Kris Jenners Relationship With Her Mysterious Sister Was Not As Glamorous As The One She Has With

Highlights

• Kris Jenner's younger sister Karen Houghton has been vocal about their rocky relationship, even accusing Kris of neglecting their mother and cutting her out of her life.
• Karen has criticized Kris for being obsessed with money and accumulating wealth.
• Despite their strained relationship, they still remained in each other's lives, as seen in a 2019 pre-Christmas gathering, and Kris has expressed her love for her sister in the past.

The Kardashian-Jenner family is known for being a tight-knit bunch, but outside of the family members we know through the show, not everyone is close. Case in point: it might come as a surprise to come that Kris Jenner had a younger sister. That's right, she was an older sister to Karen Houghton - part-time nurse and author of Naturally Gourmet Cookbook and its follow-up volume.

We didn't often catch a glimpse of Karen on The Kardashians, but the two had a pretty rocky relationship over the years. In fact, Karen had even accused her sister of snubbing her in the past. That said, Kris has also clapped back in her own way, from time to time.

Unfortunately, Karen Houghton sadly passed away on March 19th, 2024, and although Kris Jenner paid her a sweet tribute, fans would like to know other facts about their relationship.

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Updated March 2024: Despite speaking out against her sister on countless occasions, it seems Karen Houghton's feud with Kris Jenner was fairly one-sided. In December 2019, they were pictured together at a pre-Christmas gathering. Sadly, Karen Houghton passed away on March 19, 2024, at the age of 65. Not much had been mentioned about Kris' feud with her sister in the past few years, but Jenner paid her a sweet tribute on social media, remembering their relationship.

Kris Jenner's Sister Karen Houghton Called Her Out When She'd Upset Her

Karen Houghton had quite the history of being outspoken towards Kris Jenner when she felt provoked. Exhibit A: in one interview, she accused her sibling of being obsessed with money, and accumulating more of it.

"You know what drives Kris? Power, power, power and money. It’s called wanting power, Gucci purses, Bentleys," she told Radar Online.

That isn't all she's had to say about her sister, though. Karen has also accused Kris of neglecting their mother, MJ. Speaking to Daily Mail at one point, she claimed, "I called up Kris yelling at her, because I was like, "You need to help your mom more and you know it."

She's also claimed that Kris had cut her out of her life, and ignored her. "I get p***ed off at her because she doesn’t respond to me. If you think your sister would call you back, she doesn’t. And it hurts me," she said.

As for Kris, she's opted not to get into a public mudslinging match. That's not to say that the comments she made didn't hurt, though. Speaking to RadarOnline, she admitted to falling out of touch, but hinted that it was down to Karen's behavior. "Unfortunately, my sister has been dealing with demons for years ... I am not in touch with her. But I wish her the very best," she quipped.

Karen Houghton Weighed In On Kris' Marriage

In 2014, Karen Houghton gave another interview to RadarOnline. This time, it was about Kris and her estranged husband.

Karen mused that there would be no reunion between the former couple, despite their seemingly friendly behavior. Her take? Caitlyn Jenner had left her sister because Kris' yelling had become intolerable. She also revealed that Kris was struggling with the split and was not dating anyone.

Although Karen claimed to know everything about Kris' life and how she was dealing with the separation, few could forget the famed momager's comments on not being in one another's lives. Nor, for that matter, could they forget another comment that had been made about their dynamic, from an unnamed source.

"The reality is that Karen and Kris have not had a discussion about Kris' private life for 28 years," the insider claimed.

Informed or not, Houghton's actions caused a rift between the already distant sisters. The source informed Radar that Jenner was disappointed that her sister chose to share private information with the media and sold her out, especially considering that the TV personality had always been there to help Houghton financially.

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Kris Jenner Once Ignored Her Sister On Her Birthday

Given the constant barrage of hate she received, it's not exactly surprising that in 2018, Kris Jenner didn't go out of her way to issue a public message for her sister's 60th birthday. Even so, the slight may have caused their relationship to hit a new low.

Houghton's daughter, Natalie Zettel celebrated her mother's birthday on Instagram by sharing a photo of her in the hospital bed. Houghton had been in and out of the hospital since July 2018, and it was reported that Jenner had not visited her sister during her hospital stays.

Kris Jenner Didn't Approve Karen Houghton's Dating Preferences

In addition to the "Demons" Kris has claimed her sister had dealt with over the years, another thing that played a role in their estrangement was undoubtedly the company Karen kept.

According to Star magazine, Karen Houghton had a history of relationships with men with not-so-great reputations. A source stated that Houghton was not as image-conscious or focused on certain standards as Kris Jenner, and didn't tend to think about the ramifications of who she associated herself with.

So, what's so bad about the men she'd been associated with? One such former partner was the father of her daughter, Mark Zettel. Seven years after divorcing, Karen was forced to take out a protection order to keep him away from them. Another was Steven Edward Thornton - a man with over 12 arrests for burglary and theft to his name.

The Kardashians might not shy away from drama (we're looking at you, Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian), but brushes with the law are a no-go.

Karen Houghton Reportedly Got A Facelift To Look Like Her Sister, Kris Jenner

Despite all the tension, it's safe to say Karen Houghton wasn't completely anti-her older sibling. In fact, when it came to Kris' looks, she was a major fan. So much so, in fact, that in 2016, she went under the knife to look more like her. And, proving that she wasn't all that different from the rest of her reality TV-loving family, she had the surgery filmed for Inside Edition.

"I look like my beautiful sister Kris, and I never thought I would," she told the cameras, post-op .

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Karen And Kris Still Had Love For Each Other

To say these sisters had a tumultuous relationship would be an understatement of note, but at the end of the day, they were still family. As Kris said in her 2011 memoir, "We loved each other, and we were there for each other through thick and thin, and to this day we are a part of each other's lives."

In 2019, she attended a pre-Christmas Kardashian-Jenner gathering. Since that time (at least at the time of writing), Karen hadn't done any more interviews.

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