Kylie Jenner has spoken about how nervous she felt before telling her parents, Kris and Caitlyn Jenner, that she was pregnant at 19.
The entrepreneur, who founded Kylie Cosmetics, became a mum in 2018 when she welcomed daughter Stormi. She later had a son, Aire, in 2022. Both children are from her relationship with ex-boyfriend Travis Scott.
Jenner recently appeared on Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast, where she discussed motherhood and what it was like stepping into parenting at a young age.
During the conversation, the 28-year-old reflected on the moment she had to share the news of her first pregnancy with her family.
“I was 19 when I got pregnant,” Jenner said on the podcast. “I was freaking out. Yeah, I was freaking out. I was really scared to tell my parents.”
She explained that, despite the fear, she felt strongly about making her own decision and committing to it.
Jenner added: “And it was…I was really scared. But there was something just inside of me that knew I wanted to do this, and I had to make a decision for myself. What do I really want? What can I handle? And even if I have to do this alone, or however, this is the choice I’m going to make.”
After she finally opened up to her parents, Jenner said their reaction was far calmer than she’d built up in her head.
“And then I told my mom. No one was angry at me. It was a crazy time,” the model continued.
Elsewhere on the podcast, Jenner also spoke about what she described as the harsh treatment she faced from paparazzi when she was still a teenager.
“It used to be so insane. I don’t even know how I’m like a normal person right now,” Jenner told Shane.
“The things that they would say to me and how they would treat me as a child is diabolical, like inappropriate. I would be coming out of a thing, and they’d be like, ‘You f*cking sl*t.'”
She said that some of the incidents she remembers most clearly happened when she was 16.
Expanding on what those interactions were like, Jenner described efforts to avoid giving photographers the kind of shots they were looking for.
Describing her experience in further detail, Jenner continued: “The things that they would say to me… I would never try to give them a photo.
“So I would just jump in the car, and then there would be like six of them, and they would stand in front of my car as I was like 16, like turning my car on, whatever.
“And they would all stand out ’cause I would just be like, you know, hiding.
“And they would just mock me. They wanted to just make more money off a scandalous photo.”