Kris Jenner has revealed that she has no interest in inviting her grandchildren to spend quality time with her, and even claimed that she recently made a “mistake” by inviting her eldest son, Mason, to dinner.
The Kardashian matriarch, 68, has 13 grandchildren between four months and 14 years old, with Kendall Jenner being her only remaining daughter who does not yet have a family of her own.
Kris, whose sister Karen Houghton died last week, said she was deterred from trying to “really get to know them all” as she claimed it would take “half a month” and leave her bankrupt, despite having an estimated worth of 200 million dollars.
“I often tell myself that I should be the kind of grandmother who takes my grandson out to dinner, like once a month,” she said at Los Angeles Magazine’s The LA Woman Luncheon.
Kris Jenner says she can’t afford to take her grandchildren individually to really get to know them
The 68-year-old said she would be “ruined” and busy for half a month if she spent time alone with her 13 grandchildren.
Kris said she made a “mistake” by taking her eldest grandson, Mason, 14, to dinner while she had a vodka and ended up promising to buy him a car if he avoided alcohol and drugs before his 16th birthday.
‘Like really getting to know your grandson and seeing what’s going on at school and all that. And I thought if I did that, it would take me half a month, just to go out to dinner with my grandchildren.
‘And I say, no, I’m not going to do that. They’re not going to take that away from me.
Kris said her decision to refrain from dating them was reinforced by a recent dinner with Mason, her daughter Kourtney Kardashian’s eldest son, 14, at which he promised to buy her a car if she avoided alcohol and drugs before turn 16 years old.
“I think I made a little mistake because I invited Mason to dinner and he was in a very good mood,” she recalled. “I probably had a vodka or something, I don’t know if I wasn’t driving.
“But we met at dinner because he likes to go eat sushi and I told him, ‘Listen, if you don’t drink or do drugs until you’re sixteen, you can prove it; You know it involves tests and all kinds of things: I’ll buy you a car for your sixteenth birthday.
‘And he loved that and I realized I have to do that 13 times. I’m going broke! Thirteen times.
Kris, who previously revealed that her grandchildren call her ‘Lovey’, spoke at the event at the Fairmont Miramar last week.
But despite fearing she will run out of money if she invites them all to dinner and promises them cars, the reality star said it makes her “happy” to see them most days.
Kris spoke at Los Angeles Magazine’s The LA Woman Luncheon last week.
Kris has been a loving grandmother and began her 68th birthday in November with a morning visit from three of her 13 grandchildren (pictured with True and Tatum).
She said: ‘My little thing at the end of the day, when I’m getting ready for bed, I say, “How many of my grandchildren did I get to see today?” And that’s actually something I do every day. I count.
‘And yesterday I was in Kim’s office… and some of my grandchildren came in and they were walking by and I was like, “Wait one, two,” trying to count to see how far I got. But it’s like mine. “I love it, it makes me very happy.”
Mason is Kourtney’s oldest son with her ex, Scott Disick. They also have a daughter Penelope, 11, and a son, Reign, eight. In November she welcomed her first child with her husband Travis Barker, her son Rocky.
Kris’ daughter Kim also has four children, all from her marriage to Kanye West. Ten-year-old North, who recently announced her debut rap album, is the oldest, followed by Saint, eight, Chicago, six, and Psalm, four.
Khloe, 39, shares True, five, and Tatum, 19 months, with her ex, Tristan Thompson, while Kylie Jenner, 26, is mom to Stormi, six, and Aire, two, with her ex, Travis Scott.
Rob Kardashian has a daughter, Dream, seven, with his ex-partner, Blac Chyna.
She also took her granddaughters Dream, 7, and True, 6, and a friend to see Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas in December.
Kourtney, Kim, Rob and Khloe’s father is the late Robert Kardashian. Kris married former Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner and they welcomed Kendall and Kylie together.
The mum, who is now dating toymaker Corey Gamble, wasn’t so dismissive of her grandchildren when they ‘bombed’ her at her 68th birthday celebration in November.
Khloe shared a video of True, Tatum and Dream visiting her grandmother at her 16,000-square-foot, $20 million Hidden Hills mega-mansion.
Khloé said: ‘There’s no way to start Lovey’s birthday and then just bombard her with three little munchkins!’
Kris responded: ‘I love it! This is the best! Guys, I felt so alone until you got here.’
The following month she played the doting grandmother when she took True and Dream to the theater to see Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.