive and vulnerable and so so funny’
Kris shared photos of Karen with her late ex-husband Robert Kardashian and mom MJ
Kris posted a snap of Karen with mom and a young Kourtney Kardashian
Karen embraced Rob Kardashian in a sweet throwback snap
‘My heart aches for my mom MJ and my niece Natalie and I pray that God guides us all through this difficult time. Karen was beautiful inside and out. She was the sweetest, kindest, the most sensitive and vulnerable and so so funny.
‘She always felt grateful and thankful for her life and treasured her family and friends and especially her beautiful daughter. She holds such a huge part of my heart and I cherish every single memory we have together.
‘Karen’s passing is a reminder that life is so short and precious and tomorrow is never promised. We must tell those we cherish how much we love them. I love you my beautiful sister.’
Karen is survived by her daughter Natalie who she welcomed with ex-husband Mark Zettel, mother MJ , Kris and nieces Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner, and nephew Rob Kardashian.
