Kristin Cavallari Ends Relationship with “Narcissist” Father Over Child Safety Concerns

Kristin Cavallari opened up about removing her father, Dennis, from her life after he reportedly ‘crossed the line’ with her kids.

On Tuesday’s episode of her Let’s Be Honest podcast, the reality star, 36, revealed she made the difficult decision ‘about two years ago’ and has not looked back.  

‘[It’s] has honestly been the best thing I’ve ever done,’ she said during a chat with Dr. Sherrie Campbell on Tuesday’s episode of her Let’s Be Honest podcast. 

She continued: ‘I actually didn’t even realize that my dad was a narcissist until I was an adult.’ 

Estranged: Kristin Cavallari opened up about removing her father, Dennis, from her life after he reportedly ‘crossed the line’ with her kids

While reflecting on her childhood, the Uncommon James founder recalled never wanting to be around her dad because he would make her feel that she ‘wasn’t good enough.’ 

‘But then the flip side of that is, sometimes he would put me on this pedestal and talk me up,’ she remembered. ‘Now as an adult looking back, I’m like, ‘Oh, it was when it benefitted you and made you look good.” 

Ultimately, Cavallari revealed that after ‘something happened with’ her children Camden, 11, Jaxon, 9, and Saylor, 8, who she shares with ex-husband Jay Cutler, she severed ties with Dennis. 

‘How I got my dad out of my life was something happened with my kids and it crossed the line,’ she stated. ‘And I was like, ‘You know what? I’m f**king done.” 

Following the incident, the mother-of-three said her father ‘blamed’ her and ‘everything back’ in her face. 

‘I was always like, ‘I can take it … I can take the abuse.’ I have my whole life. But it’s like when you start now messing with my kids, I’m not doing it,’ Cavallari told listeners.

Back in 2020, on an episode of Very Cavallari, Kristin reached out to her father Dennis after growing distant following the 2015 death of her brother Michael. 

On Tuesday’s episode of her Let’s Be Honest podcast, the reality star, 36, revealed she made the difficult decision ‘about two years ago’ and has not looked back; seen in 2012

‘[It’s] has honestly been the best thing I’ve ever done,’ she said during a chat with Dr. Sherrie Campbell on Tuesday’s episode of her Let’s Be Honest podcast

She continued: ‘I actually didn’t even realize that my dad was a narcissist until I was an adult’

‘Over the years my dad and I have grown apart a little bit,’ Kristin admitted in a confessional. 

‘I’m interested in researching the Cavallari name and developing relationships with my extended family. Also, I just want my kids to have a really good understanding of where they come from,’ she added, at the time. 

During the episode, Dennis who lives in Denver, met up with Kristin and her then-husband while they were in Los Angeles to discuss the Cavallari family tree.

‘Since I started to get interested in tracing my family roots, I reached out to my dad because I really want to pick his brain on what he knows about the Cavallari name,’ Kristin explained in a confessional.

‘And I know he has a lot of photos, obviously, he knows a lot more about my great-grandparents than I do. You know, my grandparents that came over from Italy,’ she added.

Ultimately, Cavallari revealed that after ‘something happened with’ her children Camden, 11, Jaxon, 9, and Saylor, 8, who she shares with ex-husband Jay Cutler, she severed ties with Dennis; pictured in 2016

Dennis showed family photos including his grandfather Frank Cavallari who came to the United States in 1903.

Michael died, at age 30, from hypothermia in December 2015 in Utah following a car crash weeks earlier.

In her show’s second season, Kristin discussed her brother’s mental health issues before his death and how he crashed his car and got lost before dying of hypothermia.

‘My dad and my brother were close, and, because of that, I think our relationship is very surface. It puts a little bit of a void between us,’ she said in a confessional.

‘So, I am hoping that with this family tree and tracing the roots… I don’t know, maybe it just gives us something to bond over and he’ll open up a bit more,’ Kristin said.