“I assumed that was the funniest,” the momager shared of the E! present, which centered on the late Hugh Hefner and his then-girlfriends’ lives on the Playboy Mansion.
Kris Jenner is trying again — manner again — to the Kardashian-Jenner household’s humble beginnings on actuality TV.
Throughout an look on the Not Skinny However Not Fats podcast, the momager shared a stunning connection between the household’s OG actuality sequence, Protecting Up with the Kardashians, and one other E! present, The Women Subsequent Door. The fact sequence — which premiered in 2005 — centered on the late Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and his then-girlfriends — Kendra Wilkinson, Holly Madison, and Bridget Marquardt — and their lives on the Playboy Mansion.
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Kris, 69, mentioned the present made her desirous about the opportunity of her blended household coming into the world of actuality tv.
When host Amanda Hirsch requested if it was Kris’ buddy, Kathie Lee Gifford, who “satisfied” her on the thought of KUWTK, Kris mentioned, “It was really … lots of my associates used to say, ‘You actually ought to do a actuality present, like what goes on right here is loopy.'”
“Kathie Lee Gifford, who’s a really pricey buddy, she typically would say, ‘You guys want a actuality present, that is simply nuts,'” she continued. “And one night time, a buddy of mine who’s a casting director of Dancing With the Stars and completely different reveals, she was over and noticed regardless of the chaos was that night time and mentioned, ‘You guys, you have to meet Ryan Seacrest, as a result of he simply has a deal now over at E! and NBC Common, and so they’re on the lookout for a household, and a actuality present.'”
“The remainder is historical past, so it actually labored out,” Kris added.
After Hirsch introduced up different reveals, comparable to The Osbournes, Kris then revealed that she was “so impressed” by The Women Subsequent Door.
“I assumed that was the funniest. I am like, ‘What is going on?'” she mentioned. “So between all of these completely different actuality reveals, I assumed, ‘Oh, this could be such an fascinating class to slide into, as a result of I’ve so many youngsters.'”
“And right here we’re, all these years later,” she added.
When requested if she might have ever imagined the household’s empire would change into what it’s now, Kris mentioned, “You gotta dream huge.”
Protecting Up with the Kardashians premiered in 2007, and naturally, made Kris and the Kardashian-Jenner household well-known and actuality TV royalty. The present — which ran for 20 seasons on E! from 2007 till 2021 — adopted the non-public {and professional} lives of Kris, her then-husband Caitlyn Jenner, and her youngsters, Kim, 45, Kourtney, 46, Khloé, 41, and Rob Kardashian, 38, together with Kendall, 30, and Kylie Jenner, 28, with the present catapulting the household to superstardom.
Lower than a 12 months after KUWTK concluded, the household returned to actuality TV with Hulu’s The Kardashians in 2022. Season 7 of The Kardashians premieres later this month.
