What to Know
Kourtney Kardashian has never been one to care too much about what the media (or anyone else) thinks about her, and that’s not changing now — even with husband Travis Barker getting roped into the circus.
On this week’s new episode of The Kardashians, Kourtney addressed the rumors about her marriage that seem to circulate on a near regular basis, and by the way she responded, you can just tell that she’s over it. Bad news, Kourt: You’re part of one of the most famous families on earth, so this isn’t going away anytime soon.
It all started with an email from Kourtney’s publicist.
On the new episode of The Kardashians that began streaming on Thursday, Kourtney was filling in close friend Simon Huck on an email she’d just received from her publicist earlier that morning.
“She is like, ‘The magazine is saying that you and Travis don’t live together anymore and you are splitting up.’ Any truth?” she said.
Instead of providing a statement that the outlet in question could include in their story, Kourtney just wanted to leave it all alone.
“I go, ‘Tell them to print it.’ Just see what happens,” she said.
She blamed TikTok for the rumors.
“They know it’s not true,” she said. “They know they saw a dumb TikTok of someone who makes up fabricated stories.”
Responding to Simon’s comment about AI, Kourtney acknowledged that was part of the problem, too, adding, “And people believe it. It is so bizarre.”
Even if Kourtney hasn’t seen the TikTok videos she’s referencing herself, it seems like she may have found out that this is where the rumors were coming from after a fan commented on the Instagram post above, which she shared in June, letting her know what people were saying.
“People on TikTok keep saying you guys are breaking up, and then I see this picture of you all looking so happy. They seriously need to get a life,” the fan wrote, adding a laughing emoji.
Kourtney’s trying to make sure that her home is prepared for her entire family, including Travis’ kids.
In the same episode, Kourtney talked about the renovations she’s working on to make sure that her blended family with Travis — which includes the couple’s shared son, Rocky, Kourtney’s three older kids, and Travis’ three adult children — can all spend time there comfortably. Now, she’s finally reaching the end of the project after getting started on it last year.
“I can’t wait to cook, have movie nights, barbecues,” Kourtney said. “I want to make it feel magical for everyone.”
She doesn’t sound like someone who’s trying to hide relationship problems… but if TikTok is making people believe that she is, there probably isn’t anything Kourtney can do to convince them otherwise.
