Did you know that Kris Jenner’s maiden name was Kristen Mary Houghton? I didn’t know that! Kristen Mary is such a normal name. When Kris married Robert Kardashian, she became Kris Kardashian. But by the time anyone paid attention to her, she was already married to then-Bruce Jenner and she had changed her name to Kris Jenner. And even after Kris and then-Bruce divorced, Kris has stayed a Jenner, although there have been rumors for years that Kris wants to change her name. But instead of going back to her maiden name and rebranding herself as Kris Houghton, Kris wants to go back to Kris Kardashian. That’s what she tells Khloe in this “deleted scene” from KUWTK.
Kris tells Khloe that she often uses the name “Kris Kardashian” to get tables at restaurants, I guess, and when Khloe is like “WTF?” Kris announces: “I’m going to change my name back to Kardashian.” Khloe says: “Why? You haven’t been that in over 24 years.” And Kris says: “I was that before you were that. I was the original Kardashian….If Bruce can change his name to Caitlyn, I think I’m good.” Which is gross. Bruce changed her name to Caitlyn because she transitioned. Kris wants to change her name back to her first husband’s last name because she’s a famewhore who believes more doors will open to her with the Kardashian name.
Now, all that being said… my mother kept my dad’s name after they divorced and I asked her once why she didn’t go back to her maiden name, and she had her reasons. One, she liked my dad’s name and she felt it suited her. Plus, I think she didn’t want the hassle of changing her name back to her maiden. I think it’s worth pointing out that in Kris’s case, Robert Kardashian divorced HER after he found out that she was cheating. He didn’t want her to carry his name any longer, did he?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.
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