Kris Jenner has long kept surprisingly warm relationships with many of her kids’ exes.
The 70-year-old momager recently joined On Purpose host Jay Shetty, 38, who asked how she continues to offer love and support to her children’s former partners, even after rocky chapters.
“First of all, I believe in my heart and in my soul, love is love. And I fall in love with people,” Jenner shared around the 46:08 mark of the video below. “These are, in most cases, the fathers of my grandchildren. And I love these men. And that love doesn’t go away when we experience really challenging times with them. It just doesn’t turn off like that for me.”
She added, “And I think that goes back to communication, compassion, forgiveness, and moving through that so you can get to a place where they know they can always come to me. Every one of my kids’ exes knows that they have an open door.”
She compared the way she treats her kids’ exes to how she and Robert Kardashian co-parented after finalizing their divorce in 1991—the same year she married Caitlyn Jenner.
Even after splitting, Kardashian and Kris Jenner continued celebrating birthdays, Christmases, and New Year’s Eves together with their children.
“When that happened, Robert knew that he could come walking in that back [door]. It took a couple years,” she said. “It was all about the kids. Because if you sit and berate your partner over and over and over again to the kids … it really creates so much damage psychologically, emotionally, physically, spiritually, all of it. The children don’t know how to process that—it’s a grief, it’s a separation.
“It’s the same way I now treat all of my kids’ exes, which a lot of people don’t understand … but we’ve all dealt with those issues internally and privately,” she continued. “Now, it’s time to grow the fuck up, be mature, and I love who I love. And I don’t like what they’ve done. No, I don’t. But it doesn’t make the love get any less overnight. And I’m there for them always.”
During her chat with Shetty, Jenner name-dropped two exes she’s been especially close with: Kylie Jenner’s former partner Travis Scott, and Khloé Kardashian’s ex Tristan Thompson. Each pair shares two kids.
“I’m close to Travis,” Kris Jenner noted, adding that she considers his parents and siblings “family.” She feels the same way about Thompson, who casually walks into her home and calls her “mom.”
It seems Jenner’s tightest bonds are with Thompson, Travis, and Kourtney Kardashian’s ex Scott Disick. Her kids’ list of former partners also includes Kanye West, Blac Chyna, Lamar Odom, Tyga, Ray J, Kris Humphries, Devin Booker, and Bad Bunny.
