Things have been tense between the members of the Kardashian family on this season of their reality TV show. The most recent episode shows that the tension isn't going anywhere as critics call out mom Kris Jenner and how she handled a conversation with her oldest, Kourtney Kardashian.
The conversation took place during the season finale of 'The Kardashians.'
In the episode, Kourtney tried to have a serious conversation with her mom, Kris Jenner, and her sister, Khloé Kardashian. But it took a slightly different direction, and fans are now slamming Kris.
The conversation was about therapy, with Kourtney talking about how she's benefitted from sorting through and unpacking their family's dynamics and behavioral patterns. She's been going to therapy since 2017, after her final split from her partner of a decade and father to three of her kids, Scott Disick.
Kourtney talked to Kris and Khloé about the importance of therapy, but it made them uncomfortable.
In the episode, the conversation comes up about how Kris can be controlling, and she asks Kris about it.
"Can I tell you something about you? What about you makes you have this need to be so controlling?" Kourtney asks Kris. "Are you ever curious about yourself?" Kourtney then explains a recent example of how Kris needs to be in control.
Kourtney and Khloé talk about how Kris had complained on the drive over, wondering if they had missed their exit, and this was after she promised not to complain or back seat drive on their trip.
Kris said she was only "curious about where we were" and not curious about the deeper conversation, the reasons why she feels the need to be in control.
Khloé chimes in and says Kris isn't going to change at her age and that Kourtney should 'just accept everyone.'
But Kourtney wasn't going to let that stand. She was honestly curious about where the need for control is, which is like a conversation she had already unpacked herself in therapy.
Kourtney agreed with Khloé that it would not be easy for Kris to change her ways but encouraged Kris to explore why she turned to control.
"You weren't like that when you were in your 20s. But also, you had a husband who led the way. And now you lead the way," Kourtney says to Kris, who agrees.
Then, Kourtney asked her mom if she'd been in therapy to try to learn these things about herself.
"Do you do therapy or no?" Kourtney asks. Kris, however, immediately changes the subject, zoning in on Kourtney's appearance instead.
"Do you have a cute little dimple in your chin right there?" Kris asks her.
"I think I do, and I honestly don't know why it came," Kourtney replied.
But she didn't drop the conversation about therapy, later asking Kris about the family history and dynamics and how it can affect the experiences of everyone in the family — a generational kind of thing.
Kris, again, changes the subject, ignoring Kourtney's attempts to have a real conversation, and pulls the focus into how Kourtney looks.
Kris grabs Kourtney's face, laughs, and asks her an inappropriate question.
"Let me see something," Kris said to Kourtney while her hands were still on her face. "Do you think this little eyebrow is higher than that one?"
Although Kourtney knows this is her mom's way of trying to change the subject, viewers were far more horrified by Kris' behavior.
In a popular Reddit community, viewers ripped into Kris over what she said to Kourtney.
In a thread in the popular Reddit community KUWTKsnark, viewers didn't appreciate how Kris handled this conversation.
"Kris interrupting her daughter talking about therapy getting her out of an abusive relationship to nitpick at her looks … I honest to god hope Kris falls off a bridge soon," one person wrote.
"The absolute ugliest trait I've ever seen on television," someone else shared. "I would never do that to someone I'm supposed to love."
"Expected nothing less from narcissist Kris. Then she supposedly messaged Kourtney later to say that Kourtney is the one daughter that can break all of the family's generational trauma/issues," added another person. "No pressure Kourtney!"
'Deflection much???? Geez. Kudos for kourt for calling out what needs to be addressed,' someone else added.
"You can see the exact moment Kris has enough when she decides to interrupt Kourtney by focusing on her eyebrows instead of continuing the conversation," another Redditor noticed. "It made me so sad."
"Kris getting uncomfortable with the convo so she proceeds to distract herself by pointing out a flaw in Kourt," another person chimed in. "You can totally see that this was a normal thing growing up. Kris avoids real issues."
Chances are this isn't the last we'll hear of this.
